BOOX Latest Firmware V3.5 | Smart Scribe and More Smart Tools

What's New
in Firmware V4.0

BOOX firmware 4.0 introduces useful new tools and optimizes existing features, making everything more intuitive and easy to use. Enjoy a more pleasurable reading experience and enhanced note-taking efficiency.

Reading

Customizable Reading Themes¹

Easily create reading themes by adjusting font, margin, spacing, and background color. Apply your favorite theme to any reflowable document with just one tap, saving time on repetitive setup.

Relaxed
Bold
Night

*The themes shown above are for demonstration only; you can customize them according to your preferences.

Auto OCR While Reading

OCR now works in the background while you read PDFs, so you can continue turning pages, annotating, and highlighting seamlessly without any wait.

Note-Taking

Outline for Multi-Page Notes

Long-press to set a page as an outline entry, clarifying the structure of extensive notes and enabling faster navigation across pages.

File-Based Notes²

Create handwritten notes from files stored on your device, such as PNG planners or PDF documents.

Interactive PDF Notes

Hyperlinks in PDFs imported into your notebook are clickable for direct navigation.

More Shapes

18 new shapes are available to insert and adjust, such as parallelograms and pyramids.

Custom Page Insert

Flexibly choose the position, template, and source to add new pages.

Optimized Highlight

When using the marker to highlight, the layering is optimized for clearer contrast.

Intuitive Canvas Resize

Canvas adjustments now offer a preview window to see changes instantly, and you can easily customize the size by dragging.

Instant Note Access

Multiple options let you enter the notes interface swiftly, minimizing page-switching time and helping you capture key points without breaking your focus.

Double Tap
Quick Note
Floating Button

System

Scrolling Screenshot³

Capture scrolling screenshots, and use features like OCR to extract text, add handwritten annotations, export as a PDF, or share to other platforms.

Firmware Release Notes

The firmware package will be released in batches. Some features may vary between models. Please refer to your device's changelog for a complete list of features.

Get a Better Experience

Discover how to update your device.

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Step-by-step User Guide

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*BOOX is committed to providing free firmware updates for all models for at least three years after the product's launch. Through continuous updates, every BOOX user can have a better experience. And every BOOX user can get 10GB of free Onyx cloud storage to store their notes online and keep them safe.

[1] Reading themes can only be applied to reflowable formats like EPUB, MOBI, DOC, etc.

[2] You can create handwritten notes from files in PNG, JPEG, JPG, PDF, CAJ, EPUB, MOBI, and TXT.

[3] Due to privacy and copyright protections, some apps and websites may limit scrolling screenshots.

The actual user interface of various features is determined by the product and firmware packages.

What's New in Firmware V4.0