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BOOX Launches Picco, the Tiniest E-Reader Yet
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In Short: BOOX, a leading e-reader brand, has unveiled the Picco, its smallest device yet, now available for pre-order.
BOOX, a major player in the e-reader market, has unveiled its latest product, the Picco, the smallest e-reader in its lineup. The Picco, which was teased in July and revealed at IFA 2026, is now available for pre-order.
The Picco features a screen size of under four inches and a compact form factor, making it ideal for those who want to carry an e-reader without sacrificing space in their pockets or backpacks.
Michael Kozlowski, editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader, noted the growing trend of tiny e-readers, which offer a break from high-resolution displays on smartphones.
Like BOOX’s larger models, the Picco includes adjustable frontlight warmth for comfortable nighttime reading. However, it lacks the flexibility of its bigger siblings, as it does not support the installation of additional apps.
The Picco supports Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, but its primary function remains as an e-reader. Users can customize the wallpaper, but BOOX has not mentioned plans to add more app support in the future.
In addition to the Picco, BOOX has also announced the Note Air 6C, which is now available for order on Amazon. This device features WACOM technology and the Inksense stylus, providing a more robust workspace.
The Note Air 6C also includes BOOX Super Refresh (BSR) technology, which increases page-turn speeds by 40% to 45% and reduces visual ghosting.
BOOX has also updated its Palma series with the Palma 3, featuring a 6.13-inch E Ink Carta 1200 display with a resolution of 824 by 1648 pixels.
The Palma 3 is priced at $320, a $60 reduction from the Palma 2 Pro, and is available in black or white.
The Picco is priced at $339.99 USD and is available for pre-order from the BOOX store.
What this adds
The Picco's screen size and form factor make it one of the smallest e-readers on the market, competing with devices like the Xteink X4.
The Picco's release is part of a broader trend in the e-reader market towards smaller, more portable devices.
What's confirmed
- Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years.
What's still developing
- BOOX (officially Onyx BOOX), one of the biggest names in e-readers, is entering the tiny-screen segment with an entire “Tiles” series.
- Over the last several months, tiny e-readers have become more common, especially the ones that stick to the back of a phone with built-in magnets.
- The allure is simple: tiny e-readers, such as the Xteink X4, take up minimal space in your pocket or backpack while also offering a break from frantically refreshing hi-res displays on phones.
- This tablet is now confirmed to use WACOM instead of the BOOX EMR, with the Inksense stylus they use on all their other e-notebooks these days.
- I suppose that is what happens when BOOX recycles the same industrial design for multiple generations.
- Forget the Kindle Colorsoft— the release of the Xteink X4 last fall felt like the first truly interesting thing to happen to e-readers in years.
- Boox, another Chinese company—albeit one that has been around for more than a decade—previously experienced a similar trajectory with the Palma, its own weirdly shaped e-reader.
- Yet even as the company prepares for the launch of the Palma 3 this fall, it's clearly not willing to let Xteink eat its lunch—hence the release of its own itty-bitty e-reader, the 3.97-inch Boox Picco.
- All e-reader screens are made by the same company, E-Ink, which means that all of these micro-readers—the Xteink X4, the X3, the X4 Pro, and, yes, the Picco—use the same screen with the same 480x800 resolution (though with more or fewer pixels per inch based on screen size, from 219ppi on the X4 Pro to 259ppi on the smaller X3).
- Early on, there was uncertainty about whether the Picco would run on Android like Boox's other devices, including the Palma.
- Boox teased the Picco, its take on the buzzy Xteink X4 e-reader, back in July, but provided almost no details.
- Boox is selling the stylus separately, however, and it will cost you an extra $46.