The Boox Picco could be a tiny rival to the Xteink X4 Pro ereader, but it lacks one of that product's best features
- The Boox Picco has been shown off at IFA 2026
- It doesn't run Android or have magnets
- However, it does at least have a USB-C port
Boox is perhaps the most well-known alternative to Kindle and Kobo, and notably, its Android-powered ereaders don’t lock you into a specific ecosystem. Now, Boox looks set to rival Xteink too, with a new ereader that’s truly tiny.
We’re talking about the Boox Picco, an ereader first teased around six weeks ago that has now been shown off at IFA 2026, complete with far more details than had previously been revealed.
The Boox Picco has a 3.97-inch e-paper touchscreen, physical page-turn buttons (which can be customized to do something else if you prefer), a front light, a microSD card slot, and a USB-C port.
What it doesn’t have, though, is Android, as unlike Boox’s larger ereaders, this device runs a Linux-based operating system...
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