# Amazon refreshes Kindles with colors, aluminum, and new buttons

> Amazon's next-generation Kindles are thinner, faster, and come in new colors and materials, plus a case with physical page-turn buttons.
- Title: Amazon refreshes Kindles with colors, aluminum, and new…
- Summary: Amazon's next-generation Kindles are thinner, faster, and come in new colors and materials, plus a case with physical page-turn buttons. Amazon launched…
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- Source: The Verge — https://theverge.com/tech/1002811/amazon-kindle-paperwhite-colorsoft-accessory-refresh
- Author: Cameron Faulkner
- Published: 2026-10-01T13:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: amazon, kindle, e-readers, hardware refresh, colorsoft, paperwhite, technology, culture
## Amazon updates three Kindle models
The base Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft are now a millimeter thinner and thirty percent faster at opening books. Power buttons moved from the bottom to the right edge near the top.
## New colors and materials available
All three models ship in vibrant new colors with soft-touch plastic cases. For the first time, aluminum options are available in a couple of shades, giving them a higher-end look and double the storage.
## Base Kindle starts at one forty-nine ninety-nine
The updated base Kindle is available today starting at one hundred forty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents in a new purple color called ube and a plainer graphite color. It comes with sixteen gigabytes of storage and lockscreen ads.
## Aluminum Kindle doubles storage and price
The aluminum Kindle costs one hundred eighty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents, doubles storage to thirty-two gigabytes, and ditches ads. With its optional folio case at forty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents, the total reaches two hundred thirty-nine dollars ninety-eight cents.
## Paperwhite and Colorsoft launch October twenty-eighth
The Kindle Paperwhite and Colorsoft models launch October twenty-eighth and are available to preorder now. Display specs have not changed, but new color options now cover the entire e-readers, not just their backsides.
## Page-turning case adds physical buttons
A seventy-nine dollars ninety-nine cents page-turner cover adds physical buttons to Paperwhite and Colorsoft, making them more like the Oasis. Signature Edition models include pogo pins for connecting to the page-turning cover.
## Signature Editions cost more but add features
Aluminum Signature Edition Paperwhite and Colorsoft cost two hundred forty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents and three hundred nineteen dollars ninety-nine cents respectively. They include pogo pins and an optional fifty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents charging dock that attaches via pogo pins.
## Amazon launches Kindle Click remote
Amazon introduced the Kindle Click, a thirty-four dollars ninety-nine cents Bluetooth remote with side-mounted buttons to turn pages and adjust screen brightness. It works with Kindles from two thousand twenty-four or later and recharges via USB-C.
## Key takeaway

Amazon launched updated Kindle, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft models today with new colors, aluminum options, and a page-turning case with physical buttons.