Boox Announces the Picco, Its Smallest E-Reader Ever (2026) Leave a comment

Whereas smartphones will not cease getting larger, e-readers appear to be getting smaller. Boox has been on the forefront with some of the fashionable small e-readers, the Boox Palma, and now it’s including an even smaller mannequin.

Boox introduced the Picco, with preorders opening right this moment. Its display is slightly below 4 inches (3.97 to be precise), making it concerning the dimension of a enjoying card. It is even smaller than the Xteink X4 Professional I examined earlier this 12 months, which has a 4.3-inch display (however simply barely bigger than the three.7-inch Xteink X3), and significantly smaller than the upcoming Boox Palma 3’s 6.19-inch display. I preferred the dimensions of the Xteink in my hand, however navigating the interface and getting books had been difficult, so I am excited to see another choice in that smaller dimension from a maker with extra accessible ebooks (although nonetheless not as handy as a Kindle or Kobo with their built-in shops).

The Picco will price $100 and is predicted to ship in November. I will be testing it quickly, however within the meantime, listed here are the main points in the event you’ve been eyeing a tiny e-reader.

An E-Reader for Productiveness

The Boox Picco has a monochrome display with a decision of 235 pixels per inch and an adjustable entrance gentle that switches between warm- and cool-toned lighting. The microSD card slot helps as much as 2 TB of flash reminiscence storage (a 16 GB card is included). There are each a touchscreen and bodily page-turning controls, because of the buttons on the facet of the machine. The case has a magnetic ring so you may connect it to the again of a smartphone, although I will should see how effectively it suits once I take a look at it, as I had blended outcomes attaching an Xteink to my telephone as a consequence of each match and magnet energy.

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Boox says the Picco can have a streamlined working system centered on studying and digital utility instruments. It is also the primary in what Boox calls its Tiles lineup, which is how you may entry ebooks on this machine. You too can use internet and USB-C file transfers (the Picco has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity) to get ebooks onto the Picco. The Picco additionally has the Pomodoro, Todo, and Countdown apps, so you should utilize it as each an e-reader and a productiveness gadget—useful, and a much bigger motivation to maintain it connected to the again of your telephone even once you aren’t studying.

I am intrigued to see it in motion. Boox’s hottest e-reader may turn into the Picco over the Palma 3, however we’ll have to attend for each gadgets to turn into obtainable to see which is the higher purchase. Keep tuned for my evaluations of each once they come out.

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