How To Get New Kindle Fire Apps Outside the US

How did they find you?

Many wonder how it is that services like Amazon’s digital services figure out from where they are connecting. Amazon uses IP addresses to determine that information, which is the same way practically every other company restricts service. That is how they know you are not inside the United States when you try to download an app on the Kindle Fire or try to log into Amazon Prime. This practice is known as “geo-blocking.”

Create a wireless connection point via a router or another wireless device like an Android phone, Blackberry or iPhone that connects to a VPN service such as HideMyAss. Once the hotspot is set up, simply connect the Kindle Fire to it as you would to any other wireless network. Finally, create an American Amazon account, and choose the United States as your country of residence. Do not worry if you do not have an American credit card, because Amazon allows you to use non-US cards.

Enjoy previously blocked content

Once connected via a VPN service, you have access to all of the content that had been restricted due to the geo-blocking. Download whichever apps you want, connect to Amazon Prime and enjoy movies and TV, or otherwise access that which you could not access before!