Apple Moves Audiobooks into iBooks App, Adds Chapter Select in iOS 8.4 Beta [iOS Blog - اخبار التقنية

ahlam1399 · #1 04-14-2015, 09:18 AM

Apple Moves Audiobooks into iBooks App, Adds Chapter Select in iOS 8.4 Beta [iOS Blog

Earlier today, Apple seeded the first iOS 8.4 beta, which includes a revamped Music app, to developers. MacRumors forum user pazimi has found that Apple has also made changes to how it handles Audiobooks in the new beta, moving playback from the Music app to the iBooks app.

Apple Moves Audiobooks into iBooks

Audiobooks in iBooks in iOS 8.4 beta.
Currently, in iOS 8.3, a users' audiobook library is divorced from their ebook library, forcing users to use two different apps to access their entire digital book library. The new update consolidates all books in Apple's iBook app and also fixes a**ther longstanding issue with Audiobooks on iOS. Since iOS 7, audiobook listeners have been unable to view chapter titles or even Select them. However, pazimi points out that while chapters are **w selectable in iOS 8.4, they do **t list the actual Chapter titles, as they're listed as "track numbers".

Finally, Apple has added a new fast forward and fast rewind feature, allowing users to easily scrub through an audiobook chapter. Users simply have to drag the book cover art to the left or right and hold to jump back or move forward further within the audiobook.