Where a Kobo gift card works

You can spend a Kobo gift card on Kobo.com, on a Kobo e-reader, or in the Kobo Books app for Android or Windows. Kobo’s page on buying e-readers repeats the rule on its own: gift cards can’t be used to buy one.

If you read on an iPhone or iPad, Kobo documents buying a book on Kobo.com in a browser and then syncing it to the app. Apple’s reader-app rules allow access to previously purchased books. Follow the checkout options currently offered for your app and region rather than assuming every app has the same purchase buttons.

Pre-orders are excluded too. If the person you’re buying for is waiting on a new release, the card pays for it once the book is out, not before.

Combining two gift cards

Kobo’s gift card article says only one gift card can go toward each purchase. Its eGift article gives the way around that. Redeem each card on Kobo’s redeem page first, and the balance turns into store credit in the account, where several cards can add up.

Store credit doesn’t get around the e-reader rule, though. Kobo applies it to the next eBook or audiobook purchase. Any balance left on a card after checkout becomes store credit as well.

If a card or the credit doesn’t cover the whole price, Kobo charges the rest to the payment method saved in the account. We’d mention that to anyone receiving a small card, since part of the first book that costs more than the balance goes on their own card.

Sending a Kobo eGift

Kobo emails an eGift card to the recipient on the date you pick. eGift cards aren’t sold in every region. Where they aren’t, Kobo points buyers to physical cards from its retail partners.

An eGift sent to someone in another country converts to their currency at the exchange rate in effect when they claim or use it.

Passing on your old Kobo

Before giving away an old Kobo, check the backup and sign-out instructions for its software version. Books bought for your account do not become the next owner’s purchases. Signing out can remove local content and annotations, so preserve anything important before handing it over.

Kobo’s documented route is More, Settings, Accounts, then Sign out under Kobo. Read the on-screen warning before confirming and let the new owner use their own account.

If the reader has already lost notes after the 6.0 beta, do not sign out as a recovery attempt. Kobo warns that signing out, resetting or rolling back can prevent recovery of missing local content. Read the current Kobo beta recovery advice before taking that step.

It supports library borrowing and EPUB reading, with capabilities that depend in part on software and service availability. Color can be useful for covers and highlights, but a six-inch page leaves limited room for detailed comics. We have not independently measured its color, contrast or battery life.

Kobos that can hold several cards

Kobo lists three e-readers for the 6.0 software: the Kobo Libra Colour, the Clara Colour and the Clara BW. The Sage, the Libra 2 and the Elipsa 2E aren’t on the list, and Kobo says it’s still checking whether it can bring 6.0 to earlier models.

Libby’s help page says loans you borrow in the Libby app reach a Kobo only when the Kobo is signed in with the same library card. On a Sage or a Libra 2, a book from a second library can still go across by USB with Adobe Digital Editions.

The 6.0 release is going out country by country, in phases. To see whether it has reached you, go to More, then Settings, then Device Information, and tap Check for updates.

Storage, speed and removed features in 6.0

The first 6.0 update is a one-time rebuild of the software, so the download is bigger and slower than usual. The new software takes more storage. Each book opens slowly the first time while the new reading engine prepares it, and later openings and page turns are quicker.

Kobo also removed a few features and file types:

• Pinch-to-zoom for font size is gone, though the reading menu still changes it.
• Holding a page-turn button or a screen corner no longer turns pages fast.
• The Sketchpad and games from the old Beta Features are gone.
• Reading awards and activity tracking leave the Activity section.
• RTF and HTML files stop opening, and MOBI files may give trouble.

The file types are the change to check first, because a sideloaded RTF or HTML book stops opening.

Some earlier beta versions caused missing books, reading stats and notes. Kobo’s current recovery page says OS 6.0.2 recovers sideloaded books, reading stats and My Words, but lost highlights and notes on sideloaded books have not yet been recovered. If those annotations matter to you, waiting avoids taking the beta solely for another library card.

Before you accept the update

1. Copy your sideloaded books to a computer over USB. They live only on the e-reader, along with their highlights and reading progress.
2. Move any book you put in the hidden .kobo folder to the top level of the e-reader. Books in that folder don’t survive the move to 6.0.
3. Convert RTF, HTML and MOBI files to EPUB.

Once you are on 6.0, do not roll back to recover missing content. Kobo warns that rolling back deletes data stored only on the e-reader, including sideloaded content, annotations, highlights and reading stats. Its recovery advice also says not to factory reset or sign out as a fix. Copying book files does not, by itself, provide a reliable backup of all their highlights.

Adding the second card

To add cards on Kobo.com, use the route in Kobo’s help page for multiple library cards:

1. Sign in at Kobo.com and open My Account.
2. Under Account Settings, choose Library Cards, then Add Library Card.
3. Search for the library and sign in with its card number and PIN.
4. Repeat for each library, up to five.
5. Turn on Wi-Fi on the Kobo and tap Sync.

Follow the sign-in prompts shown for your software version and keep each library card number and PIN ready. Kobo’s help pages describe different routes to the library settings, so the labels may differ from the account steps above.

The card you used before the update has to be signed in again too. Until you do, its loans won’t show up on the Kobo.

What a second card won’t add

More cards mean more catalogs, but only for books Kobo also sells. Kobo’s Libby page says a library book must also be on sale at Kobo.com before you can borrow it on the e-reader. Audiobooks and magazines from Libby don’t reach a Kobo at all, so they stay in the Libby app on your phone.

On November 6, Barnes & Noble listed the tablet at $249.99 and the GlowLight 4 at $149.99. That is a $100 difference before any eligible membership discount. The larger color screen and Android apps need to justify that extra cost for your reading.

The NXTPAPER screen

NXTPAPER is TCL's name for a paper-like, full-color display it introduced in 2021. TCL etches the glass for a matte, low-glare finish and filters blue light at the hardware level instead of tinting the screen yellow.

TCL describes an 11-inch-class NXTPAPER screen. The matte finish and illuminated display behave differently from a reflective E Ink screen.

Ink Paper and Color Paper modes soften the image for reading, and Regular mode is for video and photos. TCL says selected apps can stay in Regular mode while the rest of the tablet uses a paper mode.

TCL lists a MediaTek Helio G100 chip and an 8,000 mAh battery for the NXTPAPER model. If you are also considering the standard-screen TAB A1, compare the screen finish and included accessories before choosing.

Battery life is the open question

A GlowLight’s month-long battery claim depends on a short daily reading session and a specified light setting. It is not a month of continuous reading. The TCL’s battery capacity alone cannot establish an equivalent reading runtime.

For the TCL, B&N's page gives the battery size and says it's designed for hours of reading, audiobooks and streaming. TCL calls it all-day power and rates charging at up to 20 W. Neither page gives a reading-time figure that sits beside the GlowLight's month.

The LCD and its illumination use power differently from E Ink. Plan for tablet-style charging, but do not infer a measured runtime difference from the screen type or battery capacity alone.

Buying it from Barnes & Noble

The NOOK app is the same one B&N offers free on Google Play for any Android phone or tablet, with your NOOK purchases syncing across devices. Having it preinstalled only saves you the download.

Booksellers in B&N stores help with setup, connectivity and basic troubleshooting, and the tablet carries a one-year warranty. The optional NOOK Protect plans cost $39.99 for two years or $54.99 for three, with coverage subject to the plan terms.

Premium members get 10 percent off NOOK devices, which brings the tablet to $224.99. The T-Pen stylus and the flip case are sold separately.

We think the in-store help is the real argument for buying this tablet at B&N. If you'd never take it to a bookstore counter, the preinstalled app shouldn't sway you.

Who it suits

The color screen earns its price over a GlowLight with comics, cookbooks, magazines and picture books. So does handwriting, if you add TCL's T-Pen 2, which has two swappable tips. At 426 grams, it's a two-handed tablet for a couch or a desk.

For plain novels in bed, a smaller GlowLight is easier to hold. Keep it unless the TCL’s color pages, larger screen or Android apps would change what you read.

The integration works with a free Instapaper account on currently supported Kobo eReaders, including the Libra Colour and Clara Colour. Instapaper’s separate phone and e-reader apps have different features, so the steps here concern Kobo’s built-in My Articles integration.

What to have ready

• Your Kobo, fully charged and in range of Wi-Fi. A sync can bring a software update, and Kobo says an update won't install unless the reader is fully charged.
• An Instapaper account. You can create a free one at instapaper.com, and it's all the Kobo needs.
• A phone to scan a QR code, or a computer with a browser.
• A way to save articles: Instapaper's browser extension for Chrome, Safari or Firefox (the Chrome one also works in Edge), or its phone app.

Link the Kobo to your Instapaper account

Sync the Kobo first so it has current software. Tap the Sync icon at the top of the Home screen, then "Sync now". After the sync, link it:

1. Tap "More" at the bottom of the Home screen.
2. Tap "My Articles".
3. Tap "Link with Instapaper". The Kobo shows a QR code with a code under it.
4. Scan the QR code with your phone, or open kobo.com/instapaper on a computer and type the code.
5. Click "Link with Instapaper" on that page.
6. Sign in to Instapaper if it asks, then click "Authorize" on the "Application Access" page.

The Kobo signs in to Instapaper and lists your saved articles under "Articles from Instapaper".

Save articles to Home, not a folder

Kobo’s help page guarantees syncing from the main list, while Instapaper’s documentation also lists Liked and Archive. Start with Home, the unread list, when checking that a new article reaches your Kobo.

Three kinds of save never reach the Kobo:

• Anything in a folder, including articles you file with the folder icon in the browser extension as you save them.
• Newsletters and emails you forward to your Save to Instapaper address. Instapaper marks them as email saves, and the Kobo doesn't support those.
• PDFs and videos.

Tags can help organize an article while it stays in Home. That keeps it in the list the Kobo can sync, although the Kobo does not show the tags. Filing the article in a folder removes it from Home.

To get a filed article onto the Kobo, move it back to Home. "Convert to Tag" won't do it. On the website, that option turns a folder into tags but sends the folder's articles to Archive.

Reading, liking and archiving on the Kobo

Open "More" > "My Articles" and tap an article to read it. The Kobo needs Wi-Fi to download articles, and its link screen says they open offline after that.

Inside an article, the Archive icon closes it and moves it to Instapaper's Archive. Like adds it to Liked and leaves it in Home, Delete removes it from your reading list, and Return to Articles takes you back to the list.

Archive an article when you finish it. That clears it from Home on your phone and computer too, and Instapaper keeps archived articles searchable. Save Delete for pieces you never want back.

If a new save isn't in the list, tap the Menu icon in the gray bar, then "Refresh".

When an article doesn't show up

If "My Articles" is missing from the "More" menu, sync the Kobo to fetch current software, then look again. "More" > "Settings" > "Device information" shows the version you have. In the European Union, Kobo's optional accessibility software (version 5.18) doesn't include Instapaper yet.

When an article is on your phone but not on the Kobo, move it out of any folder, then tap the Menu icon and "Refresh" while the Kobo is on Wi-Fi. A forwarded email or a PDF won't appear however often you refresh.

A sign-out or a factory reset can remove the link, because Kobo keeps the Instapaper connection only on the reader. If "My Articles" shows "Link with Instapaper" again, repeat the six linking steps. Never sign out or reset a Kobo to fix an Instapaper problem. Kobo's support page warns that both can permanently delete sideloaded books, their notes and your settings.

A second Kobo needs its own link, because Instapaper signs in each device separately. If nothing here works, Instapaper's support team asks for an email to support@instapaper.com with your Instapaper login email, your Kobo model and what went wrong.

Checking that it works

Save one short article to Home from your phone. On the Kobo, open "My Articles", tap the Menu icon and tap "Refresh". If the article appears, the link works, and later saves arrive with each sync.

Who needs a ByteBooks ID, and when

OverDrive says ByteBooks IDs replaced Adobe IDs on June 23, 2026, because Wipro now runs Adobe's e-book platform. Nothing changed by itself on that date. A computer or e-reader you authorized with an Adobe ID keeps working until something makes it sign in again.

Three things are likely to trigger that:

• You install Adobe Digital Editions on a new computer.
• The app asks you to authorize it again, or shows the error E_ADEPT_RESET_PW_REQUIRED.
• You factory reset a Kobo or sign out of your Kobo account. Kobo says the Adobe authorization is stored only on the e-reader.

You may not need Adobe Digital Editions for most Kobo Store purchases. Kobo also says many newer readers can borrow library books directly. On a compatible reader such as the Kobo Clara BW, check the built-in library borrowing option, and whether your library supports it, before you set up a computer transfer.

Lost the old email address

ByteBooks support helps only if you've signed in to Adobe Digital Editions or an e-reader with that Adobe ID and downloaded DRM-protected books. It also asks for details of recent transactions, so gather your order emails before you write to ebooks-support@wipro.com.

Anyone with store-bought DRM books should hold off on a new account. eBooks.com tells customers in this spot to contact support first, and Kobo warns that a different email may mean downloading your books again from wherever you got them. A store that no longer sells a title makes that a real problem.

If you only borrow library books and don’t need to keep earlier authorizations, a new ByteBooks account may be enough. Check your library’s instructions before you switch, especially if you have a current loan you still want to read.

Set it up while your old email works

If your reader is already authorized and working, you don't need to change how it signs in right away. It's still worth signing in to the old mailbox now, because ByteBooks helps with recovery only until November 30, 2026.

1. Go to the ByteBooks transition help page and pick Already have an Adobe ID account.
2. Enter the same email as your Adobe ID and confirm it with the one-time code.
3. In Adobe Digital Editions, click Help, then Authorize Computer.
4. Keep Adobe ID as the vendor, then type your ByteBooks email and password.
5. Connect your Kobo by USB, click the gear icon beside it under Devices, and click Authorize Device.

The app still says Adobe ID on that screen. ByteBooks says that's expected, and you don't need a new version of the app. Some books may need a fresh download from the store or library.

What comes after Adobe Digital Editions

eBooks.com says replacement ByteBooks Digital Editions apps may follow, with no timing confirmed. You don't have to replace a working app in the meantime.

eBooks.com already points customers who'd rather skip ByteBooks to Thorium Reader, to its own online reader and to Readium LCP, a different DRM system.

For books you buy, keep the order records and the email address you used for authorization. Support asks for those details if you need to recover the account.

Every step here comes from BOOX’s help center and the screenshots it publishes there, which we read in October 2026.

What you need first

• A Readwise account on a trial or a paid plan, with its password at hand for step 2.
• Wi-Fi on the BOOX, since highlights go to Readwise’s cloud library.
• A book in NeoReader with a few highlights in it, so you can check the first export.
• About ten minutes for the first setup. After that, each export takes a few taps.

What each route carries

Highlights and typed notes can take any of the three routes. Pen notes and text boxes can’t go to Readwise.

To get a margin note into Readwise, type it as an annotation on the highlight instead of writing it with the pen.

Connect Readwise to the BOOX

1. On the home screen, open “Library” and tap the “Cloud Storage” icon at the top.
2. Tap “Readwise”, then “Bind and Authorize”, and sign in to your Readwise account.
3. Back on the “Cloud Storage” screen, long-press “Readwise” and tap “Settings” (the gear icon).
4. Under “Library”, turn on the switch whose label ends in “Data Export Function”. It shows “ON” once it’s set.

The binding screen also has a “Get Access Token” button. The account isn’t bound until you’ve finished both the token step and the authorization. Anyone holding that token can read and edit your highlights, so keep it to yourself.

The switch is behind a long press, well away from NeoReader’s export buttons. Its small print also gives the limit: highlighting, underlining and annotations go out, but handwritten notes don’t.

Export highlights from a book

1. Open the book in NeoReader, tap the middle of the page, and tap “Contents” at the bottom left.
2. Tap the “Annotations” tab, the third icon in the row.
3. Tap the circle beside each highlight you want to send.
4. Tap the export button at the bottom of the list.
5. Tap “Export to apps” and wait for the “Exporting to other apps. Please wait…” message to close.

Before your first export, tap “Export Settings” in the same menu (6 in the figure), leave only the accounts you want ticked, and tap “OK”. BOOX’s article says that when no account is chosen, an export goes to every bound account at once. Its screenshot of that menu shows a Google Drive account ticked next to Readwise. We’d untick everything but Readwise unless you want a second copy in your drive.

Without a Readwise subscription

“Export to Local Storage”, in the same menu, saves the highlights you ticked on the tablet. “Share” hands them to another app, such as your email. To change NeoReader’s export settings, tap the middle of a page, then “More” (top right) > “Settings” > “Annotation Export Settings”.

Readwise is worth paying for if you also highlight on a Kindle or in Instapaper, because it gathers those highlights in the same library. For one tablet and the occasional book, the file export does the job for free.

Highlights also sync to BOOX’s cloud when you’re signed in to an ONYX account and the “Sync Switch” is on. The switch is under “Library” > the “More” icon at the top right > “Library Settings”. With sync on, you can read and share your highlights in the BOOX Assistant app on an Android phone or iPhone.

Pen notes go out as PNG or PDF

Open “Contents” in the book and tap the “Handwriting” tab, the pen icon at the right end of the tab row. The handwriting listed there exports as PNG or PDF. Use this tab whenever you want pen notes in a file, because the Readwise export leaves them out.

If it doesn’t work

If nothing reaches Readwise, check the switch from step 4 first, since every export depends on it. Then check that Readwise is ticked under “Export Settings”.

Check for a system update if Readwise isn’t among the Cloud Storage tiles, since BOOX’s help page names no minimum firmware version. The path is “Settings” > “Firmware Update” on some models and “Settings” > “System Settings” > “System Update” on others. BOOX releases updates in batches by model, so one tablet can get a feature before another. That’s how firmware V4.3 went out, starting October 8.

Pen notes missing from Readwise aren’t a fault, because the export leaves handwriting out by design. Send those pages from the “Handwriting” tab.

If highlights also turned up in Google Drive, the export went to every bound account. Set “Export Settings” to Readwise only.

When exports stop working later, check your Readwise plan, because features stop when a paid subscription expires. For a trial account that asks you to upgrade, leave the binding page and bind the account again.

After the export

Open Readwise on your phone or computer and find the book. The exported highlights appear there right away. The link also works the other way: “Library” > “Cloud Storage” > “Readwise” on the BOOX shows your whole Readwise library, including highlights made in other apps.

Readwise gets nothing new from the BOOX until you export again. BOOX describes only a manual export. In its screenshot, the auto-upload switch on the Readwise settings screen is grayed out. We’d export at the end of each book, or after each chapter of a textbook you’re studying. From the second export on, tick only the highlights you haven’t sent yet, since BOOX doesn’t say how Readwise handles one sent twice.

The screen and the weight

Thinner bezels let the screen grow from 8.3 to 8.5 inches in the same footprint. OLED lights each pixel on its own, so the black around a comic panel or a dark-mode page stays black instead of glowing faintly.

Apple rates it at 600 nits for everyday content, up from 500 on the old mini. At the other end it dims to 1 nit, and Apple lists reading in bed among the uses. For reading with the lights off, that low end is the more useful of the two.

Look at one in an Apple Store before you buy if OLED phone screens give you eye strain at night. Apple doesn’t say whether the screen flickers at low brightness.

The Wi-Fi model weighs 255 g, 38 g less than the A17 Pro mini. The thin body (5.4 mm) helps more in a coat pocket than in the hand.

Water resistance and Apple’s warranty footnote

The new mini is rated IP67. Apple’s footnote spells that out as up to 1 meter of water for 30 minutes. The press release pictures someone reading by the pool, but the same footnote says the warranty doesn’t cover liquid damage. It also says the resistance can weaken with normal wear. Treat the rating as cover for a spilled drink or a slip into the bath, and don’t take the mini into the pool to read.

What $699 buys

The $699 model has 128 GB and Wi-Fi only. Cellular starts at $849.

The matte nano-texture glass cuts glare by a window or outdoors, but Apple’s store offers it only with 256 GB or more. It adds $100, so the cheapest matte iPad mini costs $899. The upgrade is worth it only if you read outdoors often, because the extra storage it forces on you does nothing for a library of e-books.

Most of the press release goes to the A20 Pro chip and its speed in AI tasks and games. For reading, we’d count none of that toward the price.

Apple’s store listed the 11-inch iPad at $449 on October 27. It has a bigger page for comics and PDFs and weighs 477 g. The mini costs $250 more and weighs just over half as much. Pay the difference if you read holding the tablet in one hand.

A Kindle Paperwhite at $199.99 is the better buy if novels are most of what you read. Amazon sells it as waterproof and rates it at up to 12 weeks a charge. Apple rates the mini at up to 10 hours of web browsing or video and gives no figure for reading.

If you own the A17 Pro mini

Keep it. The pixel density hasn’t changed, so a page of text looks the same. An upgrade gets you the dimmer floor, the lower weight and the water rating. Apple’s online store now lists only the new model, so anyone who wanted the cheaper A17 Pro version won’t find it there.

Our take

Pre-order on October 28 if you read comics or magazines in bed and want a tablet light enough for one hand. The base model already has the dim floor and the lighter body, so you only need the matte upgrade if you read in the sun. Anyone whose A17 Pro mini still holds a charge can skip this one.

BOOX launched the Note Air6 C in September 2026 to replace the Note Air5 C. It keeps the same 10.3-inch body and adds a faster chip and Android 16. The screen figures here are E Ink's ratings for its Kaleido 3 panel, and the rest comes from BOOX's product page and help center. That panel draws color at half the resolution of the black text.

The 2026 Kindle Colorsoft ships in the US on October 28, the release date Best Buy shows for both versions. The base model lists at $289.99 and the Signature Edition at $319.99.

The 2024 sentences in the new announcement

The new post calls the screen “a completely redesigned display.” The parts it names, though, are the same ones Amazon named when the first Colorsoft went on sale in October 2024.

Both posts say, in the same words, that the screen “uses an oxide backplane with custom waveforms for fast performance and a higher contrast on both color and black-and-white content.” The backplane is the grid of tiny switches behind the E Ink. Waveforms are the voltage patterns that move its ink particles when a page changes.

In 2024 Amazon called the light guide “a new light-guide with nitride LEDs” that enhanced color and increased brightness “without washing out details.” The 2026 post keeps that description and drops only the word “new.”

A separate 2024 post on the first Colorsoft listed micro-deflectors in the light guide “to minimize stray light,” plus an ultra-thin coating in the display stack. Both are back in 2026. The only addition is that the micro-deflectors now also “improve uniformity.”

The one new item in the description is reverse printing, the process used across the 2026 lineup to carry color to the edge of the device. By Amazon’s account, then, the change is in how the screen is built into the front, not in the color technology behind it.

A flush front in new colors

Every 2026 Kindle uses what Amazon calls a reverse stack display. The page is level with the front, and the device’s color wraps from the back onto the front around it. Amazon bills the lineup as thinner and lighter but gives no weight or thickness for the Colorsoft.

The cheaper model is Graphite only. The Signature Edition comes in Graphite or Fig, a color Amazon hadn’t offered on an e-reader before. On October 25, Best Buy took preorders for the Graphite Signature and listed the Fig one as Coming Soon.

What the Signature Edition adds

Both versions keep the 2024 Colorsoft’s adjustable warm light and waterproof body. Each is rated for up to eight weeks per charge, the same as the 2024 model.

For $30 more, the Signature Edition adds:

• an aluminum housing
• 32 GB of storage, twice the base model’s
• a front light that adjusts itself to the room
• double tap to turn pages
• pogo pins, the metal contacts for a dock and a cover

The $79.99 Page-Turn Cover adds physical page-turn buttons through those pins. The $59.99 Charging Dock holds the Kindle upright and charges it through them. Both fit only the Signature Editions of the Paperwhite and the Colorsoft.

The $34.99 Kindle Click is the button option for the cheaper model. It’s a Bluetooth remote that works with every new Kindle and any Kindle from 2024 or later, so a 2024 Colorsoft can use one too.

If buttons are the main reason you’re eyeing the Signature and its cover, the Kobo Libra Colour has page-turn buttons built into its body. It’s a color e-reader too, and its screen takes the Kobo Stylus 2 for notes in the margin.

Wireless charging on the Signature Edition

The first Signature Edition charged over USB-C or on a wireless pad. Amazon’s posts from October 2024 and July 2025 both list wireless charging for it.

For the new Signature Edition, the 2026 announcement lists “pogo pin dock charging” instead. Neither that post nor the Kindle buying guide updated on October 16 mentions wireless charging for it.

Prices next to the earlier models

The first Signature Edition cost $279.99 when it went on sale. The cheaper Colorsoft with half the storage followed in July 2025 at $249.99.

By our arithmetic, each new version costs $40 more than its predecessor did at launch. The Kids Colorsoft cost $269.99 in 2025. Best Buy lists the 2026 one at $299.99, a smaller rise.

Keep a 2024 model if you have one. Staying with it costs nothing, and it has the screen technology Amazon still describes, the same battery rating and the same Click remote.

Charging on a Qi pad

Plan on a cable or the dock with the new Signature if you charge your Kindle on a Qi pad by the bed. The dock is the only charging route the 2026 announcement names for it. The cheaper model never had wireless charging, so nothing changes there.