Amazon has announced new Kindle devices at its hardware event today in New York City. Hosted by Panos Panay, the event — which also saw new Echo and Ring security devices announced — revealed the brand new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is joining the company's e-reader lineup alongside a standard Kindle Scribe 3.
The original Amazon Kindle Scribe is Amazon's tablet-sized e-reader with a stylus that launched back in 2022. We've had revisions since then, but this is the first time Amazon has given it a color display, and for comic book fans, this could be close to the perfect device.
The device has been on something of a diet, too. The latest model(s) come in at 5.4mm thin and weigh just 400g. According to Panay, the texture-molded glass display has a 12 millisecond latency when it comes to the pen input, which makes it feel just like "you're writing on paper".
That display has been made bigger, though. It's now 11 inches across up from last year's 10.2 inches.
The new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft boasts a customized chip and more memory, making it 40% faster on actions like page-turning and writing. There's also a non-color version, the regular Kindle Scribe 3, too.
We don't yet know how the new Kindles will hold up in terms of longevity, but Amazon says the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft will offer "weeks of battery life".
AI productivity updates
Because it's 2025, and we can't have anything without AI in it, Amazon has also listed a bunch of new AI features coming to the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft.
Here's how the company pitches it:
- All-new Home: From our all-new Home, we’ve added Quick Notes so you can easily jot something down whenever inspiration strikes. You can also open recently opened and added books, documents, and notebooks.
- Access all your docs: With support for Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, it’s easy to import documents for mark-up and export annotated PDFs.
- AI-powered search: Search your notes naturally across your notebooks and you’ll get simple AI summaries. You can also dig deeper with follow-up questions.
- Send to Alexa+: Early next year, you’ll be able to send your notes and documents from Kindle Scribe to Alexa+ and have a conversation about them.
- Share notebooks with OneNote: Export your notes as converted text or as an embedded image to OneNote so you can keep them all in one place and keep editing from your laptop.
- Color pens and highlights: Write, draw, and annotate in one of 10 pen colors or highlight in one of 5 highlighter colors.
- Shading: Artists and creators can create smooth gradients and subtle tones with our new shader tool, giving you even more control over the depth and richness of your art.
- Workspace: Organize your documents, notebooks, books, and more in the same folder.
Pricing and availability
The Kindle Scribe 3 will be available starting at $499.99 and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft will be available starting at $629.99. Kindle Scribe without a front light will be available early next year for $429.99.
Currently, the products are limited to the U.S., but Amazon says it will be bringing them to the U.K and Germany in 2026.
Speaking of price, I should point out that if you're not fussed about the latest version, you might be pleased to learn Amazon has knocked $100 off the price of the original Scribe in the lead up to next week's Prime Day event.
If you want to know more about what's been announced, check out our up-to-the-minute Amazon live blog for the latest news.
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