Discover a world of literature and entertainment with Google Play Books, the ultimate app for all your reading and listening needs. Whether you're into ebooks, audiobooks, comics, or manga, Google Play Books has you covered with a vast selection of millions of titles across various genres including romance, science fiction, mystery & thrillers, self-help, religion, and nonfiction. With no subscription required, you can purchase your favorite books as you go, making it easy to build your personal library at your own pace.
Before you commit to a purchase, you can preview samples to ensure the book meets your expectations. Take advantage of special discounts on bundled offers and stay in the loop with notifications about new releases from your favorite authors or when items on your wishlist go on sale. Plus, every purchase earns you Google Play Points, which you can redeem for Google Play credit, enhancing your reading experience even further.
Enjoy a best-in-class reading and listening experience with Google Play Books. Whether you're using Android, iOS, or a web browser, you can read or listen to your books offline. Seamlessly switch between devices and pick up right where you left off. Customize your reading experience by adjusting text size, font type, margins, text alignment, brightness, and background colors. Track your reading progress with detailed statistics on the percentage read and pages remaining.
Organize your collection effortlessly with the new shelves tab, allowing you to curate your library by theme or genre. Your shelves sync across Android, iOS, and the web, ensuring your library is always at your fingertips. For those concerned about storage, you can save your books to an SD card, ensuring you never run out of space. Special reading tools are available for children's books, providing kid-friendly word definitions, word-specific audio, and the option to have the entire book read aloud.
Comic and manga enthusiasts will appreciate the Bubble Zoom feature, which enhances your reading experience on mobile devices. Take notes that sync with Google Drive and share them for collaborative projects. Enhance your understanding with in-app definitions, translations, highlights, and bookmarks. For late-night reading, turn on Night Light to adjust the background color and brightness automatically, or set it to use your device's OS brightness settings.
What's New in the Latest Version 2024.10.4.0 (240976)
Last updated on Oct 14, 2024
Arriving in 2023.6.12
- Reading practice feature is now available in select books in Tools for beginning readers. The microphone needs to be turned on to hear you, yet won‘t keep anything you say.
Recently added
- Multiple library improvements, including multiselect, improved filtering, an unshelved shelf, and an alphabetical index to jump to a specific title or author.
- Navigation improvements to reach series pages.
- The wishlist tab.
