The latest Kindle Scribe series from the company features an overhauled design, enhanced performance, and the inaugural color Scribe. Amazon unveiled a fresh range of Kindle Scribes during its recent event, indicating that customers will discover a Scribe with a front light, one without, and a Scribe Colorsoft. The Scribe Colorsoft boasts a gentle on the eyes colored display and shares the same redesign as the others, including enhanced performance, a “texture-molded” glass display, and additional improvements. The starting price for the Scribe Colorsoft is $629, while the front light model begins at $499; sales are set to commence “later this year.”
What would an Amazon hardware event be without something new for Kindle? This time, the focus is on the larger notebook, the Scribe. Amazon announced three new Kindle Scribes in a press release following its hardware event. Key initial updates for the Scribe that consumers should be aware of include Amazon’s redesign, which has made the device even slimmer, now measuring just 5.4mm. The three new Scribes—the Kindle Scribe (with front light), Kindle Scribe (without front light), and the first Kindle Scribe Colorsoft—are lighter than before and approximately 40% faster.
This boost in performance is attributed to a quad-core chip, more memory, and Amazon’s Oxide display technology for a more responsive experience. Additionally, the Kindle Scribes come with a “texture-molded” glass display designed to mimic the feel of writing on paper. The front light model features its LED “closely aligned to the display” to enable narrower bezels, resulting in a larger screen area.
While these highlight the more prominent design changes for this year’s Scribe, Amazon’s Scribe Colorsoft is a unique addition to this category, following the release of the first color Kindle a year ago.
The Kindle Scribe adds a splash of color
The inaugural Kindle Scribe Colorsoft incorporates the same updated designs as the other two Scribes this year. Its main distinction is that Amazon has equipped this model with a soothing colored screen that still delivers the Scribe experience. Despite the gentle lighting of this colored display, Amazon assures users will still encounter vivid colors, not dull shades.
There is a subtle change with the Scribe Colorsoft, namely its new rendering engine that keeps the writing interface of the Kindle quick and smooth, enhancing color presentation as well. Although not everything is in monochrome, the company asserts the Scribe Colorsoft can provide “weeks of battery life.”
Beyond the hardware aspects of these devices, a substantial suite of AI updates for the Scribe is noteworthy for consumers. Amazon has been integrating AI into its latest devices, just as with the new Fire TV lineup and Echo devices this week. With the Scribe, users will discover a revamped Home interface that includes Quick Notes and simplified access to previously opened books, documents, and more.
Within Workspace, users can store and arrange their imported or created documents, notebooks, books, and other digital materials. This functionality is further enhanced for those who connect their OneDrive or Google Drive accounts, as those files become readily accessible. The Scribe Colorsoft offers unique features, such as a Shader tool, colored pens, and highlights for annotations and notes.
Amazon also emphasizes its AI-driven search options for documents and files. Users can ask the AI to summarize files, with follow-up questions available afterward.
Coming soon…
The Kindle Scribe (front light) starts at $499, the Scribe without a front light is priced at $429, and the Scribe Colorsoft begins at $629 in the U.S. Customers should note that these devices are listed on Amazon; however, a pre-order button is not yet available. The announcement mentions that these devices are coming “later this year,” so stay tuned for more updates.
Next year, Amazon intends to launch these updated models in the U.K. and Germany. Purchases of these Kindle Scribes will include a three-month subscription to Kindle Unlimited, which adds even more AI-powered features, such as “Ask this Book” to highlight passages or sentences and receive insights into their potential significance in the story.
