Google Play Books gets New Features: Read Aloud and Double Tap Zoom

Google has released a new version of their Google Play Books app for Android in the Play Store, bringing along a couple of new features that should improve your book reading experience. First up is the “Read Aloud” feature, which lets you listen to almost any text-heavy book, without needing any changes to be made to the books themselves in order to support the feature.

Google Play Books now also has the ability to pinch-zoom in order to zoom in or out in a book, and will also let you double-tap-zoom in books to automatically fit the text to screen. Users will also get personalized recommendations at the end of each book or a user’s library.

Here is the full list of what’s new in the update:

  • You can now listen to most flowing text books using the “Read aloud” feature.
  • You can now pinch-zoom or double-tap-zoom in all books.
  • All text editing features are available for notes.
  • Personalized recommendations are shown at the end of your library and at the end of the books.
  • Numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements are included.

Hit the source link below to download the updated version of Google Play Books, or update it from the Play Store on your device itself.

Via: The Verge | Source: Google Play