Amazon Kindle (2022) vs Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft

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Kindle (2022) compared with Kindle Scribe Colorsoft

	AmazonKindle (2022)	AmazonKindle Scribe Colorsoft
Overview
Released
Released	October 2022	December 2025
Screen
Screen size
Screen size	6″	11″
Sharpness
Sharpness	300 pixels per inch	300 pixels per inch
Colour
Colour	No	Yes
Front light
Front light	Yes	Yes, adjustable warmth
Display detail
Display detail	Glare-free display, 16-level grey scale; dark mode	Colorsoft display, 300 ppi in black and white and 150 ppi in colour; 16-level grey scale; textured, paper-like surface
Front light
Front light	Adjustable front light	Auto-adjusting front light with adjustable warm light
Page turns and refresh
Page turns and refresh	–	Quad-core processor; Amazon says writing and page turns are 40% faster than the previous Scribe
Reading and writing
Stylus
Stylus	No	Yes
Page-turn buttons
Page-turn buttons	No	No
Audiobooks
Audiobooks	Yes	Yes
Storage
Storage	16 GB	32 GB, 64 GB (better)
Software
Software	Kindle	Kindle
Formats
Formats	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI and PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP through conversion; Audible (AAX)	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI and PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP through conversion; Audible (AAX)
Book store
Book store	Kindle Store	Kindle Store
Stylus
Stylus	–	Premium Pen included (17 g, 155 × 8.8 mm); no charging or pairing; built-in eraser and shortcut button
Note taking
Note taking	–	Notebooks, writing in documents and books in colour; AI notebook search and summaries; import from cloud services
Connections and battery
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 6 weeks	Up to 8 weeks
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 6 weeks at half an hour of reading a day with wireless off and the light at 13; Audible streaming over Bluetooth shortens it	Up to 8 weeks reading or 2 weeks writing, at half an hour a day with wireless off and the light at 13
Charging
Charging	USB-C; full charge in about 2 hours with a 9 W USB power adapter, or about 4 hours from a computer	USB-C; full charge in under 3 hours with a 20 W USB-C power adapter
Connectivity
Connectivity	Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; WEP, WPA and WPA2)	Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3)
Audio
Audio	Bluetooth audio for Audible and the VoiceView screen reader	Bluetooth audio for Audible and the VoiceView screen reader
Design
Weight
Weight	158 g (better)	400 g
Materials
Materials	30–75% recycled plastics and 90% recycled magnesium	–
Size
Size	157.8 × 108.6 × 8.0 mm	245 × 189 × 5.4 mm, excluding feet
Colours
Colours	Black, Denim	Graphite, Fig
In the box
In the box	Kindle, USB-C charging cable, Quick Start Guide	Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, Premium Pen, USB-C charging cable, replacement tips