Kobo · Libra
Libra Colour
The Kobo Libra Colour is a 7-inch colour eReader with page-turn buttons and stylus support, for people who read a lot and want to annotate books and keep notebooks.
- Screen
- 7″
- PPI
- 300
- Colour
- Yes
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Weight
- 199.5 g
What reviewers say
Reviewers agree it is one of the best eReaders available, light and comfortable with page-turn buttons, a useful if muted colour screen and feature-rich software, with note-taking as a bonus. The common criticisms are the price once the separately sold stylus is added and Kobo's store, which is weaker than Amazon's; The Verge found library borrowing clumsy, and TechRadar noticed some lag.
From techradar.com, trustedreviews.com, wired.com and theverge.com
Specifications
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- Screen size
- 7″
- Resolution
- 1680 × 1264
- Sharpness
- 300 pixels per inch
- Colour
- Yes
- Front light
- Yes, adjustable warmth
- Display detail
- E Ink Kaleido 3 with FastGLR and Dark Mode; 300 ppi for black-and-white content, 150 ppi for colour; left/right rotation and landscape mode
- Front light
- ComfortLight PRO, adjustable brightness and colour temperature
Reading and writing
- Stylus
- Yes
- Page-turn buttons
- Yes
- Audiobooks
- Yes
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Software
- Kobo
- Formats
- 15 formats natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR)
- Book store
- Kobo Store
- Library loans
- OverDrive and Libby in select countries
- Stylus
- Kobo Stylus 2, sold separately
- Note taking
- Notebooks and colour markup in eBooks; backed up to Kobo Cloud; Dropbox and Google Drive
Connections and battery
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 5.7 weeks
- Battery life detail
- Up to 40 days at 30 minutes of reading a day, front light at 30% and wireless off; 2050 mAh
- Charging
- USB-C
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth, USB-C; dual 2.0 GHz processor
- Audio
- Kobo Audiobooks over Bluetooth headphones or speaker (select countries)
Design
- Weight
- 199.5 g
- Water resistance
- IPX8
- Materials
- Exterior of at least 85.5% recycled content, including 10% ocean-bound plastic; repairable
- Water resistance detail
- Waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to 2 metres of water
- Size
- 144.6 × 161 × 8.3 mm
- Colours
- Black, White
Pros and cons
Pros
- Page-turn buttons and a waterproof (IPX8) body
- Works with Kobo Stylus 2 for notes and colour markup
- 32 GB, with Dropbox and Google Drive
Cons
- Stylus sold separately
- Colour is 150 ppi, half the sharpness of text
- Audiobooks need separate Bluetooth headphones or a speaker
Closest rivals
Model | Screen | PPI | Colour | Storage | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3″ | 264 | Yes | 64 GB | 230 g | Sept 2025 | |
| 7″ | 300 | No | 64 GB | 195 g | Apr 2025 | |
| 7″ | 300 | Yes | 32 GB | 219 g | Oct 2024 |
Previous model: Libra 2.
Sources
- ereader.kobo.com/en-gb/products/kobo-libra-colour
- kobo.com/news/now-in-colour-bring-your-books-to-life-with-the-new-kobo-libra-co…
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