There Are New Accessibility & Layout Options Sometimes, you'll see return buttons to the previous page you were on.ġ1. You still see all of those in iOS 16, but there's also a close (X) button to quickly exit the book, a reading menu button in the bottom right, and the bookmark icon now sits on top of the new reading menu button instead of being at the top by itself. In iOS 15, you only see the book name, page number, and bookmark icon (if bookmarked) when reading a book. Don't Miss: All 350+ New iOS 16 Features for Your iPhoneġ.

Most of the new features and changes for the Books app below also appear on iPadOS 16.1 for iPad, which was released on Oct. That makes the new iOS 16 software the most significant update to Apple Books in four years. We've had Apple's convenient book reader and bookstore since iOS 4 when it was called iBooks, and it got a pretty big visual redesign in iOS 7, audiobook support in iOS 8, and a new name in iOS 12. You can even do more with Books in custom shortcuts you develop. Apple finally gave the Books app for iPhone the attention it deserves, making the experience even better for reading e-books and listening to audiobooks on the go.

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