Display
Amazon’s 10.2” Paperwhite display technology with built-in light, 300 ppi, optimized font technology, 16-level gray scale.
Size
Device: 7.7” x 9.0 x .22 (196 x 230 x 5.8mm excluding feet)
Premium Pen: 6.4” x .35” x .33” (162 x 8.8 x 8.4 mm).
On-Device Storage
16 GB, 32 GB, or 64 GB.
Weight
Device: 15.3oz (433g device only). Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process.
Premium Pen: .53oz (15g)
Wi-Fi Connectivity
Supports 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz networks with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 security using password authentication or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
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.
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 Scribe also includes the ability to invert black and white, adjust font size, font face, line spacing and margins. Learn more about Accessibility for Kindle.
Setup Technology
Amazon Wi-Fi simple setup automatically connects to your home Wi-Fi network. Learn more about Wi-Fi simple setup.
System Requirements
None; fully wireless and doesn’t require a computer to download content.
Generation
Kindle Scribe 1st generation – 2022 release.
Battery Life
For reading, a single charge lasts up to 12 weeks based on a half hour of reading per day, with wireless off and the light setting at 13. For writing, a single charge lasts up to 3 weeks based on a half hour period of writing per day, with wireless off and the light setting at 13. Battery life will vary and may be reduced based on usage and other factors such as Audible audiobook streaming and annotating content.
Charge Time
Fully charges in approximately 7 hours from a computer via USB-C cable; or fully charges in approximately 2.5 hours with a 9W USB-C power adapter.
