Amazon Kindle Colorsoft vs Amazon Kindle Scribe (2025)

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Kindle Colorsoft compared with Kindle Scribe (2025)

	AmazonKindle Colorsoft	AmazonKindle Scribe (2025)
Overview
Released
Released	July 2025	December 2025
Screen
Screen size
Screen size	7″	11″
Sharpness
Sharpness	300 pixels per inch	300 pixels per inch
Colour
Colour	Yes	No
Front light
Front light	Yes, adjustable warmth	Yes, adjustable warmth
Display detail
Display detail	Colorsoft display, 300 ppi in black and white and 150 ppi in colour; 16-level grey scale; flush front	Glare-free Paperwhite display, 16-level grey scale; textured, paper-like surface; flush front
Front light
Front light	Adjustable front light with adjustable warm 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; AI notebook search and summaries; import from cloud services
Connections and battery
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 8 weeks	Up to 12 weeks
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 8 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 12 weeks reading or 3 weeks writing, at half an hour a day with wireless off and the light at 13
Charging
Charging	USB-C; full charge in under 2.5 hours with a 9 W USB power adapter	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, WPA2, WPA3 and OWE)	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	215 g (better)	400 g
Water resistance
Water resistance	IPX8	–
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	Tested to withstand immersion in 2 metres of fresh water for 60 minutes	–
Size
Size	176.7 × 127.6 × 7.8 mm	245 × 189 × 5.4 mm, excluding feet
Colours
Colours	Black	Graphite
In the box
In the box	Kindle Colorsoft, USB-C charging cable, Quick Start Guide	Kindle Scribe, Premium Pen, USB-C charging cable, replacement tips