Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft Gets a Dark Mode (2026) Leave a comment

I’m a nighttime reader. I often learn in the dead of night with my e-reader of alternative in its native darkish mode (for those who’re unfamiliar, it is the mode that turns the background black and all textual content and contours white, making it a lot dimmer however nonetheless simple to learn). That enables my husband and even my almost-4-year-old to snooze subsequent to me whereas I learn, with no beacon of sunshine blasting from my system.

It is no shock that, as such a nighttime reader, the shortage of darkish mode on the Kindle Colorsoft or Kindle Scribe Colorsoft was a giant grievance for me. Sure, you may flip the web page colour black on books (however not on imported paperwork, together with AZW3, which is designed particularly for studying on Amazon’s units), however the menu bars and homepages would blast me within the eyes in a darkish room if I needed to modify what e-book I used to be studying or use a menu characteristic. It was one of many many options we discovered missing within the Kindle Colorsoft, nevertheless it’s the one which retains me from utilizing it over one other Kindle. I would somewhat seize my Kindle Paperwhite and know I will not be blinded at 11:45 pm.

That each one modifications at present. Amazon introduced that darkish mode is rolling out to Colorsoft Kindle units at present and persevering with over the approaching weeks. It’s going to embody customization choices, in case you don’t need every little thing in your Colorsoft Kindle to go darkish if you use this mode. If darkish mode has saved you from getting a Colorsoft, you may take that off your record of cons.

Into the Darkish (Mode)

Should you’re already a Kindle Colorsoft proprietor, you can begin checking your system at present for updates, however they may not seem straight away. Should you do not need to wait, you may obtain the replace right here from Amazon, however you will want to put in it on a desktop pc and comply with these directions to manually replace your Kindle.

The Colorsoft darkish mode may also offer you choices. You possibly can select to darken some screens whereas leaving others on the common, brighter display. This appears primarily designed for the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, the digital pocket book model of the colourful Kindle line, so you can select to go away your digital notebooks in gentle mode whereas having your private home display and books in darkish mode. But it surely’ll work on all Colorsoft units (and up to now, solely Colorsoft units, however we’ll see if that modifications over time). Amazon says you may entry this by clicking on darkish mode within the Fast Actions menu, and you can customise what will get darkish mode from there.

Amazon additionally confirmed that any colour you’ve got used on the Colorsoft Kindle Scribe notebooks or colourful highlights you’ve got used to annotate your e book on any Colorsoft system will stay the identical colour when the system switches to darkish mode.

Amazon’s Colorsoft Lineup

Should you’re able to personal a Kindle Colorsoft now that darkish mode has arrived, right here’s a fast take a look at the lineup.