Possibly more than most tech gadgets I’ve played with in recent years, Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorsoft feels like the product of listening.
It is a thinner, lighter, more open, smarter and definitely more colorful product than the scripture that came in front of it. The Pen-Clear Ereader seems to answer virtually all wish list updates and maybe a little more.
Granted, my time with the new $ 629 Color E-In-Ink device, which Amazon revealed Tuesday (September 30, 2025) on its huge 2025 unit event, was limited but I will not lie; I’m already impressed.
The specifications tell part of the story. This Kindle Scribe Colorsoft manages to offer a larger screen, 11 inches as opposed to 10.2 inches on the 2024 writing doctrine, while still 33 grams lighter and 0.4 mm thinner.
The design is far more classic, tablet-like with a balanced frame that surrounds the new color-ready screen. Apart from the Kindle logo and four small rubber feet, the back is unnoticed. There is a power button on one edge and the lower edge is just thick enough to house USB-C charging gate.
Paper -like design
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When I held the tablet in my hand, I was amazed at how light and thin it felt. I had no trouble grabbing a corner and supporting its weight with only two fingers. It is so thin that the pen is now slightly thicker than the Scribe Colorsoft chassis. That’s a good thing Amazon increased the internal magnetic power. I did my best to shake the pencil from the scripture to no use.
The touch -friendly screen is fast and almost flicker -free, something I noticed as we quickly pushed through previous sketches and notes.
And of course it is a color-friendly screen, which means that in addition to the sharp 300 PPI text and drawing you can mark and draw in half a dozen colors (there is also a color mixing wheel that I did not try) and see content in up to 4,096 colors (at 150 PPI). There are a number of pens, though I think the Fountain Pen is the most satisfactory.
Reading and writing
Now I have read some content on Amazon’s lovely Kindle Colorsoft, but being able to draw and markup in color on an e-ink device is a completely different thing.
First of all, the pen of the digital paper is remarkable responsive. It looked like pink, green, yellow and black ink poured out of the included pen and right on the screen. There is no visible distance between the pen tip and output on the screen. In addition, the pen and screen worked exceptionally well to recognize pressure. I wondered how I could effortlessly switch from the thickest to the thinnest, almost hair -string line.
This kind of response set a benchmark for what to expect from a color e-ink device.
Colors generally look alive and in some ways a little lighter than what we saw on the original Kindle Colorsoft. This is probably because the image stack of the new device is thinner, and although the Amazon miniaturized LEDs on this device are actually several of them.
I am also impressed that the new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is more open than its predecessor as it is ready to work directly with OneDrive and Google Drive for Filimport. However, exports remain somewhat more limited, as both platforms will only receive PDF files from Scripe Colorsoft. Finally, you can send notes back and forth to Alexa+.
There are other productivity features that, even though I didn’t try them, promised to make this a more open, useful system. They include AI-driven search, quick notes and workspace for grouping books, PDFs and other files.
The cost of cool
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Now for the bad news. This lovely piece of hardware starts at $ 629 for a 32 GB model. The previous Kindle screen (monochrome, obviously) started at $ 399. And that price doesn’t even give you the lovely Maroon option.
Since it is an e-ink device, it releases power (even with the LEDs on) and can last for 8 weeks on a single charge. If you write on it every day for 30 minutes or so, your battery life may be cut down to two weeks, which is still pretty good of my book.
It’s early days with the new Amazon Kindle Scripe Colorsoft. I like the look of it, the feeling of it and the benefit of it, but I worry about the price. It is clearly a powerful and colorful tool for those with deep pockets and an interest in seeing, creating and getting work done in color.
We know for sure if it is worth investing when we have run our full battery of testing.
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