30Sep 2025 by alex No Comments

Amazon Fall 2025 hardware roundup

Amazon’s fall hardware event covered new Kindles, Ring cameras and expanded Alexa+ features. Below is a detailed, plain-English rundown of the announcements and where to find more info.

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft (color writing tablet)

Full-color version of the Kindle Scribe using Amazon’s custom display tech with color filter and nitride LEDs.
10 pen colors, 5 highlighter colors; new rendering engine to improve writing feel and speed.
Battery life: several weeks on one charge. US price: starts at $630. US availability: later this year. UK/Germany: early 2026.
Amazon search link: Kindle Scribe Colorsoft on Amazon (search)

Refreshed Kindle Scribe (2025, 11-inch)

11-inch display (paper-sheet proportions), 5.44mm thin, ~400g; 40% faster page turns/writing vs prior model.
Front light system with miniature LEDs, texture-molded glass, quad-core chip, more memory for AI features.
AI features: search across notes, AI summaries, follow-up Q&A. Alexa+ integration to send notes to Alexa+ (early 2026). Google Drive and OneDrive support; export annotated PDFs and notes to OneNote.
Home screen: Quick Notes and recent docs. New attachable pen. US price: starts at $500 (front-light model); $430 for the version without front light. US/Germany availability: early 2026 (US on sale by end of year).
Amazon search link: Kindle Scribe (11″) on Amazon (search)

Ring cameras & new “Retinal Vision” features

Amazon introduced a set of Ring cameras focused on improved low-light performance and AI image tuning:

Wired Doorbell Plus (2K): $180 — search
Indoor Plus Cam (2K): $60 — search
Outdoor Cam Pro (4K): $200 — search
Spotlight Cam Pro (4K): $250 — search
Wired Doorbell Pro (4K): $250 — search
Floodlight Cam Pro (4K): $280 — search

Features include Retinal Tuning (AI that samples video quality to improve images), large-aperture lenses and new Alexa+ camera integrations: Alexa+ Greetings (custom greeting choices), Familiar Faces (face recognition alerts), and Search Party (community-powered missing pet search). Search Party rolls out in November; Alexa+ Greetings coming to new cameras in December.

Alexa+ and Kindle/Fire TV AI features

Kindle AI features: Story So Far (non-spoiler recap) and Ask this Book (highlight text and ask questions). Kindle iOS app will gain features first; thousands of Kindle books will support them. Availability: AI book features on Kindles early next year.
Fire TV: Alexa+ can find scenes in supported movies using natural-language prompts (scene search).

Notes & sources

Details above are based on Amazon’s fall hardware event coverage and initial reports. Official Amazon product pages and press releases may appear on Amazon’s site soon. Below are Amazon search links with affiliate tag for US shoppers — use them to check live product pages once they appear.

If you want, I can monitor for the official Amazon product pages and update this post with direct product links and official press releases once they go live.

Amazon Fall 2025 hardware roundup: Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, refreshed Scribe, Ring cams, Alexa+ features