6.6.0
2024-02-26
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.5.2
2024-01-19
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.5.1
2023-11-17
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.5.0
2023-11-07
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.4.1
2023-08-19
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.4.0
2023-07-10
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.3.1
2023-05-12
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.3.0
2023-05-04
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.2.0
2023-02-21
* Feature improvements and fixes
6.1.1
2022-10-31
More personalized recommendations on Home.
6.1.0
2022-10-20
More personalized recommendations on Home.
6.0.4
2022-10-03
A new discover tab to help you more easily find books to read.
6.0.3
2022-06-15
A new discover tab to help you more easily find books to read.
6.0.2
2022-06-11
A new discover tab to help you more easily find books to read.
6.0.1
2022-04-30
A new discover tab to help you more easily find books to read.
6.0.0
2022-04-26
A new discover tab to help you more easily find books to read.
5.9.1
2021-12-01
* Feature improvements and fixes
5.8.0
2021-05-18
* New audiobook bookmarks: When you bookmark a section in an audiobook, you can now see the relevant text associated with the bookmark without having to listen to the section
* New reading progress display: See how many pages you have left in a chapter and your book completion percentage at the bottom of each page
* Feature improvements and fixes
5.7.0
2020-12-07
* Feature improvements and fixes.
5.6.1
2020-11-20
* Feature improvements and fixes.
5.6
2020-10-02
* Feature improvements and fixes.
5.5.2
2020-07-16
* Feature improvements and fixes.
5.5.1
2020-06-11
* Feature improvements and fixes.
5.5
2020-05-18
* Feature improvements and fixes.
5.4.0
2019-09-19
* New Dark Mode support for iOS 13.
* More Siri controls: Start playing your audiobooks on iOS 13 by saying, “Hey Siri, play [book title] on Play Books.”
5.3.0
2019-08-26
* New library filters: Watch for new options during the next few weeks to help you quickly find what you're looking for.
* New Siri Shortcuts: Pick up where you left off. Just say, Hey Siri, play my audiobook, or Hey Siri, continue reading my ebook. To get the new shortcuts, go to Settings > Advanced > Siri Shortcuts.
* Siri Suggestions: Siri now offers you easy ways to resume your books throughout the day.
5.2.3
2019-06-07
* Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.2.2
2019-04-15
* Fixes a bug that caused Night Light to stop working after switching apps
5.2.1
2019-03-23
* A few polish updates to our audiobook player
* More flexible skip forward and backward controls
* Performance improvements and bug fixes
5.2.0
2019-03-01
* A few polish updates to our audiobook player
* More flexible skip forward and backward controls
* Performance improvements and bug fixes
5.1.2
2019-01-04
* If your audiobook has an accompanying PDF, you can now access it from the audiobook playback screen
* Fixed a bug causing the app to freeze for some users
5.1.1
2018-12-18
* If your audiobook has an accompanying PDF, you can now access it from the audiobook playback screen
* Fixed a bug causing the app to freeze for some users
5.1.0
2018-12-13
* If your audiobook has an accompanying PDF, you can now access it from the audiobook playback screen
* Fixed a bug causing the app to freeze for some users
5.0.3
2018-11-14
Play Books has a brand new look! We’ve streamlined the whole app to make it brighter, cleaner, and easier to use. Enjoy!
5.0.2
2018-10-10
Play Books has a brand new look! We’ve streamlined the whole app to make it brighter, cleaner, and easier to use. Enjoy!
5.0.1
2018-09-21
Play Books has a brand new look! We’ve streamlined the whole app to make it brighter, cleaner, and easier to use. Enjoy!
5.0.0
2018-09-17
Play Books has a brand new look! We’ve streamlined the whole app to make it brighter, cleaner, and easier to use. Enjoy!
4.3.0
2018-08-16
Introducing the Bubble Zoom tech preview. It uses machine learning to zoom in on speech bubbles, and it’s ready to use in collected volumes of Marvel or DC.
4.2.1
2018-05-23
Two big improvements to your audiobooks listening experience in this release:
* CarPlay support: Control your audiobooks directly from your CarPlay enabled vehicle.
* Background downloads: Audiobooks will continue downloading, even when you leave the app.
4.2.0
2018-05-11
Two big improvements to your audiobooks listening experience in this release:
* CarPlay support: Control your audiobooks directly from your CarPlay enabled vehicle.
* Background downloads: Audiobooks will continue downloading, even when you leave the app.
4.1.2
2018-04-28
This release is jam packed with improvements to your Play Books experience:
* Smart Resume: When you pause your audiobook, Smart Resume will rewind to the beginning of the sentence. So you never have to worry about losing your place.
* Bookmarks: Mark your favorite parts of audiobooks so you can easily find them later.
* Sleep Timer: Now you can fall asleep listening to your audiobook! Set a sleep timer to stop playing it in a few minutes, or at the end of the chapter.
* Speed up 3x: Speed up playback to 3x,slow it down to 0.5x, or play it at any speed inbetween
* Family Library: Now in 13 more countries. Share books with up to five family members for free.
4.1.1
2018-04-10
This release is jam packed with improvements to your Play Books experience:
* Smart Resume: When you pause your audiobook, Smart Resume will rewind to the beginning of the sentence. So you never have to worry about losing your place.
* Bookmarks: Mark your favorite parts of audiobooks so you can easily find them later.
* Sleep Timer: Now you can fall asleep listening to your audiobook! Set a sleep timer to stop playing it in a few minutes, or at the end of the chapter.
* Speed up 3x: Speed up playback to 3x,slow it down to 0.5x, or play it at any speed inbetween
* Family Library: Now in 13 more countries. Share books with up to five family members for free.
4.1.0
2018-03-29
This release is jam packed with improvements to your Play Books experience:
* Smart Resume: When you pause your audiobook, Smart Resume will rewind to the beginning of the sentence. So you never have to worry about losing your place.
* Bookmarks: Mark your favorite parts of audiobooks so you can easily find them later.
* Sleep Timer: Now you can fall asleep listening to your audiobook! Set a sleep timer to stop playing it in a few minutes, or at the end of the chapter.
* Speed up 3x: Speed up playback to 3x,slow it down to 0.5x, or play it at any speed inbetween
* Family Library: Now in 13 more countries. Share books with up to five family members for free.
4.0.2
2018-02-15
*Introducing audiobooks! Now available from Google Play Books
*Pick up where you left off on iOS, other mobile platforms, or the web
*Choose from a huge selection of audiobooks on Google Play
4.0.1
2018-02-07
*Introducing audiobooks! Now available from Google Play Books
*Pick up where you left off on iOS, other mobile platforms, or the web
*Choose from a huge selection of audiobooks on Google Play
4.0.0
2018-01-24
*Introducing audiobooks! Now available from Google Play Books
*Pick up where you left off on iOS, other mobile platforms, or the web
*Choose from a huge selection of audiobooks on Google Play
3.1.2
2017-09-25
Support for iOS 11
3.1.1
2017-05-06
Fixed an issue that books can't be opened in airplane mode.
Performance and stability improvements.
3.1
2017-05-03
Performance and stability improvements.
3.0.2
2016-11-04
* Discover is a new way to browse book news, articles, videos and more. Read featured stories and get personalized recommendations. (U.S. only)
* Fixed various issues including missing book covers, and font resizing problem on iPads with iOS 10.
3.0.1
2016-11-02
* Discover is a new way to browse book news, articles, videos and more. Read featured stories and get personalized recommendations. (U.S. only)
* Fixed various issues including missing book covers, and font resizing problem on iPads with iOS 10.