[Frogm4n]

Official Amazon PR announcement: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/dev...e-scribe-color

Mentions a new stylus pen and new rendering engine for the display.

Does not mention implementing the new Workspace and other notebook software features on the previous Scribe models. Does mention bringing the AI-powered book summary features to the iOS app and other Kindles.

https://www.engadget.com/amazon-even...100017137.html

(I'll add highlights here to save people needing to scroll the live feed)

Kindle Scribe
Kindle Scribe with FrontLight
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft

It is 5.4mm thick, 400g, and no longer has asymmetric bezels. The display stack was thinned, and has a claimed latency of under 12ms.

The new design has both B&W and color display models.

There is a Scribe Workspace app that allows import and export to Google Drive and OneDrive. You can export notes to OneNote and Alexa+.

AI-powered Notebook search. Book summary Story So Far and Ask This Book are claimed to be spoiler-free and AI-powered.

(They've moved to Echo devices so this is all for the Scribe)

https://www.theverge.com/news/788289...notepad-stylus

11 inch display, up from the 10.2 of the 2022 and 2024 Scribes

New Home screen with a Quick Notes section

https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tabl...145031938.html

This article calls it "Scribe 3" which I think is editorializing it like was done by calling the Scribe 2024 the "Scribe 2".

https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tabl...145147981.html

Engadget hands-on with the new Scribes. Their description wording makes it clear that it is Kaleido, like the other Colorsoft models.

Like the Kindle Colorsoft that Amazon announced in 2023, the Scribe Colorsoft uses a color filter and LEDs. What’s slightly different is a new rendering engine that Amazon said “enhances the color and ensures writing is fast, fluid and totally natural.”

The redesigned home page will be launching later this year, and older Kindle devices will be able to update to the new software.

This still doesn't directly say if the older Scribe will be getting the new Workspace app and Notebook features.

https://www.amazon.com/kindle/shop/kindle-scribe

The official product pages are now public. In them Amazon describes the B&W models as:

Generation Kindle Scribe (3rd Generation)

And the color model as:

Generation Kindle Scribe Colorsoft (1st Generation)

I'll take back the comment that Engadget was editorializing about "Scribe 3", partially. Amazon is calling them the 3rd gen, but only the B&W models. They have skipped a generation, as the 2024 Scribe is still listed as:

Kindle Scribe 1st generation - 2024 release