The newest Kindle replace helps you to flip pages by double-tapping

Amazon has up to date Kindles with a brand new method to navigate books. Whereas nothing will recapture the tactile pleasure of bodily web page flip buttons, anybody with a Kindle working Version 5.18.1 of Amazon’s software program will now be capable to double-tap the aspect or again of their e-reader to show pages.

“Double Faucet to Web page Flip” may be turned on within the Settings menu beneath Gadget Choices. Amazon says it really works for extra than simply turning pages. You may as well use double faucets to scroll by your House and Library pages, too. Curiously, the choice does not use the touchscreen in any respect. Good E-Reader speculates Amazon is counting on the accelerometer inside Kindles to detect faucets.

Together with the replace, Amazon can also be including a function it calls “Recaps for Books in Collection.” These are quick summaries “for 1000’s of bestselling English language Kindle books in sequence you might have bought or borrowed.” The corporate already does issues like mechanically group books from the identical sequence to make them simpler to search out, however this could prevent the difficulty of wanting up a abstract of A Dance with Dragons earlier than diving into The Winds of Winter — assuming it is ever launched.

The 5.18.1 replace is rolling out now newer Kindles, just like the Kindle Colorsoft, and gadgets as previous because the tenth era Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite. It can even be obtainable on the final of Amazon’s e-readers to have bodily buttons, the Kindle Oasis. In the event you do not see it in your system now, you’ll be able to manually obtain the replace from Amazon’s website and set up it your self.