Amazon has refreshed its line of Kindle e-readers with the launch of four new devices, including one with a color screen.
The company first introduced the Kindle in 2007, and since then, all new models featured black-and-white displays — Kindle Colorsoft breaks that tradition. The device has a display designed to prevent colors from looking blurry or pixelated, even when images are zoomed in.
The reader is priced at $279, while Amazon claims that the battery life can last for "weeks of usage." Pre-orders are available on the company's website starting today, with customer shipments set to begin on October 30.
Other new products include the updated Kindle Scribe for $399, which features note-taking capabilities, the refreshed Kindle Paperwhite for $159, and the 12th-generation Kindle selling for $109. At a press conference in New York, Amazon’s device chief, Panos Panay, described the launch as "the biggest update to the Kindle line."
Kindle Scribe comes with a stylus that allows users to take notes, make to-do lists, and write directly on the pages of the book they are reading — while the text will automatically adjust around them (thanks to a new feature called "Active Canvas").
The reader also features generative artificial intelligence that summarizes notes into a concise list. Amazon states that this feature utilizes the Bedrock software tool, which lets customers access large language models from Amazon and other companies such as Anthropic and Stability AI.
The device is now available for pre-order and will be shipped to customers on December 4.
The updated Kindle Paperwhite is faster than previous models and features a larger 7-inch display (compared to the 6.8-inch in the previous version), while the 12th-generation Kindle is marketed as the most "compact" e-book reading device with a brighter display. Both are available for order starting today.
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