Amazon has introduced the Kindle Click, a $34.99 Bluetooth remote that lets readers turn pages on their e-reader without touching the device, alongside a redesigned lineup of Kindle hardware.
The accessory, announced October 1, marks the first time Amazon has sold an official remote control for its e-readers.
What the Kindle Click does
Kindle Click is a compact Bluetooth remote for page turning, ideal for reading under the covers, on a treadmill, or on a tray table during a flight.
The Kindle Click features a white design with two large gray round buttons and two pill-shaped buttons on the right side. It connects via Bluetooth to supported Kindles, which includes all models released from 2024 onward. Users can assign which of the round buttons turns the page backward or forward. The side buttons are dedicated to adjusting screen brightness.
Pressing both buttons together puts the Kindle into sleep mode. The Kindle Click has a rechargeable battery that provides weeks of use on a single charge, and it charges via USB-C, though no cable or charger is included in the box.
A woven wrist lanyard is included. It works with all new Kindle devices, as well as any Kindle model from 2024 or later.
Part of a broader Kindle overhaul
The remote arrived alongside what Amazon unveiled as a redesigned lineup of Kindle e-readers with flush screens, optional aluminum housings and user-replaceable batteries. The new lineup includes several new devices, flush-front displays, edge-to-edge color, and the first Bluetooth page-turn remote.
The new base Kindle starts at $149.99, with an aluminum 32GB version at $189.99, while the Paperwhite starts at $199.99 and the Colorsoft at $289.99.
The standard Kindle and its aluminum version went on sale October 1, while the Paperwhite and Colorsoft are available for preorder and ship October 28.
Amazon also released a companion accessory for owners who prefer physical buttons built into a case. A new $79.99 Page-Turn Cover adds physical buttons to the Kindle Paperwhite and Colorsoft Signature Editions.
Catching up to rivals and BookTok
Amazon is not the first company to sell this kind of accessory. The move follows similar page-turn remotes already offered by rivals Kobo and Boox.
Rakuten Kobo launched a $29.99 remote last year, while BOOX sells a $29.99 wireless page turner for its ePaper tablets, putting Amazon’s version $5 above both rivals.
Amazon has pointed to social media as part of the inspiration for the product. The company cited BookTok as an inspiration, Bloomberg reported, a reference to the community of readers on TikTok who post book recommendations, reviews and their reading setups.
Company executives see the remote as an early step rather than a finished form factor. Chris Green, Amazon’s vice president of industrial design, told Bloomberg he envisions eventually building something more like a flexible, all-display credit card-sized device for turning pages.
Why the move matters
The Kindle Click signals Amazon’s continued push to keep its e-reader business relevant even as tablets and phones dominate casual reading.
The company is also bringing back physical page-turn buttons, which had been absent from recent Kindle models. By pairing a dedicated remote with its refreshed hardware, Amazon is betting that longtime Kindle owners will pay a premium for official accessories rather than the clip-on or camera-remote workarounds many have used for years.
The hardware refresh lands the same month that Amazon overhauled other parts of its device lineup, including a shift toward AI-branded tablets that moved away from its budget Fire line, as detailed in GCN’s coverage of device software support.
The Kindle updates also follow a string of recent hardware launches across the industry, including new chip designs covered in GCN’s report on OnePlus’s latest phone.
