Amazon launched New Kindle Scribe with Slimmer Design, Color Display, and AI-Powered Features
Amazon has launched the next generation of its Kindle Scribe e-note lineup, emphasizing productivity with a redesigned chassis, the debut of a color variant, and new AI-driven software enhancements. The refreshed range includes an upgraded Kindle Scribe, a model without a front light, and the first-ever Kindle Scribe Colorsoft.
Hardware and Design Improvements -
The new Kindle Scribe devices come with a slimmer, lighter build—measuring just 5.4mm thick and weighing 400g. Amazon claims a 40% boost in writing and page-turn performance, powered by a new quad-core processor, increased memory, and updated Oxide display technology.
Each model features an 11-inch glare-free screen, complemented by several key hardware upgrades:
- New front lighting system with miniaturized LEDs, enabling narrower bezels.
- Texture-molded glass for a more natural, paper-like writing feel.
- Re-engineered display stack that reduces the gap between pen tip and ink, minimizing parallax.
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft -
For the first time, Amazon is launching a color e-ink model—the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. It features Amazon’s custom “Colorsoft” display technology, which combines a color filter with a nitride LED light guide, supported by a new rendering engine for smooth color writing and drawing. Like its monochrome counterpart, the device promises weeks of battery life and remains distraction-free, with no access to external apps or notifications.
New Productivity and AI Software -
Alongside the updated hardware, Amazon is rolling out major software enhancements focused on productivity and AI:
- Redesigned Home Screen - A “Quick Notes” shortcut allows instant note-taking from the home page.
- Cloud Integration - Now supports Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive for importing documents and exporting annotated PDFs.
- AI-Powered Notebook - Users can search handwritten notes using natural language and get AI-generated summaries. A forthcoming “Send to Alexa+” feature (coming early next year) will enable conversations with Alexa about saved notes.
- Expanded Tools - Notebooks can be exported to OneNote either as editable text or images. Creative tools now include 10 pen colors, 5 highlighter colors, a shading tool, and a new Workspace option for organizing documents, notebooks, and books into folders.
Reading Enhancements -
All standard Kindle reading features remain, including access to the Kindle e-book store. In addition, Amazon is introducing AI-driven reading tools that will roll out to the Kindle iOS app later this year, and to Kindle devices in early 2026:
- Story So Far - Provides a spoiler-free summary of the book’s plot up to the user’s current page.
- Ask This Book - Lets readers highlight a passage and ask contextual questions about characters or scenes for spoiler-free explanations.
Pricing and Availability -
All new Kindle Scribe models come bundled with a magnetically attachable pen that requires no charging.
- Kindle Scribe (with front light) 32GB – Available later this year in the U.S., priced at USD 499.99 (approx. Rs. 44,380).
- Kindle Scribe Colorsoft 32GB – Launching later this year in the U.S., priced at USD 629.99 (approx. Rs. 55,920).
- Kindle Scribe (without front light) 16GB – Set to arrive early next year, priced at USD 429.99 (approx. Rs. 38,165).
All three models will also roll out in the UK and Germany early next year. Additionally, Amazon will release new plant-based folio cases and premium leather covers to complement the devices.
