Onyx has started rolling out a new software update for their line of Boox ereaders and eNotes, and the update is applicable for most models released over the past few years.

Here’s the full list Boox devices that are now getting the 4.0 update, according to Onyx:

Go 10.3, Go Color 7, Go 6
Note Max, Note Air4 C, Note Air3, Note Air3 C, Note Air2 Plus, Note Air2, Note 5
Tab X, Tab Ultra C Pro, Tab Ultra C, Tab Ultra, Tab Mini C
Page, Poke4 Lite, Poke5, Poke5 Lite
Palma 2, Palma
Nova Air2, Nova Air C
Max Lumi 2
Leaf2

Onyx tends to release updates in batches so you might not be able to get the update just yet. I tried to download the update on my Go Color 7 and it says it’s on the latest version available, even though it’s still on V3.5.4.

Onyx no longer offers software update downloads from their website to manually install them so you just have to wait for the update to become available from the Firmware Update section directly on your Boox device.

The new 4.0 software adds several new features and it brings some changes to the user interface.

Here is the full list of changes with the 4.0 update:

Changelogs:

[System]

• Improved overall system UI interfaces, stay minimal, and more unified.

• Improved operation feedback prompts make the screen-touching experience more intuitive and accurate.

• Added an option to enable/ disable full refresh when back to the home screen, you can find it in [Settings > Display > Full Refresh When Back to Home Screen > On/ Off].

[Library & NeoReader]

• Added the ability to customize the top function bar in the Library. You can select and re-order those functions in [Library Settings > Library List Settings].

• Added the Library View switch button in the lower right corner of the Library, you can switch between the View modes with just one click.

• Added Customizable Reading Themes, easily customize your own reading themes by adjusting font, margin, spacing, and background color. Apply your favorite theme to any reflowable document with just one tap, saving time on repetitive setup.

• Added a more intuitive reading progress percentage badge on the document cover. Removed the document reading progress bar.

• Support independent settings for titles, body text fonts, and supplementary fonts of reflowable documents.

• Optimized OCR function, OCR now works in the background while you read PDFs, you can continue turning pages, annotating, and highlighting seamlessly without any wait.

• Optimized word lookup experience, you can prioritize Word Lookup or Translation(Selection) in [Neoreader > Settings > Dictionary Settings].

• Optimized the display of traditional/Japanese symbols.

• Adjusted the [Refresh] entry of Neoreader to the first-level bottom menu for easier refresh mode customization.

• Adjusted the Google Drive related permissions.

[Notes] (Available on models that have note-taking capabilities)

• Improved the Notebook creation experience. You can import PDF, CAJ, EPUB, MOBI, JPEG, JPG, PNG, and TXT from local storage to create a notebook, and all the index hyperlinks will be kept and interactive.

• Improved the Add Page experience.

• Improved the Marker display. When using the marker to highlight, the layering is optimized for clearer contrast.

• Optimized the [Canvas] function to the [Margin] function, which now lets you resize your canvas by just dragging the margins.

• Optimized the width of the Stroke Eraser.

• Added the Notebook View switch button in the lower right corner of the Notes app, you can switch between the View modes with just one click.

• Added 18 new shapes, such as parallelograms and pyramids. And the shapes are now adjustable.

• Added Outline function to help clarify the structure of extensive notes and enable faster navigation across pages. – Supporting 5-level outline (long press the blank space of the page or add from notebook thumbnails).

• Adjusted the notebook page limit from 500 pages to unlimited. Please note that more pages could cause slower rendering when opening the notebook.

[Other Improvements]

• Fixed some known issues and improved system stability.