GoKawiilKaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority
I’ve been a Kindle user for well over a decade, so in some ways the idea of jumping ship feels traitorous. I genuinely love my devices and the place they’ve earned on my nightstand, carry-on, and tiny Grinch heart. Unfortunately, Amazon’s locked-down approach and recent sunsetting policies have made me wonder if it’s time to cut the cord, and I’m not alone. Lots of users are shopping around for devices outside of the Kindle ecosystem.
I’ve given a few BOOX options a go, including, most recently, the BOOX Go 10.3 Gen II, which I hoped could replace my Kindle Scribe. What I’ve found across the brand is a very different e-ink experience. The transition isn’t seamless, and there have been some surprises, but the bottom line is, there are both clear pros and cons to leaving Kindle behind for a BOOX alternative.
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Transitioning to Android-based software
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority
Compared to Kindle’s intentionally simple software, BOOX feels almost overwhelmingly open-ended. Suddenly, I can download multiple reading apps, scramble files around, sync cloud storage, and spend 20 minutes adjusting settings I didn’t even know existed. Needless to say, my first few sit-downs with a BOOX were mildly chaotic.
Android-based flexibility makes BOOX tablets feel far more useful than just reading books.
The biggest advantage is app freedom via the Google Play Store. I can still dip into my Kindle books, but also Kobo titles, saved web articles, Google Drive PDFs, and note-taking apps, all on the same device. That flexibility makes BOOX tablets feel far more useful than just reading books. The file support alone is dramatically better than what I’m used to on Kindle.
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority
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