Custom Sleep Timer: Set any duration with the new hour and minute picker. Your last choice is saved and pre-filled next time. Progress Label in Now Playing: A new label below the progress bar shows your completion percentage. Tap it to switch to time remaining. Audiobookshelf SSO: Sign in using your server's OpenID Connect provider. The option appears automatically when your server supports it. Live Widget Progress: Now Playing widgets now update every minute while listening, no need to reopen the app. Chapter Navigation Fix: Skip Silence no longer triggers immediately after tapping previous or next chapter, making it easier to jump through multiple chapters quickly. Storage Cleanup: Duplicate audio files left over from a previous import bug are automatically removed on first launch. Bug Fixes: Progress is reliably saved when leaving the app or when the sleep timer fires.

Bug Fixes: Various stability improvements. Progress Tracking: Audiobook progress is now always saved when you leave the app or the sleep timer fires, so your position is never lost.

iPad Support Abookio now runs natively on iPad with an optimised layout designed for the larger screen. Redesigned Audiobook Detail View The audiobook detail page has been completely redesigned with a cleaner layout and improved navigation. Home Screen Widgets New widgets show your currently playing book and recently played titles at a glance. Rotary Cover Scrubbing Press and hold the cover art in the Now Playing screen to scrub through your audiobook with a rotary dial — one full turn equals one hour. Instant Bookmark Hold the bookmark button in Now Playing to drop an instant bookmark without opening the sheet. French Accented Characters Fixed Audiobooks and folders with accented characters (é, î, â, ü) can now be imported correctly. Bug Fixes & Improvements Fixed widget progress percentage for multi-file audiobooks. Fixed sleep timer firing unexpectedly. Weekday labels in Listening Stats now adapt to your device language.

Skip Silence: Tired of long pauses between sentences? Abookio can now automatically skip silent gaps during playback. Choose from three sensitivity levels in the playback speed sheet. Volume Normalization: No more reaching for the volume knob when chapters get too quiet or too loud. Enable normalization in the playback speed sheet and choose Light, Medium, or Strong to keep loudness consistent throughout your book. Discover Tab: Explore top audiobooks across genres like Fiction, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Biographies, and more, all in one place. Sections load simultaneously and are cached locally, so browsing is instant even offline. You can hide the tab in Settings → Appearance if you prefer a cleaner look. Read History Preserved: Deleting the files of a locally imported audiobook no longer wipes it from your Started and Read lists. Your reading history stays intact. French, Spanish & Chinese: Abookio is now available in French, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese. Bug Fixes & Improvements: Improved iCloud sync reliability, fixed a startup warning related to cloud accounts, and various under-the-hood stability improvements.

• Personalized Look: Customize the app’s theme color in Settings > Appearance • Improved iCloud Sync: Playback progress now tracks correctly across devices • More Reliable Bookmarks: Bookmarks in multi-file MP3 audiobooks now save the correct position for the entire book • Playback Speed Improvements: The playback speed slider now displays correctly in Light mode • Library Filtering Fix: Dropbox is now categorized correctly in Library filters • Bug Fixes and performance improvements

Rotary Scrub Control: Press and hold the artwork to activate the new precision scrubbing dial. Metadata & Chapters: The new Abookio provider (Beta) improves metadata accuracy and allows importing chapter timestamps for single-file audiobooks. Playback Improvements: Custom skip intervals now work systemwide, plus new headphone button customization options. Library Updates: You can now add files directly to existing audiobooks. Fixed an issue where the new metadata provider wasn't enabled by default.

• Rotary Scrub Control: Press and hold the Now Playing cover artwork to rotate it and precisely scrub through the audiobook timeline. • Chapter Timestamp Import (Beta): Import missing chapter timestamps (currently supports single-file audiobooks). • Abookio Metadata Provider (Beta): New built-in metadata service delivering more accurate book information with reduced reliance on third-party sources. • Library Stats: Added a new Library Stats tab with detailed insights into your audiobook collection. • Enhanced File Import: Files imported via the native file picker can now be added directly to existing audiobooks. • Systemwide Custom Skip Intervals: Custom skip durations now integrate with native system media controls for consistent playback behavior. • Custom Headphone Controls: Configure headphone next/previous buttons to skip forward or backward instead of changing tracks. • Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements

Various bug fixes and system stability improvements have been made: • Added a precision playback speed slider and quick fine-tuning controls • Fixed read status reliability: "Read" is now correctly prioritized and progress resets when marked as “Not Started” • App now resumes your last played audiobook automatically on launch • Introduced debug logging to help diagnose issues (logs can be shared from Settings) • Fixed unresponsive skip forward and backward playback controls • Resolved playback and connection issues with Plex Media Server and pCloud • Updated for iOS 26.2: fixed an issue where the tab bar player could not be hidden

This update delivers major new features and improvements: • New playback speed system with fine-tuned control from 0.5x to 3.99x • Press and hold the bookmark button to instantly save your position with haptic feedback • EPUB Reader (Preview): enable in Settings > Preview Features and add EPUBs from the audiobook detail view • Improved self-hosted integrations with fixes for Audiobookshelf and Plex Media Server (Windows) • Enhanced WebDAV with two-level folder discovery and smart caching for large libraries • Native Google Drive file picker and improved reliability for cloud providers • Improved memory efficiency by up to 75% • Added a new filter option to organize content by source

Several issues have been addressed to improve stability and library management: - Cloud Accounts: Resolved a critical issue where OneDrive and other cloud service credentials were not saved after restarting the application. - Audiobookshelf: Fixed a bug that prevented books from appearing in the library. - Plex Integration: Addressed an error causing book imports to fail. - User Interface: The "Sort By" indicator in the Library tab now correctly reflects the active sorting preference.

New Features: Added 5 Widgets New Playback Controls Full EPUB Reader Updated Interface Improved WebDAV support Added new Pro Lifetime Purchase and seperate selfhosted integration add-on Fixed Bugs: Resuming play from native media controls now respects custom playback speed Audiobooks in top level selected folder are now individually recognized