{"id":305754,"date":"2025-10-15T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/305754\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:10:10","slug":"kobo-just-got-a-very-cool-new-accessory-a-remote-for-your-e-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/305754\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobo just got a very cool new accessory \u2014 a remote for your e-reader"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ultimate winter e-reader<\/a> accessory is coming to Kobo e-readers<\/a>. No, it’s not a fuzzy case or branded knit blanket \u2014 it’s a remote. Rakuten, the company behind Kobo e-readers<\/a>, just announced that on Nov. 4, it’ll be launching a remote<\/a> that’s compatible with the brand’s e-readers. A remote is one of our favorite accessories for an e-reader, and Kobos<\/a> are the first e-readers to get a native remote.<\/p>\n

Rakuten Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn says, “The Kobo Remote is the perfect accessory for peak immersive reading; it\u2019s an invitation to lounge deeper, multitask smarter, and simply enjoy reading without limits, no matter whether your environment is beach or blankets.”<\/p>\n

Page-turning remotes are not a new innovation in the e-reader landscape. The BookTok girlies have been all over it for years, touting cozy setups with gooseneck stands and remotes<\/a> to keep their hands tucked under the blankets while still being able to turn to the next page on their e-readers.<\/p>\n

Kobo’s remote<\/a> will come in two shades, white and black, just like most of its e-readers. The Kobo remote measures 3.92 inches long and about 1.18 inches wide. It has a curved design for an ergonomic feel, and is powered by Bluetooth and a AAA battery. E-reader remotes have never been sold by e-reader brands, making Kobo the first to do so.<\/p>\n

\n Mashable Light Speed\n <\/p>\n

The Kobo remote is compatible with the following Kobo e-readers: Kobo Clara 2E, Kobo Clara BW, Kobo Clara Colour, Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Libra Colour, Kobo Sage, Kobo Elipsa, and Kobo Elipsa 2E.<\/p>\n

Most other page turners come in two parts: one piece that clips onto the side of the e-reader to tap the screen, and then the actual remote, which controls that clip-on piece. The Kobo Remote will just be one piece, as it’s native to the Kobo operating system and communicates with the device over Bluetooth rather than needing a clip-on piece to tap the screen.<\/p>\n

This page-turner is much needed in the Kobo system, as I’ve found that generic page-turner remotes don’t always work with the Kobo e-readers. Because the screens on Kobo e-readers aren’t flush to their borders, the lip prevents the page turners from pressing the screen unless positioned just right. With the Kobo Remote, that won’t be a problem.<\/p>\n

The only current downside I see is the price. At $29.99, it’s $10 more than most remotes you can find on Amazon, which typically retail for $19.99. That being said, the extra cost will be worth it for the cozy reading experience.<\/p>\n

Now that Kobo has released a remote for its e-readers, it’s just a matter of time before\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0designs a remote for Kindles<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ultimate winter e-reader accessory is coming to Kobo e-readers. No, it’s not a fuzzy case or branded…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":305755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-305754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115379059238415060","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}