![]() I could definitely notice it kicking on in brighter rooms and turning things down in my dimly lit bedroom when I was getting ready to crash for the night. I first manually set the brightness to a comfortable level for the room I was reading in, and then put my trust in the auto brightness feature. Here, it works pretty quickly and reliably. Smartphones have had this feature for years, and the more expensive Kindle Oasis has had it for a while, too. You’ve been able to set different brightness levels on the Kindle for years now, but the Paperwhite Signature Edition can automatically adjust to the ambient light. And if you don’t care about scheduling the screen’s color temperature, you can just pick a setting that looks best to you and forget about it. ![]() It took me a bit to realize that one slider covered the warmth outside of the scheduled time and another was only in effect during the schedule.I eventually I got everything sorted out, though. Then, when you dive into the section where you can set a schedule, there’s another slider to set the warmth for the scheduled time. When you pull down the settings shade, you’ll see sliders for both brightness and screen warmth. I appreciate the multiple ways you can customize the warmth of the Paperwhite’s screen, but it’s also a little confusing. There’s also an automatic schedule that uses location services to automatically and gradually change the color temperature based on sunrise and sunset in your current location. But being able to adjust the screen’s color temperature is still handy.Īs with other devices, you can set two different color temperatures, one for during the day and a warmer setting for after the sun has gone down. The Kindle’s blighting system never felt too blue to me, and since we’re not dealing with a glowing LCD, they’ve always been less likely to disrupt sleep. These LEDs do have a new trick, though: “adjustable warm lighting.” It’s similar to the Night Shift feature Apple added to its products a few years ago it adjusts the color temperature of the display lighting to a more amber hue. The Old Paperwhite already had a very smooth front lighting system, and it looks great on the new model, too, just not dramatically better. That sounds like a big improvement, but I can’t say I notice a major difference. There are 17 individual LEDs that give the Paperwhite its gentle glow that lets you read in poor light, up from five that were in the previous model. The smaller bezels, larger display and lack of a recessed screen all combine to make this hardware feel more premium than previous Kindle Paperwhite models.Ī less impactful change is the new LED front lighting system. The bottom bezel is on the large side, presumably so you can rest your thumb on it while reading, but the ones on the top, left and right are all very thin. The screen bezels are also significantly smaller as well. But, for me, the larger screen is a massive improvement, and it isn’t diminished in the least by the slightly bigger body. It is worth knowing that the new Paperwhite is ever so slightly wider and taller - so if you have small hands or already found the Kindle to be a little too large, this might be an issue. Between the extra screen space and some changes to the interface, using the device is much more comfortable than it used to be. There’s just more room for your books and navigating the Kindle UI. Amazon kept the same 300 pixel-per-inch density here, so the display looks as nice as ever. More significant is the larger screen size. It doesn’t radically change the Kindle experience, but does make it a lot nicer.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. But, if you’ve been using yours for as long than me (or longer), there’s a lot to like here. ![]() ![]() At $190, it’s not cheap nor, at $140, is the standard Paperwhite. And it's still waterproof, can play Audible audiobooks over Bluetooth and has tremendous battery life. Those are some notable new features, but Amazon is also offering a “Signature Edition” (SE) this year, which has 32GB of storage (the standard model only has 8GB), an automatically adjusting backlight, wireless charging and no ads on the lock screen. Amazon has also finally switched to USB-C for charging. It also now uses 17 LED backlights (up from only five) and an adjustable “warm light” to reduce eye strain at night. For the first time since the original came out, Amazon increased the display size to 6.8 inches from 6 inches, and it has narrower bezels than before. But Amazon caught my attention with the 5th-generation Paperwhite. I’ve been using the same one since late 2015, and it’s still going strong. One thing you can definitely say about Amazon’s Kindle: It’s not the kind of device you need to upgrade often, even if you’re an avid reader.
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