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Originally Posted by Renate
I'm going to buy the "Viwoods AiPaper Reader" because it has an AI button!
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I've bought it last year and really like it. For the AI button I disabled the opening of the AI feature, tough. I've clicked it too often by accident.
With the Keymapper app I was then able to refresh the screen with one click and go to Settings with a double click.
Pay attention to the firmware. Viwoods made changes which diabled the remapping of the buttons in firmware 1.3.4 although it works again in 1.3.8. Also adb commands weren't working in 1.3.4 anymore. For 1.3.8 you need a special software from Viwoods to make changes via adb on the Reader. This software is available for Windows, Linux and Apple.
I've contacted Viwoods multiple times via e-mail and they usually responded quite quick and also sent a download link for the mentioned software.
Maybe we should start a Viwoods thread?
Edit: Here it is:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=372886
@Renate
If you want to answer please do so in the new thread.
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I consider a more recent Android version more useful because I will be able to install updates for apps longer. And if it's possible to use eink with Android 16, like Viwoods have shown, I wonder why other companies stuck with older versions. I could understand it if they offer their products cheaper but that's not really the case with Boox or BigMe.
Updating the Android version of a device is, alas, a rather rare event with eink-based devices. If every company would update the Android versions than it wouldn't be an issue to start with an older version like 15 in 2026.