Turn pages like a paper book. - New interactive page curls follow your finger from an edge or corner. Pull back to put the page down, or drag farther to turn it. On the Duo it looks like a book, and a single sided manuscript on the iPhone. - Prefer a simple swipe? Choose Swipe under Appearance → Page turns. The choice is saved per book, and existing choices are preserved.

Bring your books and comics from Bookorbit, Komga, or Calibre, and give your books a new look on Duo. - New Bookorbit and Komga support: browse, search, and download through OPDS catalogs, including OPDS 2. - Read CBZ and CBR comics, with covers, page navigation, and a saved reading place. - Add comics from Files or download them from your own book library. CBR files are converted on your device, with their original page images preserved. - Improved catalog compatibility and sign-in error messages. Books without embedded titles or authors now use the details from your catalog. - New on iPhone Duo with iOS 27.1 or later: choose a custom book cover from six gallery images, or use your own from Photos or Files. - Choose three classic book designs, a Sony Walkman, an animated pager, or an animated clickwheel iPod. On Duo, you can also opt in to showing your cover on the outer screen while reading.

Get books straight from Calibre, read more kinds of books, and make LightReadr feel at home on Duo. - Tap + and choose Get Books from Calibre. LightReadr finds the Calibre library on your computer over Wi‑Fi, with nothing to type. - Browse or search your library and tap Get to add a book. Books already on your shelf are marked In Library. - More of your books work now, including PDFs, whether they come from Calibre or the Files app. - New Duo support, with reading layouts that adapt to your device's open and folded positions, and comfortable spacing around the hinge. - Make your library your own: choose a custom book cover from Photos or Files, and restore the original whenever you like. - On Duo with iOS 27.1 or later, try the optional Show cover outside setting in Book Cover. It uses camera access and is off by default.

LightReadr turns your ebooks into audiobooks; with narration you actually want to listen to. Drift off with your next chapter. - New sleep timer: choose a preset, set a custom duration, or stop at the end of a chapter. - Narration gently fades out over the final 30 seconds. - See your countdown in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. Tap it to add time or turn the timer off. - Set custom timers with easy hour and minute wheels. - Improved narration responsiveness, smoother audio shutdown, and a smaller app package.

2x Reading Speed: Capped maximum playback speed at 2x to maintain audio clarity and prevent UI glitches. Note: this feature requires an iPhone 15 or above to sound good. You can use the feature on a iPhone 14 and below, but audio quality may suffer. Duration-Pacing Fix: Fixed duration-pacing calculations so estimated reading times and progress tracking remain accurate across all speeds.

This update improves the safety and reliability of EPUB imports, including better handling of damaged or interrupted files. It also adds an optional Product Insights setting, off by default, that helps guide improvements without sending your books, text, audio, or saved reading position. You can review or change it at any time in About.

- Natural Voice narration now works on more devices, the previous hardware requirement has been removed. - Added Cory as a new Natural Voice, and Read Aloud now has its own dedicated icon in the reader. - Removed the old built-in system voice option in favor of Natural Voice. - Natural Voice speech generation is significantly faster and uses noticeably less memory. - The app is smaller, the previous voice engine has been fully replaced.

Natural-Speaking Voice: Experience smoother, more expressive audio narration. LightReadr now sounds more natural than ever, making long reading sessions sound just like an audiobook. Performance improvements and minor bug fixes.

- Read Aloud now highlights each word as it's spoken, right along with the sentence. - Tap a word, or select any text and choose "Read From Here", to start narration exactly where you want, even before you've started reading aloud. - Chapter list now opens scrolled to wherever you currently are in the book, instead of always starting at the top. - New: experimental on-device narration for supported devices, with a couple of additional voice options. Still early, we'd love your feedback.