reMarkable’s software version 3.28 adds a Capture Tool that lets you circle part of a page and move that content somewhere else. reMarkable released it in the first week of September 2026, and it’s a bigger release than the version number suggests. The update also reshuffles the sharing menu and overhauls EPUB reading.
What version 3.28 adds
With the Capture Tool, you can circle and select any area of a document. According to reMarkable, the selection becomes an image in any shape you draw. You can paste it and move it within a notebook, or copy it into another one.
The sharing menu moves onto the main toolbar, so you no longer open a three-dot menu to export.
Reading gets the broadest set of changes. The EPUB experience receives an interface update, better formatting, wider language support, clearer font and layout choices, and improved ebook thumbnails.
Why a Capture Tool is a bigger deal on paper tablets
Write something in the wrong place on paper and it stays there for good. Digital paper has spent years imitating that limitation, and selection tools are where the imitation should stop.
Moving a diagram from the middle of Monday’s meeting notes into a project notebook is a normal thing to want. Doing it by hand means copying the drawing out again, and the Capture Tool turns that into a gesture. Anyone who sketches layouts, works through equations or keeps a running research notebook will notice right away.
The Capture Tool only works on content that already exists on a page. It reorganizes your writing and doesn’t interpret it.
The EPUB changes are easy to overlook
Reading has long been the weaker half of the reMarkable experience. EPUB support was there, but formatting control stayed thin compared with a dedicated e-reader. Version 3.28 widens the font and layout options, improves how text is laid out, and extends language support.
If you read outside English, start with the language support. Expanded language support usually means better handling of scripts and accented characters that rendered poorly before. It’s the sort of change that either fixes your library or doesn’t touch it at all. Load a book you had trouble with before and check it yourself.
reMarkable’s closed software and Android E Ink tablets
reMarkable ships one piece of software and controls all of it. That’s why an update like this one arrives as a single, coherent set of changes. It’s also why reading improves only when reMarkable decides to improve it.
The other approach is Android, which lets you install whatever reading app you already use. One example is the BOOX Note Air5 C, a 10.3-inch color E Ink tablet built for note taking. You get third-party apps but give up the tight consistency. The better choice depends on what you do most. The open approach saves a lot of friction for anyone whose reading lives inside a store or a library app. Someone who mostly writes and wants the writing to feel identical every time is better off with the closed one.
Should you install it
Yes, for most owners. The Capture Tool is additive, the sharing change removes a step, and nothing here asks you to relearn a workflow.
Rollouts come in stages, so the update may not appear on every tablet on the same day. With no device-by-device schedule from reMarkable, check the software update screen yourself. If you read EPUB files regularly, test that part of reMarkable 3.28 first. It’s the change most likely to alter how a book you already own looks on the page.
