I examined the Scribe firmware and there are a lot of small changes compared with the previous release. As usual most changes in the firmware that affect the user interface do not take effect until enabled remotely by Amazon. Here is a partial list:
- Per-page Scribe notebook templates and an advanced notebook template selector.
- Enhanced Manga navigation: "For faster navigation, press-and-hold page turning in Manga has been replaced by Page Flip. To use Page Flip, tap the icons in the bottom navigation toolbar."
- Pinyin deprecation, affects reader and Aa menu.
- Changes related to book synchronization. (Why they haven't been able to get it right after all this time is a mystery.)
- Changes related to the handling of page numbers.
- Possible selective export of notebook pages.
- Updates to chromium web browser.
- Changes to asset management related to types of content on the device and its organization.
- A process named Minerva for recording and reporting metrics to Amazon.
- An app watchdog for the main interface application, possibly to help detect failures.