The Amazon Kindle Fire may display the mobile version of a web page instead of the full version. On a tablet like this, I like to always get the full-featured version of a website since I have a strong Wi-Fi connection and a big screen. You can set the Kindle Fire’s Silk browser to always display the full desktop version of web pages with this setting.
5th Generation and Newer Fire Models
- Open the Silk browser.
- Visit the website you wish to view in full desktop mode.
- Select the “Menu”
icon located at the upper-right corner on the address bar. - Select “Desktop site“.
Older Versions of Kindle Fire
- Open the “Browser“.
- Tap the “Menu” button and select “Settings“.
- Scroll down and tap the “Desktop or mobile view” setting.
- Choose “Desktop: Optimize for desktop view“.
The Kindle Fire will now only display full version of web pages and never display the mobile version.
She Thompson says
January 27, 2019 at 12:41 pmI have a Kindle Fire 8 2018 version and I have to constantly hit desktop site from all sites that I visit. It does not stay on the desktop version. How do I keep it there or is that even possible? I’m beginning to think not.
Luis Saltiel says
December 27, 2018 at 8:28 pmI’m trying to do the same, but using an Amazon Fire tv Cube. I can’t scroll sideways on Silk nor on Firefox, which makes the box useless for viewing tv websites. Any suggestions?