If the Boox Note Air 6C was your first E-Ink device, you’d probably never guess how limited this category used to be.
Because this 10.3-inch color E-Ink tablet can essentially do it all: read ebooks, comics and PDFs, take handwritten notes, run pretty much any Android app you can think of—and even watch videos reasonably well.
This one device can replace your Kindle, your reMarkable and a surprising amount of what you’d normally use an Android tablet for so well that the more specialized E-Ink devices suddenly start to feel compromised in a way that wasn’t intended.
So that old description—“Jack of all trades … master of none”—doesn’t really apply here anymore.
And that’s what makes the Note Air 6C such an interesting release. The predecessor was already excellent at this whole all-in-one idea, so there wasn’t exactly an obvious problem Boox needed to solve. On paper, very little has changed. But in actual use, the 6C somehow still feels noticeably better.
So let’s find out where the differences actually come from, and why the Note Air 6C remains the closest thing to an all-inclusive E-Ink package.
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🎬 CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:03 Design, Build Quality & Pen
03:48 Specs, Performance & Connectivity
06:11 Writing Feel & Pen Latency
07:56 Kaleido 3 Display, Colors & Contrast
12:05 Frontlight & Ghosting
14:06 Android 16, Google Play & BSR
16:01 Notes App & Note-Taking Features
17:11 PDF Features
18:28 E-Book Features
18:56 Text-To-Speech Demo
19:28 Third-Party Reading Apps
19:58 Battery Life
21:16 Conclusion
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I’m Chalid, and I’ve been a fan of e-ink technology for a very long time. I’ve been reviewing e-ink devices since 2010. After more than 100 different e-reader tests for my German website, this channel is dedicated to sharing my experiences with the latest e-readers, other e-paper devices, and sometimes other tech in English as well.
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i'd love to see if this thing can run MIDI with an instrument
Thank you so much.
lol.. $600….
Could you please re-run the CPU Geekbench 7 test on an idle “cold” device and then repeat it right away so we can assess how much the device throttles from a “hot” start? Thanks!
bought it… and while I was first sceptical, it has indeed replaced my beloved Supernote Manta. The pros just outweigh the cons. I'm using it solely for reading PDFs and taking handwritten notes and journalling.
I’m tempted but I like my reading devices separate from my tablets. Also I do not care for android. 🤖. Are all the tablets android 🤖. With boox
Hi, thank you. I just have mine now. Yey. Do you have a video like the things that needed to be set or changed? It's my first time to e-ink…
I'm gonna go with the kobo libra colour & the note air 6c combo. One as a dedicated reader with better portability and one for desk usage and more serious work.
Anyone have any feedback from either device, or reasons to go a different direction?
If the 5c's battery is already awful… who in their right mind would buy this piece of junk?
Can i download Gemini and use it with this device. AI is so much better than any build-in dictionary.
Still Kaleido 3. Same panel, same resolution, same colour filter… For more than four years no progress
I think you didn't try remarkable before
Thank you for a thorough + to the point review video 👏Very tempting now indeed to get my hands on one of these beautiful devices 😁
Yet: as thorough + well made the content is, what makes any such review videos reaaalllllyyy hard for me to follow + watch until the end is when I'm continuously thrown spec numbers at 😳 Numbers just always throw my brain into knots + I must really concentrate very hard to be able to ignore the numbers to still understand what is mainly said 😏 I really very often skip such videos + am barely tempted to subscribe to any such channel + content creator for the same reason unfortunately … Thanks + great job anyway 😊
Is there anyway to improve the keyboard latency? It’s honestly kind of insane they even sell a keyboard with as slow as it is 😬
This dude got a handwrighting robot lol great review, I was very informed!
6C is actually very slightly brighter without front light compared to 5C
Does it support greek in handwriting to text recognition? Thans
They should at least give us a 7gen Snapdragon for efficiency.
Now they just need to make a 13.5” version like the Tab (that I love).
But. it's still that dark color eink screen and it doesn't have buttons… So it's not really good at reading, which means it's a jack of all trades and master of none…. just like you said it wasn't
Could you do a comparison between this and the Kindle Scribe Color?
You know… I already ordered the 6C, but this review is a 10/10 in answering all the questions I could hope to have asked. I dropped my beloved Remarkable 2 in July and was heartbroken to see what Remarkable has done to their lineup. I was going to get the 5C in August for my birthday, but it wasn't going to be financially wise. I am glad I saved up and waited. I'll take it as some sort of divine intervention making me wait a month or two for the 6C to release. Looking forward to mine.
Is 6C good to use in dark bedroom setting? Will it be too bright or too dim? Normal tablet is too bright.
my problem with boox is battery … huge difference esp compared to remarkable and kindle scribe … charge cycles often dictates wear and tear … and so if i charge boox 5x more often than the other devices, it basically degrades at the same rate …
but functionality and productivity hands down goes to boox for me …
Thanks for this review, it helped me choosing this one. 🙂
Can you tell me where I can find the illustrations you show on the "Kaleido 3 Display…" part please? They look so good!
Thank you for this excellent review!
Do you know how it compares to the supernote for drawing?
Honestly doesn’t seem necessary still prefer my go color 7
Can you connect a BT keyboard to this for typing?
But can it fluently translate Klingon?
"Great review! I have a question about PDF workflows. You mentioned that on the Boox Note Air 6C, annotations are written directly into the PDF, so they stay when copied to a computer. If I highlight, export, and write notes on a PDF using the Kindle Colorsoft and then upload it to Google Drive, will it also preserve those handwritten notes and highlights inside the file? Thanks!"
I was just watching you video from a while ago and had settled on the Air 5C, then saw the 6C was out
.. So glad to see this video of yours.
My favorite thing is that it’s still compatible with Wacom. I love my super note pen.
If anyone is looking for a good stylus. Go with a super note pen. They have never replace nibs and the writing feels like a fine tip pen on paper. They’re perfect
I work with final book proofs, and I’m considering purchasing one of these devices for professional use. However, the publisher I work with exclusively uses Adobe Acrobat Reader. This may be a basic question, but before making a $600 investment, I’d like to confirm that this application is fully compatible with the reader and that I’ll be able to use it normally for my work.
would be awesome if apple releases an e-ink device with an m5 chip
Thanks for your great review! It helped me decide on getting it! Just wondering what you meant by you can made the cap of the back of the pen a big more secure by twisting it? Because I can’t seem to twist it – it just locks in place magnetically when the flat edges align on the pen
I don't know why no white body ?!!!!! Hope they do so in 7 air c and improve battery!
Boox is a hot toxic ex. Tempting but terrible track record. Cant wait for viwood to make a competitor. Cant trust boox with their lack of customer support and how quickly they replace their products with fairly minimal updates.
what is the advantage over an oled android? …i already own an s7 tablet that looks great. is the battery life that much better? is the writing experience better?
Can I flip it and use it left handed?
As someone who still uses the NA2+ but feels the lack of color often with science papers, this is really hard for me to pretend doesn't exist.
Any thoughts on user tracking and data privacy with this device?
I'm impatiently waiting for the Mini C, but the lack of price difference and the wait time is pushing me to buy the 6C instead. Decisions decisions.
This looks awesome! Is there a comparable device that has a nicer look to it? The black body with red feels a little cheap to me. I want to use this in professional settings so something closer to the Remarkable colors look much nicer to me… but I don't want a Remarkable.
my macbook air + xppen deco + notability is the best combination
i would like a linux eink device. :l
Thank you for the very complete review! My main goal is to read and annotate pdfs for academic purposes. I have a large amount of files stored on onedrive. Can I easily access them in Note air 6c? Do I need to download each file and upload it again? Or does that happen automatically?
How does Concepts app work with it? Also, Zotero app has never worked well with my Go 10.3 version 1.
What about note mini c ?!!? Why there is no white version!!!?? The mini c is the best i think , but wish had white colour too and of course cheaper!