Boox Go 6 Gen II adds note-taking to tiny e-reader, starts at $199.99
Boox’s 6-inch Go 6 Gen II adds handwriting and doodles to a $199.99 e-reader, with shipping expected around June 17.
Boox is trying to turn its smallest e-reader into something closer to a pocket notebook. The Go 6 Gen II keeps a 6-inch, 300 PPI monochrome E Ink display, but adds stylus-based note-taking, a native notes app, and Android 11 with Google Play Store access for $199.99.
The company opened pre-orders on June 11, 2026, and says shipping should begin around June 17. The new model supports the InkSense Plus stylus, sold separately, and Boox says the handwriting tools can be used for doodling, marking up books, underlining passages, and keeping handwritten notes and to-do lists.
That pitch rests on a familiar tradeoff: more versatility, but more compromises. The Go 6 Gen II still uses a 6-inch screen with 1448 x 1072 resolution, which keeps it far from the roomy canvas of a larger note-taking tablet. Yet Boox is leaning hard into portability, listing the device at about 160 grams and 6.8 mm thin, with a 1500mAh battery, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C, Wi-Fi, and adjustable warm and cold front lights.
Compared with the original Go 6, the new version is more ambitious. The first model weighed 146 grams, used a Carta 1300 screen, and focused on reading with annotation tools, but it did not support stylus handwriting. The Gen II keeps the compact form factor while broadening what users can do on it, which is exactly the kind of all-in-one promise that can appeal to readers who are tired of carrying a separate notebook, tablet, and e-reader.
Boox has also refreshed the industrial design. The company describes the Go 6 Gen II as suitcase-inspired, with tactile grooves and subtle curves, and it comes in Plum, Stone, Shell, and Custard. That softer styling does not change the basic question behind the device: whether a tiny, open Android reader can genuinely replace three different gadgets, or whether the added flexibility is just another layer of compromise.
For Boox, the answer appears to be yes, at least for buyers who want a reading-first device with note-taking layered on top. The Go 6 Gen II joins a wider Go lineup that Boox is using to push open Android hardware and handwriting features across more of its catalog, while keeping the size and price low enough to stay portable.
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