- Handwriting in the Workspace keeps up with your Pencil, even on long, full sheets. - No more pause after writing with a large book or library open: sync no longer re-reads the copy it just saved. - Sticky notes on PDF pages: tap a spot, type, and the note stays there at every zoom. - Export an annotated PDF: your highlights, handwriting and notes are written into the original file. - DeepSeek is no longer offered as an AI provider, for privacy. Any DeepSeek key saved on this iPad is deleted. AI stays optional and off unless you turn it on. - In portrait, the Workspace can sit below the paper. - Smaller fixes: white Workspace ink in dark mode, zoomed page turns land where you were reading, a second tap on an open tool closes it, guide thickness in percent, Pencil and finger taps no longer open PDF links by accident, and clearer contrast and labels for accessibility.

Phloem 1.2 adds a Workspace beside your paper and optional sync across devices. Workspace - Open a writing board next to the paper you're reading. Add sticky notes, write and sketch with Apple Pencil, and move or resize notes and handwriting together with the lasso. - Drag a note from the Note button and drop it exactly where you want it. - Handwriting on a note moves and resizes with the note. - Fingers scroll and pinch-zoom the Workspace smoothly while Apple Pencil writes. - Typing in a note keeps it above the keyboard. Sync - Optional private iCloud sync keeps your library, notes, highlights, handwriting, progress and original documents in your own iCloud. - Optional Google Drive sync uses Phloem's private app folder in your Google Drive (not available in China mainland). - Phloem stays offline-first: your local library keeps working when sync is off or unavailable. Writing and reading - Smoother, more natural Apple Pencil strokes with a wider pressure response. - A faster, steadier eraser. - Many reliability and interface refinements.

Phloem 1.1 turns your iPad into a focused reading and annotation desk for academic and technical documents. Also new: - More natural handwriting with gentle pressure changes and tapered ends. Choose Natural or Clean for new ink in reading settings; existing notes keep their appearance. Holding at the end of a line is more tolerant of tiny Pencil movements and confirms when the line straightens. - Rename papers directly from the open title or from the library, and scroll through up to six recent papers in Continue reading. - Write directly on PDF pages with Apple Pencil, including margins, figures, and scanned or blank pages. Choose eight pen colors and three widths. Hold at the end of a long open stroke to straighten it, adjust the endpoint, then lift. Turn on Write when you want to handwrite; it is off by default. - Erase handwriting and text highlights with either PDF eraser; one Undo restores the whole sweep. - Switch between Pen and Highlighter with one tool active at a time, including touch and Zen controls. - Smoother continuous handwriting, including previously saved strokes, without changing your original ink points or notes. - Undo the latest handwriting or highlight edit directly from the Zen dock, without leaving focused reading. - Highlight selectable text with Apple Pencil: drag across a passage and lift to save, including complete words at each endpoint. Mark opens its colors immediately and keeps them available between marks and color changes. - Use Define directly from the bottom Highlight toolbar for your selected passage or latest selected highlight on the current page. - Clean, professional note lettering is now the default, with a Handwritten switch when you want the original style. - The reading-guide handle now stays on the left side of the guide band, clear of the Zen dock. - Reliability and iPad interface refinements throughout the reader. Handwriting stays editable in Phloem and is included in JSON backups. Export original PDF exports the original document without Phloem handwriting or highlights.