Amazon unveils redesigned Kindle Scribe lineup with Colorsoft

Amazon introduced a redesigned Kindle Scribe lineup Tuesday at its Devices event in New York, unveiling the first color model in the Scribe family, the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, alongside two updated monochrome Scribe models. The company said the refreshed range, announced Sept. 30, 2025, includes a slimmer 11-inch design, faster performance for reading and writing, new productivity software and cloud integrations; U.S. availability is slated for later this year with international rollouts in early 2026.

The new Scribe family shares an 11-inch glarefree E Ink display, a thinner 5.4 millimeter chassis and a lighter 400 gram weight. Amazon said a reworked display stack, texture-molded glass and reduced parallax make pen input feel closer to writing on paper. "Until now, this couldn't be done on an E Ink device," Amazon hardware chief Panos Panay said during the presentation, adding that the stylus and display changes make the device feel natural for extended note-taking.

Under the hood, Amazon moved to a quad-core processor, increased memory and its Oxide display technology to deliver faster page turns and write responsiveness, which the company quantified as roughly 40 percent...