Amazon’s redesigned Kindle Scribe lineup is now available in Canada, including the first-ever colour version of the popular note-taking e-reader, which is shipping out today for those that pre-ordered last month.
Here’s what you’ll pay:
The new Scribe is noticeably thinner and faster than before, coming in at 5.4mm and 400g. A new quad-core chip makes writing and page turns 40% faster, and the 11-inch display is proportioned to match a standard sheet of paper. Amazon also added a texture-molded glass surface to give the pen a more paper-like feel, and reduced the parallax gap between the pen tip and where ink appears on screen to nearly nothing.
The Colorsoft model uses Amazon’s custom display technology with a colour filter and nitride LEDs, supporting 10 pen colours, five highlighter colours, and a new shading tool for gradients. Battery life is still measured in weeks.
On the software side, all three models get a Quick Notes shortcut for jotting things down fast, plus Google Drive and OneDrive support for importing documents and exporting annotated PDFs. The standout new feature is AI-powered notebook search, which lets you search all your notes in plain language and returns summarized results with follow-up question support.
Every model comes with a redesigned magnetic pen that never needs charging and a three-month Kindle Unlimited subscription.
Worth noting: the original Kindle Scribe launched in Canada in December 2024 starting at $499. Prices have gone up considerably since then. The Colorsoft will run you close to $929 after tax in B.C., so nearly $1,000 for a Kindle. We’ll have more on the new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft soon, stay tuned.
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