The Kindle Scribe has always been the oddball in the Kindle family, allowing you to scribble notes and draw ideas in addition to reading. Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorsoft expands on that ambition by adding color. This is the first Kindle Scribe with a color E Ink display, and it marks a colorful step toward a world in which digital notes and books feel more like their physical equivalents.
This tablet is tiny and light, measuring 5.4mm thick and weighing 400g. The 11-inch display is slightly larger than the 10.2-inch screen of the 2022 Scribe, but the biggest difference is in style. Amazon removed the hefty side bezel that contained components in prior models, replacing it with a symmetrical, nearly unnoticeable frame. The electronics are now housed behind the display, making it appear sleek and modern.
- Our most advanced Kindle Scribe – Features an 11” Colorsoft display with front light, built-in notebook, AI tools, and support for popular cloud...
- New Colorsoft display – A custom-built oxide-based display delivers high-contrast, paper-like color that’s easy on the eyes without distracting...
- Feels just like paper – Textured surface and ultra-fast responsiveness for a natural writing experience. Included Premium Pen requires no charging.
Unlike E Ink screens, which are limited to grayscale, the Colorsoft uses a custom-built display, a color filter, and nitride LEDs to bring colors to life without the eye strain of an LCD. You have ten pen colors and five highlighter tones to select from, making annotating PDFs or sketching more enjoyable.
Amazon reduced the response time to 14ms, just slightly slower than the monochrome brothers’ 12ms. In fact, the difference is barely visible; your pen strokes appear practically quickly, with absolutely no latency. The rough glass surface resembles paper, and the stylus glides without feeling slippery. A new rendering engine ensures that colors do not slow down the writing experience, and the parallax effect (in which the ink seems slightly offset from the pen tip) is nearly eliminated. The stylus was also redesigned. It’s thicker, rounder, and more comfortable to grasp, with stronger magnets that keep it firmly attached to the tablet’s side.
It has a new quad-core processor and more memory, so it’s speedier. Pages turn 40% faster, and the Paperwhite’s Oxide display technology ensures text clarity and smooth transitions. As with E Ink tablets, the battery life lasts for weeks, and there are no apps or notifications to distract you from your work.
The new home page is simple and easy to use, with a Quick Notes area at the top to jot down notes on a digital Post-It. A “Jump back into” section shows recently opened books or documents, and a “Recently added” row shows new content. Integration with Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive lets you import and export marked up PDFs or textbooks. Later in 2026 you’ll be able to send Alexa+ notes for follow up conversations, like asking about tasks on your to-do list. A new Workspace feature is like a folder system, so you can organize notes, books and documents for tasks like studying or planning.
An AI powered search feature reads your handwritten notes from all notebooks, organizes related topics and gives you a summary. Ask, “What did I write about last week’s meeting?” and it will gather relevant pieces and give you a quick summary. You can ask more detailed questions. This requires a Wi-Fi connection because it uses cloud based processing but it’s a game changer for anyone who is drowning in notes or business documents. Artists will love the new shader tool that lets you create smooth gradients for digital art and add depth to sketches.
Pricing is complicated because the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft starts at $629.99 which is the most expensive Kindle ever. For example the Kobo Libra Colour, a colour E Ink reader with writing capabilities, is $229.99 despite having a smaller screen.
