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Amazon Launches System-Wide Dark Mode Update for Kindle Colorsoft and Scribe Colorsoft
Amazon announced on April 28, 2026, the rollout of system-wide dark mode for its Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft devices, enabling white text on black backgrounds across the user interface. The update also introduces Smart Shapes tools for the Scribe Colorsoft's notebooks. The software will deploy worldwide in the coming weeks, available for download via Amazon's website.
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Amazon announced on April 28, 2026, that system-wide dark mode is coming to the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft devices, marking a key update for the color E Ink e-readers. The feature extends an inverted mode with white text against a black background to the entire user interface, building on previous capabilities limited to inverting ebook pages.
The software update will roll out to readers worldwide in the coming weeks and be available for download through Amazon’s website.
Dark mode will apply system-wide to every section of the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft’s UI, with users able to specify which sections use it. For example, readers can enable dark mode for the home screen, ebook library, and reading areas while keeping notebooks in normal light mode.
Most modern Kindle devices with black and white E Ink screens already offer this inverted dark mode across their interfaces.
The Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft feature color E Ink screens, which previously could only invert the pages of ebooks. Amazon confirmed on April 28, 2026, that the dark mode rollout starts today and will continue over the next couple weeks.
In addition to dark mode, the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft’s notebooks are getting Smart Shapes tools. These allow users to add predefined shapes including lines, arrows, circles, triangles, and rectangles to hand-written notes and sketches from the toolbar. The device includes a hold-to-snap feature that converts freehand drawings into precise lines, circles, triangles, or rectangles.
