Kobo for Android Updated with Immersive Reading Mode, Better Support for Embedded Audio
Kobo quietly rolled out a new update last week for their Android app, and it's one worth our attention.
In addition to the usual bug fixes and other improvements, the new app boasts support for Epubs with embedded audio, faster loading of Epub files, and new stability improvements for fixed layout Epub ebooks.
According to the changelog, the app also now has an immersive reading mode which many other reading apps have added over the past year. It is only available on devices running Android 4.4 and above, so it won't do most of us any good, but if you have the latest Android smartphone or tablet I'm sure you'll appreciate it.
And I'm sure you'll also like the better display support for more accurate rendering in Epub files. You can find the app in Google Play.
Changelog:
- Better display support for more accurate rendering in EPUB/EPUB3 files.
- Support for EPUBs with embedded audio.
- Improved loading speed for many books.
- Immersive full-screen mode on supported Android 4.4 (KitKat) devices.
- Stability improvements for Fixed Layout EPUBs
It’s still very lacking. At a minimum I need to be able to change justification, fonts, margins, and line spacing. This app gives you the option to choose either serif or sans serif fonts and luckily the sans serif is ok for me. But you can’t change anything else.
Now if they could just fix their PC client which no longer supports Win XP since the recent update.