Last month Kobo released a Kobo Remote for Kobo ereaders, and it’s quite possibly their most popular product. It already has 224 reviews on Kobo’s website, which is pretty impressive considering it was sold out for the first few weeks, and it already has almost half as many reviews as both Kobo Clara models that were released in 2024.
Amazon really should follow Kobo’s lead on this and release an official Kindle Remote for Kindles; they’d be foolish not to.
Just look at all the Kindle remote page turners being sold on Amazon. There are literally dozens of different options, and some have sold over 10k units during the past month.
The problem with those 3rd party Kindle remotes is they require a clip-on module to be placed on the Kindle that physically touches the screen because Kindles don’t support Bluetooth page turners like most other brands of ereaders.
If Amazon were to release their own remote, they’d surely set it up to work over Bluetooth like Kobo did with their remote. That would eliminate the need for a clunky clip-on receiver module, and it could work with other things like paging backwards, unlike the clip-on remotes (unless you attach one to each side).
At this point Amazon has to know that remote page turners are a popular accessory for Kindles. I can’t see them letting this sales opportunity going unanswered in 2026. It’s time for Amazon to come out with their own Kindle page turners that work over Bluetooth (they really should add Bluetooth keyboard support to the Scribe models too while they’re at it).
If they are, indeed, paying attention, it is pretty much a no-brainer for Amazon to release something like this. For one thing, it might appease all the folks who like having buttons for reading, given they have opted for no-button devices going forward.
Bluetooth keyboard support for the Scribe would also be a smart move.
I want page turn buttons.
I would like to see page turn buttons too, and the remote. But I would like to see the remote feature to turn pages be built into the device without the clips.
That would finaly make me use my Scribe which is only collecting dust. I really wish they did this. I would use my Colorsoft more too. I thought I could get used to the lack of page turn buttons but I can’t. I read much less since switching from Oasis. I just can’t enjoy it that much.