Can You Use a Flash Drive With a Kindle Fire? (2023 Guide)

A lot of people were curious if they could use a flash drive with their Kindle Fire. The answer is yes, you can use a flash drive with your Kindle Fire but you will need a USB OTG Adapter.

What is USB OTG Adapter?

OTG stands for “On-The-Go” and is a standard that was originally defined in late 2001 to enable USB devices, such as tablets or smartphones, to function as hosts, allowing other USB devices like USB flash drives, digital cameras, mice, and keyboards to be connected.

What’s important to say is that all Amazon Fire Tablets support USB OTH, but you have to buy an adapter that will work with your device. To make sure you are buying the correct one check if your tablet has a USB-C or micro-USB port.

If you don’t know the difference between USB-C and micro-USB port the easiest way to figure it out is to check your tablet model and look at the device specification. To check your tablet model simply go to Settings > Device options > About Fire Tablet (or use the table below)

What kind of USB does the Amazon Fire tablet use?

Device	Port type	Adapter
Amazon Fire HD 10	USB-C	Buy this adapter
Kids Pro Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021)	USB-C	Buy this adapter
Amazon Fire HD 10 Plus (2021)	USB-C	Buy this adapter
Kids Amazon Fire HD 10	USB-C	Buy this adapter
Amazon Fire HD 10 (2019)	USB-C	Buy this adapter
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)	USB-C	Buy this adapter
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus	USB-C	Buy this adapter
Kids Amazon Fire HD 8	USB-C	Buy this adapter
Kindle Fire HD	Mini USB	Buy this adapter
Kindle Fire HDX 6″ 7″ 8.9″ 9.7″	Mini USB	Buy this adapter
Kindle Fire 7	Mini USB	Buy this adapter
Kindle Fire 8	Mini USB	Buy this adapter

You need to notice that the port type it’s not the only thing you should be aware of, there are also some things that you need to keep in mind.

What’s the best USB device format for Amazon Fire?

All devices that were created after 2020 only support FAT32 format, so if your drive is not formatted correctly it’s highly likely that you will see a “the file system or size of your external device is not supported” notification.

It’s worth noticing that older devices had support for ExFAT format you won’t be able to read a device formatted that way on your newer devices so you need to make sure that your flash drive is formatted correctly.

What’s the biggest USB device size for Amazon Fire?

The other thing you need to keep in mind is the size of your flash drive. The Kindle Fire can only read drives that are 128GB or smaller. If you have a larger drive, chances are that it will not work with your Kindle Fire.

This flash drive is probably one of the best findings you can get for your Amazon Fire.

How To Use Flash Drive on Amazon Fire Tablet?

In order to access your flash drive’s contents, you must first download a free file manager program from the Amazon App Store, such as ES File Explorer.

Connect the USB OTG adaptor to your Fire tablet and then insert the USB disk into the slot. After that, open the file manager program.

Tip: Look for a tab that says Local or USB OTG if you don’t see the USB drive.

Fire tablets do not support all file formats for media (such as photos, video, audio, etc)

Here’s a list of supported file types on Amazon Fire devices:

• Audible: AA, AAX
• Books: AZW (.azw3), MOBI (non-DRM), KF8
• Documents: TXT, PDF, PRC, DOC, DOCX
• Movies: MPEG-4 (3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4V), WebM, Matroska (MKV)
• Music: AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV
• Photos: JPEG, JPG, GIF, PNG,

Some Questions You May Still Have

Final Thoughts

Yes, you can use a flash drive with a Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire supports USB storage devices so you can easily transfer files between your computer and your Kindle Fire if only you have a USB OTG adapter