■ New - Keep companion files alongside your audiobooks in the new “Extras” page - Import folders and ZIP archives ■ Improved - Updated layouts with more consistent spacing, colors, and typography ■ Fixed - Chapter start times on the “Chapters” page omit the duration of earlier files in multi-file audiobooks - The “Chapter end” sleep timer continues playing the next file in multi-file audiobooks - Some MP3 files stop near the end without continuing to the next file - Titles stored in iCloud Drive sometimes fail to play until the Player is reopened - A paused player does not update when you continue listening on another device - Player controls can size incorrectly in narrow windows or when the keyboard is visible - The bottom player can shrink too narrow to show the title and artwork on some window sizes - Artwork is too large in expanded player after rotation

■ New - Add files directly to an existing book ■ Improved - Redesigned Add Files flow with clearer options and a summary of added and skipped files - File copying now continues when Every Word moves to the background - File reordering and deletion for a book have moved to Info → Manage Files ■ Fixed - Player transitions can dismiss an unrelated open screen

■ Improved - Redesigned player bottom popups for better legibility ■ Fixed - Playback stops at the end of a file in multi-file books instead of continuing to the next file

■ Improved - Chapters are now saved with the library, so chapter lists load consistently across the Player, Info, and CarPlay ■ Fixed - Library can appear empty after a book is deleted - Shorten Silences can distort speech during long continuous playback - Shorten Silences can sound more abrupt after recent audio pipeline changes - Rapidly tapping skip backward or forward can crash the app - Starting several book back-to-back can play audio from more than one book at once

■ New - Bookmarks

■ New - Database Storage screen in Settings shows database and cache sizes ■ Fixed - Book playback can get stuck at the end of playback and never finish

Every Word is now updated with support for Liquid Glass. This is a broad refresh across the app, including the Player, all screens, menus, popovers, and control popups. # New - Japanese, Russian, German, French, Italian, and Spanish localizations - Customize playback speed presets in Settings → Player Controls # Improved - Library now remembers the selected sort - Sleep timer Live Activity is now more reliable and handles app restarts better - Free playback now allows 2 titles per day across all locations # Fixed - Importing files with # in the filename fails - Playback does not resume on cold launch - Resetting progress for the currently playing title restarts playback and immediately saves progress again - Sleep timer continues running after stopping and closing the Player

# New - Enhance Audio - Toggle from the player for louder volume and cleaner sound # Improved - Various accessibility enhancements

# New - CarPlay support # Fixed - Playback progress in Now Playing sometimes continues moving when paused

# New - Lock Screen Widgets - Check your progress and jump back in with one tap - New alternative app icon: “Layers” # Improved - The original app icon returns as a selectable alternative # Fixed - Chosen app icon applies correctly, but the selection in settings resets to default after a relaunch

# New - Control Widgets - Instantly play audiobooks or toggle playback speed from Control Center, Lock Screen, or using your device's Action Button - Prevent Lock Screen Scrubbing - When turned on in Settings → Player Controls, Lock Screen slider is disabled to prevent accidental position changes

# New - App Shortcuts support - Continue playback, start a sleep timer, or skip chapters from the Shortcuts app, Siri, or Spotlight - Additional actions to adjust the sleep timer, skip by a time interval, change playback speed, or toggle Shorten Silences # Fixed - Missing artwork when importing a new book - Incorrect order when sorting by author in reverse

# Improved - Rewritten artwork caching for better performance # Fixed - When importing multiple files, only one of them is actually imported

# Improved - Updated colors for the main app icon - Added dark and tinted variants for all app icons - Moved batch delete and library management from the “Settings” tab to the “Library” tab - Output selection button now adjusts volume only after a long press to prevent accidental changes - Better touch detection on position slider # Fixed - Deleting a book from the info screen crashes the app - Playback sometimes fails to resume from the widget on first attempt

# Improved - Remember last played book when relaunched - Option to reset progress now only shows for unfinished books that have some progress # Fixed - Import storage selection not saved - Toggling finished state doesn't immediately update the UI - App crashes on launch if database file is inaccessible - Widgets crash if database file is inaccessible - Tab bar is shown together with the sidebar on older iPadOS versions

# New - “Search” tab is replaced with a “Library” tab - Added a link to the official Bluesky - Stop playback and close player from the “More” button - Library sort options: by author, by runtime # Improved - Redesigned home screen - Selecting a book now opens the info screen instead of starting playback - The playback position slider now allows scrubbing from any point, not just the grabber - Always present confirmation alert before deleting a title - Toggling between time remaining and percent completed when playing is now done from the “More” button # Fixed - Crashes when using the app after toggling iCloud sync - Widgets displaying incorrectly in tinted mode - Player background appearing too gray in light mode - Tapping an already selected tab to scroll to top stops at the wrong position - Missing home image on older OS versions - Tapping the ”Suggest” button when editing a book can crash the app

# New - Added current membership details to Every Word Plus screen

# New - Tab bar navigation - Renamed “Library” to “Home” - Added a dedicated “Search” tab - Mini player now floats above the tab bar instead of sticking to the bottom - Updated expanded player navigation: - Replaced the top grabber with navigation buttons - Switched navigation between sections to horizontal swipes - Removed the info pane: use the new “More” button to view the currently playing book in the library # Improved - Redesigned info screen - Added a header to the chapters screen displaying the chapter count # Fixed - Incorrect chapter progress in the info screen when a different book is playing - Missing chapters icon on older OS versions - Player freezes when changing files - Wrong colors in cover art for newly imported books

# New - Added a link to the official Mastodon # Fixed - High battery usage during playback

# New - Quick skip: repeated taps skip up to 5× faster - Settings to adjust the amount of time skipped by skip buttons # Fixed - Skipping causes the app to slow down until it is restarted - Quickly skipping crashes the app

# New - Redesigned file import flow # Fixed - Background color for library screen in Dark Mode changes when playing a title - Showing incorrect time in Now Playing when playing chapters other than the first - Button text has low legibility on some themes - Distribution includes test files making the binary larger than needed

# New - Added an info pane button to the player - Added a skip forward button to the mini player - Chapters section in the player is automatically scrolled to the current chapter # Improved - Player info pane is redesigned with sections split into tabs - Scrolling down snaps the info pane to top - Opening player animation is now smoother - Adjusted appearance of the time skipped popover # Fixed - Mini player is sometimes stuck in a half-scrolled position - Playing a title to the end does not clear the system Now Playing information - Resuming from Now Playing does not work after quitting the app

Every Word is now updated to work great on iOS 17. # New - StandBy support - Interactive widgets - Sleep timer shows a Live Activity # Improved - Better default artwork image - Now Listening widget has a new look - Updated context menu appearance # Fixed - Popover and showing player animations are too fast - Can't resume after playback interruption - Can't dismiss some modals in landscape orientation - File order can be incorrect after import - Quickly seeking between files or titles can cause multiple files to be played simultaneously