Overview

• The new 11-inch Scribes are thinner and lighter at 5.4mm and 400g, with a quad‑core chip and more memory that Amazon says make writing and page turns about 40% faster.
• Kindle Scribe Colorsoft adds color E Ink for annotating in 10 pen colors and 5 highlighter colors, a new shading tool, and a rendering engine designed for smoother, natural color writing.
• AI features include notebook search with summaries, a redesigned Home with Quick Notes and Workspace, reading tools like Story So Far and Ask This Book, and integrations with Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and OneNote.
• U.S. pricing is set at $499.99 for the standard front‑lit Scribe and $629.99 for Scribe Colorsoft later this year, with a no‑light model coming early next year for $429.99; UK and Germany availability follows early next year.
• Coverage highlights strong early hardware impressions but flags the higher prices versus rivals, as retailers concurrently discounted prior‑generation Scribes to as low as $299.99 to clear inventory.