• Improved Kobo and Google Play Books sign-in, account connection, and library syncing, including fixes for missing books in larger libraries. • Clearer loading and retry messages, with fixes for incorrect book counts during loading and some reader opening issues. • More reliable read-aloud playback and Kindle page transitions, with better recovery from temporary network errors. • Improved service connections in mainland China and reliability when creating voices.

• In supported regions, you can now create a voice in three ways: record yourself, invite a friend, or upload an audio file. • For uploaded audio, CastReader automatically selects a clear clip. After confirming permission, you can preview it or create the voice right away. • Voices created through invitations are organized separately, and repeated sign-in prompts when using a created voice have been fixed.

• In supported regions, invite a friend with one link to record, preview, and send you their voice. • Shared voices appear in Created, where you can preview, rename, select, and use them for Read Aloud and Explain while authorization remains active. • Voice creation, playback, and recovery from temporary service errors are now more reliable.

• Choose a recording language, then read the optional sample or speak naturally in your own words. • Rename cloned voices and recognize them by distinct, consistent avatars throughout the app. • Voice creation and syncing are more reliable, and temporary failures can be retried with the same recording.

• Create a personal cloned voice with a guided press-and-hold recording, then use it across supported reading languages. • A new live recording waveform provides clearer feedback, with more reliable creation previews and preview restoration. • Improved cloned-voice playback stability for long text, retries, and quota handling.

• Import PDFs, EPUBs, documents, and text files directly from Google Drive. • A clearer path from connecting your library to starting your first listen. • Removed the unfinished Safari extension to prevent unsupported browser flows, plus reliability improvements.

• A clearer path from connecting a supported library to starting your first listen. • Improved onboarding and Pro guidance so the next step is easier to understand. • Removed the unfinished Safari extension to prevent unsupported browser flows, plus reliability fixes.

• Fixed Kindle libraries stopping after the first lazy-loaded batch; sync now waits for the full shelf. • Improved Kindle page turning and reading-position recovery when navigation controls hide. • AI Explain now respects rate limits instead of repeatedly retrying, reducing cascading failures.

What's new: • WeRead shelf sync is more reliable — large shelves and shelves with audio/video items no longer fail • Imported documents now resume where you left off • Smoother Explain: seamless section transitions and faster recovery from network hiccups • Stability improvements

• Your bookshelf now leads the Home screen: connect Kindle, Kobo, Google Play Books, or O’Reilly and pick up right where you left off. • Clearer Pro plans with a 7-day free trial. • More reliable Kindle book opening, faster library connections, and fixes to highlighting and playback.

• Added phone number sign-in and improved Apple sign-in for mainland China. • WeRead setup is faster, keeps scan sessions active, and imports only books from the signed-in shelf. • Fixed skipped sentences, uneven highlighting, and pauses after page turns, and improved subscription-status accuracy.

• Improved email verification-code sign-in reliability, with clearer sending status and feedback for slow, offline, or timed-out requests. • Improved Listen to YouTube transcript reading with more accurate speaker changes and caption-language handling, plus more reliable synchronized highlighting and resume positions. • Fixed freezes and cumulative slowdowns after opening multiple videos; generated speech now uses session-only temporary storage and is cleaned up automatically.

• Improved YouTube transcript extraction reliability and clearer recovery when access is temporarily limited. • Moved the shared-content inbox into Settings and added quicker account access from Home. • Improved purchase restoration and Pro recognition for Sign in with Apple users.

• YouTube transcripts now support selecting from available subtitle languages. • Improved orientation handling keeps the transcript reader layout stable. • Faster loading and smoother transitions between paragraphs with audio prefetching.

• Added Listen to YouTube: paste or share a public video link to hear an available public transcript with CastReader TTS, synchronized highlighting, and automatic scrolling. • Voice choices now stay locked to your selection until you change them. • Faster transcript detection, clearer no-transcript feedback, better language selection, and more complete end-of-line highlighting.

• Improved Google Play Books sign-in recovery after account verification and intermediate Google pages. • Binding now returns safely to your shelf when a login continuation is blocked or stalls. • Kindle now supports 13 regional storefronts with safer sign-in and shelf routing. • Improved continuous Kindle reading and word highlighting across automatic page turns. • Improved connection diagnostics and overall reliability.

• Added a guided Kindle setup that recommends the right regional store, syncs your shelf, and lets you start with a selected book. • Expanded Kindle support across 13 regional sites, improving sign-in, shelf sync, long-read page turns, stopping, and recovery from Amazon cookie notices. • Rebuilt photo and document scanning for multi-column, rotated, and complex pages, with more accurate reading order and word highlighting. • Added Home Screen widgets and Shortcuts to read, explain, or continue recent content. • Fixed Google Play Books connection and improved content import, localization, dark mode, and overall reliability.

• Fixed Google Play Books connection so setup opens reliably and binding progress is clearer. • Added a guided Kindle first-run flow that recommends the right regional store, syncs your shelf, and lets you start with a selected book. • Improved long Kindle read-aloud stability across page turns, stopping, and free-quota boundaries. • Improved content import, localization, dark mode, and overall reliability.

Added Back-to-School Study Boost, a limited-time challenge: study on 7 different days by September 15. Import study materials and learn with synced highlighting and AI explanations.

• Added Google Play Books and Kobo connections: sync your library, then listen to or explain books page by page. • Added O’Reilly Learning, including supported institution and library access: sync eligible books from reading history, then listen to or explain long chapters. • Kindle now lets you choose your regional website instead of always opening the U.S. site. • Unified automatic and manual page turns, previous/next-page controls, cover artwork and lock-screen playback; improved dark mode, localization and stability.

• Eligible new subscribers can start monthly or yearly Pro with a 7-day free trial, with clearer pricing and renewal details • Added guided library setup to connect Kindle or WeRead and start your first read-aloud faster • German is now supported for read-aloud, text recognition and explanations, bringing CastReader to nine languages • WeRead now has more reliable sign-in, a native table of contents, and steadier reading and playback • Kindle books open substantially faster, and expired Amazon sessions now recover automatically • Library covers are cached locally for faster shelves • Improved plan and trial visibility before sign-in, mini-player layout, voice switching, and stability

• Added WeRead library sync with highlighting, automatic page turns, continuous read-aloud, and AI explanations • Added a Content Inbox for webpages, documents, text, and images shared from other apps • Added a localized Pro offer card and expanded 8-language import, OCR, TTS, and highlighting support • Improved Kindle pagination, voice switching, background playback, and stability

• Improved Kindle OCR, highlighting, and page transitions across 8 languages • Added in-player voice switching with redesigned controls • Improved background playback and page-to-page continuity • Fixed access checks and playback stability

• Full UI and TTS support for 8 languages • Expanded multilingual voice library • Improved language detection and photo OCR • Stability and interface polish

- Added 18 multilingual voices: 5 Japanese, 3 Spanish, 1 French, 3 Brazilian Portuguese, 2 Italian, and 4 Hindi. - Added language filtering for voices, with a relevant language selected by default so voices are easier to find. - Improved reliability and performance across reading, Explain, content imports, and subscriptions.