FBReader News

First public beta of FBReader 3.0 for Android uploaded to Google Play. Includes built-in TTS module. For Premium users only. https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-premium-30-beta-android

2.9.2: a minor update of both Android version is available on the beta tracks. The free version also uploaded to the official FBReader site: https://fbreader.org/android. This version fixes footer update during text search as well as a possible crash during text search results browsing.

Click https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android to join beta testing of FBReader or https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fbreader for FBReader Premium betas

While 3.0 development is in progress, we continue to fix 2.x series. 2.9 beta 3 is in the Play Store. This release fixes page turning issues: animation freezes and sporadic missing pages.

FBReader for Android: what will be new in 3.0. https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-3x-android-planned-features

Just for fun: https://t.me/addstickers/FBReaderMonkey

First beta of FBReader 2.9 for Android. 2.9 requires Android 4.1 (was 4.0). This version will not be installable on old devices with ARM5 and MIPS processors. This beta fixes notification issues on new devices. To join beta testing visit https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android (for FBReader Free) or https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fbreader (if you are Premium user).

Oops, second update today: 2.8.13.1 fixes critical error introduced in 2.8.13. Premium is already in the Store; the free version comes in minutes.

FBReader 2.8.13 for Android is on its way to all Google Play users. The update fixes continuous "FBReader runs in background"/"FBReader is using battery" notifications on Android 8 devices.

New beta release for Mac: https://fbreader.org/macos This update fixes few UI issues and adds support for Adobe font obfuscation (a kind of DRM protection for fonts).

FBReader 2.8.12 for Android rolled out to 10% of Google Play users. This minor update fixes issue with background synchronisation on Android 8. Full roll-out, as well as the Premium release, planned for Monday (13 August).

New beta release: the system requirements lowered to MacOS 10.11 https://fbreader.org/macos

FBReader 1.0.6 for iPhone/iPad is on the App Store. "Tolerant" XML parser allows to read broken ePub/fb2 files. The app does not loss synced position on the first sync of a new device. Few iPhone X specific UI tweaks.

It's public now: https://fbreader.org/content/macos

Direct link to download the first beta: https://fbreader.org/files/macos/FBReaderMacOS-0.9.20180712.dmg

FBReader for MacOS: first public version to be available this Wednesday. Native interface, network sync, and secret ;) features.

We expect to update iOS version and release first public version for MacOS next week.

Full release as well as the Premium update planned for this week.