BOOX Go 6: Specs, Features, Pros & Cons
BOOX launched the Go 6 in August 2024 as a 6-inch reader with the Google Play Store built in. It still sells it beside the newer Go 6 (Gen II). The two share a screen, a processor and a battery. The original is the cheaper of the pair and a little lighter, and it has no pen support at all.
The 300 ppi monochrome E Ink screen sits under a flat glass cover. Its front light shifts from cool to warm for evening reading, and dark mode is a setting in BOOX's NeoReader app. Storage is 32 GB with a microSD slot beside it, so a big PDF or comic library can live on a card.
Android is the reason to pick a BOOX over a Kindle or a Kobo of the same size. Through the Play Store, the Kindle, Kobo and Libby apps can share one device with NeoReader. That app handles DRM-free EPUB, MOBI and PDF files itself. Each app has to be signed into, and some need their display settings tuned for a slow monochrome panel.
The only physical button is the power key, so every page turn is a tap or a swipe. Sound goes out over Bluetooth or the USB-C port because BOOX lists no speaker, and the same port can read a USB stick through OTG. For anyone who plans to switch between several apps, the 2 GB of RAM is the tightest part of the package.
Category strengths
Where the BOOX Go 6 beats the median
- A lighter build ?146 g vs 167.5 g (median)
Where the BOOX Go 6 trails the median
- No page-turn buttons ?
- Much less storage ?32 GB vs 64 GB (median)
- A smaller battery ?1,500 mAh vs 2,300 mAh (median)
- No color display ?
- No stylus support ?
- Much less RAM ?2 GB vs 4 GB (median)
- Lower resolution ?1,448 px vs 1,648 px (median)
- A slightly smaller screen ?6" (15.24 cm) vs 6.13" (15.57 cm) (median)
- A slightly thicker body ?6.8 mm vs 6.7 mm (median)
How this VS Score was computed
Score 38: each known spec is measured against the median of Android e-readers (8 products), then weighted. 45% of the scoreable weight could be used. See how we score
| Specification | This product | Cohort median | Score weight | Points moved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color display | No | 50% of the class have it | 0.5 | −24.0 |
| Page-turn buttons | No | 75% of the class have it | 0.5 | −24.0 |
| Stylus support | No | 50% of the class have it | 0.5 | −24.0 |
| Internal storage | 32 | 64 | 0.7 | −17.5 |
| Battery capacity | 1,500 | 2,300 | 1 | −17.0 |
| Weight | 146 | 167.5 | 2 | +14.0 |
| Cellular | No | 38% of the class have it | 0.2 | −9.6 |
| RAM | 2 — capped at the class’s lower range (3) | 4 | 0.5 | −6.0 |
| Screen size | 6 | 6.13 | 1 | −1.0 |
| Thickness | 6.8 | 6.7 | 0.5 | −0.5 |
| Pixel density | 300 | 300 | 2 | +0.0 |
Not scored: Resolution (one resolution dimension is not a sharpness measure; pixel density is scored instead); Front light (standard for the class (100% have it)); Adjustable warm light (standard for the class (88% have it)); Auto-brightness (unknown: not scored); Flush screen (standard for the class (100% have it)); Dark mode (standard for the class (100% have it)); Touchscreen (standard for the class (100% have it)); EPUB support (standard for the class (100% have it)); Audiobook support (standard for the class (100% have it)); Text-to-speech (unknown: not scored); Library lending (unknown: not scored); Cloud sync (standard for the class (100% have it)); App store (standard for the class (100% have it)); Expandable storage (microSD) (standard for the class (100% have it)); Battery life (weeks) (unknown: not scored); Charge time (unknown: not scored); USB-C (standard for the class (100% have it)); Wireless charging (unknown: not scored); Bluetooth (standard for the class (100% have it)); Speakers (unknown: not scored); 3.5mm headphone jack (not applicable: only 0% of this class have it); Waterproof (unknown: not scored).
Editor’s note
BOOX commits to more than three years of firmware updates from a model's launch, and the Go 6 launched in August 2024. That puts the end of the promise at August 2027 at the earliest. The updates cover BOOX's software layer (the reader app, notes and display settings). The Android version BOOX lists for the Go 6 is still 11.
The Go 6 (Gen II) now sells beside it with the same screen and battery and an extra gigabyte of RAM. It also takes BOOX's InkSense Plus stylus, and its update window opened almost two years later. BOOX's lineup chart marks pen support as N/A for the Go 6, so a pen bought later won't work with it. The original's advantages are a lower price and a few grams less to hold, which suit a reader who mostly stays in NeoReader and installs one or two apps.
BOOX names the panel as Carta 1300 on the Go 6's page and calls it the latest E Ink generation, with higher contrast and faster page refreshes than the panels before it. The Gen II's listing says only HD ePaper, so of the two, the original is the one with a confirmed panel generation.
At 6.8 mm the Go 6 is slimmer than the 2024 Kindle and the Kobo Clara BW. Both of those are tied to one bookstore and need almost no setup, and the Clara BW also carries an IPX8 rating where BOOX gives the Go 6 none.
I would buy this one only at a clear discount to the Gen II.
Specifications
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Sources and verification
Where the specifications come from
- Official product pageshop.boox.com
Verification
- First published
- Specifications last checked
- Sheet completeness
- 29 of 39 specifications verified; the rest show as Unknown and are never estimated or scored
- Page type
- Product specification page — Compiled from the manufacturer’s published specifications and the cited sources; this is not a hands-on test.
- Basis
- Research-based: specifications and editorial text were compiled from the documents listed here and the manufacturer’s published data. We have not tested this unit ourselves; where independent measurements are mentioned they belong to the linked publication.
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The bottom line
The BOOX Go 6 earns a VS Score of 38, below the median of the 8 Android e-readers it is measured against (a score of 50 is level with that median).
- Who it’s for
- A reader who wants the Kindle, Kobo and Libby apps on one pocket-sized device and has no use for a pen.
- Who should look elsewhere
- Anyone who wants page-turn buttons or water protection. A Kobo Clara BW gives you the second, and the BOOX Go 7 the first.
- The trade-off that matters
- The lower price comes with less memory, and on an Android reader memory decides how many apps you can keep open without reloads.
- The main alternative
- BOOX Go 6 (Gen II): the same screen and battery with more memory, stylus support and a later update window.
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