Some Kindles now let you double-tap anywhere to turn the page

The latest Kindle update brings a utile caller diagnostic to the 12th-generation Paperwhite and Colorsoft. | Photo by Andrew Liszewski / The Verge

Amazon has released a bundle update for the current-generation Colorsoft and Paperwhite that lets you double-tap connected the sides oregon backmost of your Kindle to crook the page. The caller feature, arsenic spotted by The eBook Reader, is listed successful the release notes for the 5.18.1 update and tin beryllium recovered successful Settings > Device Options.

The caller bundle wasn’t instantly disposable arsenic an over-the-air update for my Kindle Colorsoft, but I was capable to download it and install it manually pursuing Amazon’s instructions. The diagnostic works good utilizing comparatively airy taps anyplace connected the Colorsoft, and since it requires 2 taps successful accelerated succession, it’s not casual to trigger by mistake. Unfortunately, it’s constricted to conscionable 1 direction. You tin either usage it to leap to the adjacent page, oregon scroll down a agelong database of books. Perhaps a aboriginal update volition alteration triple-taps arsenic a mode to scroll up oregon spell backmost to a erstwhile page.

The Verge has reached retired to Amazon for much details connected this caller feature, including whether it was introduced to amended accessibility, and if determination are plans to marque it disposable connected different Kindle models.