- Kindle -Update 5.18.1 Rolls Out
- It adds a new double pressure to side -turn feature to replace screen taps
- Your Kindle can now also show you a summary some of the books you’ve read
The latest and best Kindles have a lot to offer, from Kindle Colorsoft’s color pages to Kindle Scribe’s larger cushion for writing and AI features, but a downgrade for many has been removing buttons to rotation pages.
Instead, press the screen to turn, which can wipe out the screen. As stained by good e-reader now, the latest Amazon Kindle Update (5.18.1, which is rolling out now) brings a double push of the Page Turn tool.
As you can probably guess by name when the feature is turned on in your settings, instead of tapping on the screen, you can double -run the frame on Kindle to either turn on the page in your book or to roll down on the page (eg in your home or library screens).
It is not clearly exactly how Amazon has unlocked this new side rotation, but Kindle is probably dependent on its accelerometer and other internal sensors to detect taps.
The only downside to this simple but effective solution is that tapping does not yet offer the same control level as dedicated buttons, with the biggest problem that you can only move forward.
If you accidentally turn a page too soon or roll down too far, rely on screen taps to go back.
Summary reminders
In addition to Page Turning, Kindle devices get a new recaps tool.
Have you ever come to read the next book in a series but can’t remember what happened in the last post? Recaps allow you to access a brief summary of the events in a Kindle book you have purchased or borrowed (provided it is one of the many English-language bestsellers supported by the feature).
It sounds like the perfect way to quickly update yourself what happened before you dive into the latest post.
If you do not want to wait for Update 5.18.1 to automatically reach your Kindle, you can go to Amazon’s official software update page to manually the sideload update to the device from your PC.
