Amazon launches its first colour Kindle, adds AI features to Scribe

E-readers have been monochromatic for many years. While some companies like Kobo, Remarkable, and Boox introduced colour on e-ink before Amazon, the largest manufacturer of  e-readers had no colour options prior to this launch.

Carrying a $280 price tag, the new Kindle Colorsoft relies on LED technology to bring colours on the e-ink display. 

According to The Verge, although not quite an iPad-level colour accuracy, the Colorsoft's display is more vivid and sharper than most other colour e-readers out there.

The colourful screen also adds a nifty feature — highlighting different parts of a document in different colours. At 300 ppi resolution, the e-reader's 7-inch display now turns pages faster than the previous generations of Kindles.

The Colorsoft will have a battery life of around eight weeks, while the new version of the Paperwhite has a battery that will last up to three months.

The new Paperwhite's dimensions are the same as the Colorsoft, the only difference being the monochromatic grayscale display.

Amazon also unveiled an updated Kindle Scribe e-reader, which lets users write on the screen with a stylus and convert their handwriting into clearer text.

According to the company, in-book notes can be summarised by AI software, which can turn pages of notes into concise bullet points.

The new Kindle Paperwhite starts at $160 and the Scribe's price starts at $400.