Amazon made a big deal out of the Silk browser when it launched, But with the last major release being almost a year old, it seemed there hasn’t been much going on. But apparently the developers have really been busy at work to provide a fresh new design and better browsing experience to their users. Now, nearly a year after the Trending Now section was introduced, the company has unleashed its first major update.

First time users of Silk will be greeted by a Just-In-Time (JIT) tutorial at launch, a simple screen that points to the major features or control points of the browser. Opening a tab brings its new start page populated with your most visited websites and address bar, which is apparently a most requested feature by users. Silk now also has a new look for its tabs, making it easier to distinguish the active tab from the rest.

The new Silk version also offers an updated and more organized left panel menu and navigation pages. A simple tap of the upper-leftmost button or a swipe from the left will reveal the hidden left panel which gives access to a list of Navigation pages such as Bookmarks, Most Visited, and Downloads.

Reading View is a feature that lets users have a more immersive reading experience. It does so by presenting a mode that removes ads and other clutter and presents only a single, easy to read page of content.  The developers have also improved the Full Screen view that automatically hides the browser’s top and bottom toolbars to give way to more content, without removing ads or changing the page’s layout. It even combines multi-page articles into a single view.

Kindle Fire users who haven’t migrated to other browsers yet might delight in this new Silk version. The rest of us, however, might be out of luck as the app is exclusive to Amazon’s tablets.