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📚 Elevate your reading game with color, convenience, and endless escape.
The Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition redefines e-reading with a 7-inch high-contrast color display optimized for eye comfort, 32GB storage for thousands of titles, and an adaptive front light for any environment. Its waterproof design (IPX8) and up to 8 weeks of battery life per charge, combined with wireless charging support, make it the ultimate companion for immersive, distraction-free reading anywhere.
| Display | Amazon's 7” Colorsoft display technology with built-in light, 300 ppi B&W, 150 ppi colour, optimised font technology, 16-level greyscale. Due to the addition of a colour filter layer that creates the easy-on-the-eyes colour reading experience, you may notice that the texture or brightness of the Kindle Colorsoft display looks different from the Kindle Paperwhite display. |
| Size | 127.6 x 176.7 x 7.8 mm |
| Weight | 219 g. Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process. |
| System Requirements | None; fully wireless and doesn't require a computer to download content. |
| On-Device Storage | 32 GB; holds thousands of books. |
| Cloud Storage | Free cloud storage for all Amazon content. |
| Battery Life | A single charge lasts up to 8 weeks, based on half an hour of reading per day with wireless off and the light setting at 13. Battery life may vary depending on use. Audible audiobook streaming over Bluetooth will reduce battery life. |
| Charge Time | Fully charges in approximately 2.5 hours with a 9 W USB-C power adaptor. |
| Wi-Fi Connectivity | Supports 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz networks with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3 and OWE security using password authentication or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks. |
| Accessibility Features | VoiceView screen reader, available over Bluetooth audio, provides spoken feedback allowing you to navigate your device and read books with text-to-speech (available in English only). Kindle Colorsoft also includes the ability to have dark mode, adjust font size, font face, line spacing, and margins. Learn more about Accessibility for Kindle. |
| Content Formats Supported | Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion; Audible audio format (AAX). Learn more about supported file types for personal documents. |
| Documentation | Learn more about Kindle devices with our Quick Start Guide and Kindle User Guide. |
| Warranty and Service | Kindle Colorsoft is sold with a limited warranty of one year provided by the manufacturer. If you are a consumer, the limited warranty is in addition to your consumer rights and does not jeopardise these rights in any way. This means you may still have additional rights at law even after the limited warranty has expired (click here for more information on your consumer rights). Use of Kindle is subject to the terms found here. |
| Included in the Box | Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, USB-C charging cable and Quick Start Guide. |
| Waterproofing | Waterproof (IPX8), tested to withstand immersion in 2 metres of fresh water for 60 minutes. Learn more about the waterproof Kindle Colorsoft. |
| Available Colours | Metallic Black |
| Generation | Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (1st generation) – 2024 release. |
| Software Security Updates | This device receives guaranteed software security updates until at least four years after the device is last available for purchase as a new unit on our websites. Learn more about these software security updates. If you already own a Kindle e-reader, visit Manage Your Content and Devices for information specific to your device. |
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