Ink & Echo 2.2 NEW • Holiday icon. Ink & Echo wears a new wine-red icon for the season, with light, dark and tinted looks for iOS 18, on iPhone and Apple Watch. • Scan a book. Tap the barcode button in Discover, point at the back of any book and open it instantly. • Read-along. Follow the EPUB as the audiobook plays, with each word highlighted. (Premium) • Focus Ink. Bold word starts in the reader to guide your eye. • Spatial Audio switch for stereo audiobooks, and an AirPlay button in the player. • Apple-style page curl, and two-page reading on iPad. • Daily picks, and a redesigned long-press menu for books. BETTER • A calmer, more battery-friendly player and background playback. • Smoother Library, Home and Discover on iPhone and iPad. • Many reliability fixes for imports, downloads and iCloud sync.

What's new in 2.1.2 • Page curl: turn pages like a real book, with a corner curl and swipes. • Two-page reading on iPad and Mac, and the app now fits bigger screens properly. • Redesigned reader controls. • Read-Along is better all round: controls right in the reader, the screen stays on while you follow along, and it picks up exactly where the narration stopped. • New book menu: press and hold a cover and your options rise up with it. • Premium has a fresh new look. • Widgets now match tinted Home Screens and StandBy. • Much better battery life during playback and reading. • Fixes for pages jumping, Read-Along landing on the wrong chapter, missing EPUB images, and CarPlay losing your place. iCloud sync is steadier too.

2.1.1: • Read-Along (Premium): follow along in the ebook as the audiobook plays, with each word highlighted as it's spoken. • Redesigned reader: page curl, swipe page turns, new controls, and a two-page view on iPad and Mac. • iPad and Mac: the interface now scales to fit larger screens. • Better battery life during playback. • Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Update 2.1.0: On-Device Intelligence (Premium) • More Like This: similar books on every book page, each with a short reason why. • Picked for You: a new Home shelf built from the books you finish and love, refreshed daily. • Plain-language search: try "cozy fantasy under 10 hours" and it becomes filters. • AI synopsis: a short, spoiler-free summary written by Apple Intelligence on supported devices. The AI runs on your device. Turn it on in Settings > Discovery. Redesigned CarPlay • New Listen, Library and Collections tabs, with a Resume card to jump straight back in. • Streams now wait for signal instead of failing after a long spinner. Redesigned Apple Watch • Books download straight to your watch over Wi-Fi or LTE. • Stream books on your watch, plus a new Continue card, chapter list, sleep timer, and Digital Crown speed and volume.

NEW PLAYER • A cleaner player with all four tools in one glass dock. • Swipe down to close and the cover glides into the mini player. • Fine-tune speed in 0.05 steps. • Optional Player Cover Wash in Settings > Listening tints the player with your book's cover. DOWNLOADS & STORAGE • Redesigned Downloads screen with filters, per-transfer progress and Clear All. • Reworked Storage & Downloads. BOOK DETAILS • Swipe from the cover to a second page with richer details. WIDGETS • New editorial-style widgets that follow your app theme. • Resume is now available on the Lock Screen. POLISH • Pop-ups restyled as glass sheets. • Settings, Activity and Discover are sized properly on iPad and Mac. • Chapter titles now match the language of the audio file. FIXES • Your level and listening time no longer drop when a book is deleted. • Play stays usable when a book is slow to start. • Fixed a crash with some Audiobookshelf server addresses. • Discover genre artwork stays readable in light themes.

Update 2.0.5: Faster, roomier, and steadier. NEW • Activity, redesigned. Your listening and reading stats now live in one clean card. • More themes. A larger set of looks to choose from, in dark and light. • Built for big screens. iPad and Mac get a sidebar layout, a now playing bar, and larger player controls. • Book pages you can swipe. Page between the cover and the details with a flick. • Settings that follow you. Your preferences, display name, and service keys now sync across your devices with iCloud Sync. • Quieter notifications. Confirmations appear as a small pill at the top instead of covering the screen. FASTER • The app launches quicker. • Switching tabs is instant on iPhone. • Moving between screens is smoother throughout. FIXED • Covers stay put after an app update, and load faster with new thumbnails. • Covers that fail to load at launch now retry on their own. • Streams that go stale refresh when you press Play instead of hanging. • CarPlay no longer gets stuck on "Preparing stream". • More reliable saving, playback recovery, and Apple Watch transfers. • Discover's new releases shelf shows the right titles again.

Ink & Echo 2.0.4 Update: A redesigned experience for iPad and Mac • Full large-screen layouts: a sidebar with your tabs, folders, and what's playing, plus bigger covers, wider grids, and a two-column book details page. A new look across the app • A new floating tab bar. • Book details now opens to a clean cover page. Swipe up to turn to your progress, synopsis, and details, with a gentle snap and haptic. • A redesigned listener level card with a progress ring and your path to the next level. • A refreshed membership card in Settings. Faster and smoother • The app is more responsive right after launch. Saved cover art is no longer re-checked every time you open the app. • Book details open more smoothly. Plus smaller layout fixes and polish throughout.

2.0.3: -Minor bug & battery fixes. -Streaming bug patched. -Resumes & self healing links patched.

What’s New in 2.0.2: Activity has been refreshed with improved weekly, monthly, yearly, and all-time insights, including streaks, listening patterns, milestones, favorite genres, authors, and completion statistics. Book details and finished-book pages have been redesigned, with quick access to recent listening positions. This update also improves playback resuming and stream recovery, fixes Audiobookshelf authentication, improves device file imports, and includes additional interface and stability improvements.

2.0.1 Update: The Discover page got a full redo! - Browse by genre with new ranking tabs, so it is much easier to find something you actually want to start. - Discover, search, and adding books to your library have all been cleaned up and feel a lot smoother now. Other updates: -iPad layouts are now much more responsive. -Player gestures, controls, Now Playing artwork, and book detail actions got a bunch of polish. -Onboarding and smaller UI details were cleaned up throughout the app.

2.0.0 Release Update. -Bug fixes -CarPlay fixes -UX Changes -Player fixes -Many more.

1.4.6 Update: -New Home, Continue, and Library layouts -Everything has been cleaned up and reorganized, including smoother player gestures and better playback recovery. Library updates: -Search by title or author -Bulk Drop -Redesigned long-press menus with the cover, title, and author

1.4.5: -Minor bug fixes. -Increased search results. -Fixed seeking bug issues.

1.4.4 Update: -Added exporting downloaded books, including sending ebooks to Kindle or another app through iOS sharing. -Audiobooks and ebooks can now be kept together as a hybrid book. -Improved iOS downloads, imports, and companion-media handling. -Fixed Find Sources when adding missing audiobook or ebook files. -Improved audiobook resume recovery after iOS media-service errors. -Added several production iOS sync and reliability fixes.

1.4.3 Update: Apple Watch support is now here!!!! (BETA) You can now send audiobooks directly to your Apple Watch. Apple Watch transfers now show progress more clearly and behave more reliably. Duplicate or stuck transfers should happen a lot less often now. Downloads and playback prep for Watch transfers were improved behind the scenes. Direct Apple Watch downloads are now supported in this first release. Sleep timer notifications were improved, including lock screen support and completion alerts. Series browsing got a cleaner ordered rail on detail pages. Downloads UI, toasts, and onboarding got some extra polish.

1.4.2 Update: -CarPlay support is much better, with easier audiobook browsing and one-tap listening. -CarPlay now shows Continue Listening and chapter lists more cleanly. -CarPlay playback, artwork, chapter seeking, and progress syncing are more reliable. -Audiobooks now recover better after app updates or restore issues. -Resume playback is smarter and avoids restarting or interrupting an already-playing book. -Playback has a new default speed setting. -Sleep timer behavior is improved, including end-of-chapter support. -If an audiobook gets stuck preparing, the player now offers a retry path. -Reader themes got new options and a cleaner picker. -Onboarding was polished so first setup feels smoother.

Update 1.4.0: Lock screen playback now has optional chapter display settings. Playback is more reliable when switching apps or backgrounding. Native imports and download handling are smoother. PDF reading is more stable, with better page/canvas sizing. Book detail pages are cleaner, with better metadata, source rows, and action buttons. Library controls were improved, including bulk selection, bulk actions, and cleaner import grouping. Metadata refresh is smoother and can update library titles more reliably. Folder actions are cleaner and easier to manage. Cover art now caches better for offline library use. Audiobookshelf matching/import support was improved. Activity and stats interactions got more polish.

1.3.6 Update: - New downloads queue makes pending imports easier to follow. - Provider source selection is clearer and more polished. - Replacement downloads are more reliable. - Native imports are smoother, with better cancellation handling. - Playback is more reliable. - Chapter remaining counts now show in the app. - Activity heatmap is now available. - Listener levels are now available.

1.3.5 Update: - Playback timer now accounts for playback speed. - Discover now has genre browsing. - Hardcover integration added: tracking sync, book detail controls, status controls, and sync fixes. (Can be accessed in settings or Book details page on the very bottom) - Player can now be pulled down/swiped down to close. - Added instant edge swipe back navigation. - Smoother player/detail navigation animations. - Better mini-player/full-player handoff. - Player dismissal now keeps book detail context underneath. - Added play/pause haptics. - Battery usage improved during playback. - Provider source file formats now display more clearly.

1.3.4 Update: -Player improvements -Background download improvements -Bluetooth improvements -Playback control improvements -Download completion notification implemented -Styling bug addressed.

Introduced new themes, fixed setting layout, improved extractions, improved playback, introduced custom playback speed, custom timer.

Ink & Echo 1.3.2 improves book pages, listening stats, playback controls, reader stability, iCloud text, and notification polish for a smoother library experience.