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Kindle App on Android Now Features Handwriting Notes
28 Oct
Summary
- Android Kindle app now allows handwritten annotations.
- Users can use styluses to write directly on books.
- iOS support for this feature may be coming soon.
The Kindle application for Android devices now enables users to add handwritten annotations directly to their books, a feature previously exclusive to Amazon's Kindle Scribe hardware. This update allows for direct stylus interaction with Kindle books, offering a selection of pen styles, colors, and sizes for annotating, highlighting, and underlining text.
This new capability is proving useful for students and avid readers of fiction alike. Reports suggest it is functional on various standard Android phones that support styluses, including devices like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, and also on some Android e-readers.
While this handwriting feature is currently available only on the Android app, an Amazon support page indicates that the 'Active Canvas' feature is also supported on compatible iOS devices. This suggests that an update for iPad and iPhone applications might be anticipated, bringing the functionality to Apple users as well.
