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# Amazon Launches New Kindle Scribe Lineup, Including Its First Colour Model
- URL: https://www.techthatfits.net/news/amazon-launches-new-kindle-scribe-lineup-including-its-first-colour-model/
- Published: 2026-05-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-24T15:02:39.000Z
- Description: Amazon has unveiled a redesigned Kindle Scribe lineup, including its first-ever colour model and new AI-powered notebook features.
- Author: Mark Alexander
- Tags: News, #News, Amazon, Kindle

Amazon has unveiled a redesigned **Kindle Scribe** lineup, including the **first-ever Kindle Scribe Colorsoft**, bringing colour writing and note-taking to Kindle’s larger productivity-focused e-reader for the first time.

The new range has been redesigned to be **thinner, lighter and faster**, while Amazon is also adding new productivity tools including **AI-powered notebook search**.

Three models are launching:

- **Kindle Scribe Colorsoft**
- **Kindle Scribe**
- **Kindle Scribe without Front Light**

### Essentials

### Kindle Scribe Colorsoft - from $999 AUD

- First-ever **colour Kindle Scribe**
- **11-inch glare-free display**
- Colour pens and highlights
- AI notebook search
- Google Drive, OneDrive and OneNote support

### Kindle Scribe - from $849 AUD

- **11-inch glare-free display**
- New thinner **5.4mm design**
- Faster writing and page turns
- Front light system
- AI notebook features

### Kindle Scribe (No Front Light) - from $699 AUD

- Lower-cost Scribe model
- Same core notebook features
- No built-in front light

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/a7/93a7a6bd-013f-4185-a4f5-e4416505cd2b/content/images/2026/05/KindleScribe2026.png)

### What’s New?

Amazon says the new Kindle Scribe lineup has been redesigned from the ground up, with a thinner **5.4mm body**, lighter **400g design**, and performance improvements that make writing and page turns up to **40% faster**.

The new hardware also includes textured glass for a more paper-like writing feel, slimmer bezels, and a redesigned display that reduces the gap between the pen and screen.

The headline addition is the new **Kindle Scribe Colorsoft**, which adds colour pens, highlights and sketching tools while still keeping Kindle’s distraction-free, paper-like display.

### AI Notebook Features

Amazon is also pushing Scribe further into digital notebook territory with new software tools including:

- **AI-powered notebook search**
- **AI note summaries**
- **Quick Notes from the Home screen**
- **Google Drive and OneDrive document support**
- **OneNote export**
- Folder and workspace organisation

### Pricing and Availability

The new Kindle Scribe lineup is available for pre-order now in Australia. It will be released on 10th June 2026.

- **Kindle Scribe Colorsoft** \- from **$999 AUD -** [Pre-order now](https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FC217W9L?ref=techthatfits.net)
- **Kindle Scribe** \- from **$849 AUD -** [Pre-order now](https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FC1PBJRB?ref=techthatfits.net)
- **Kindle Scribe without Front Light** \- from **$699 AUD -** [Pre-order now](https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FBSC6CPR?ref=techthatfits.net)

### Tech That Fits Take

The colour screen grabs attention, but Kindle Scribe still feels most interesting as a distraction-free digital notebook. If you want something for reading, writing and note-taking without apps and notifications constantly getting in the way, this lineup looks more compelling than before.