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Audible Launches on iPad, Revamps iPhone App

Amazon-owned audio book provider Audible on Wednesday updated its iOS app with full support for Apple's iPad and a new design for the iPhone.

By Angela Moscaritolo
February 20, 2013
Audible iPad

Amazon-owned audio book provider Audible on Wednesday updated its iOS app with full support for Apple's iPad and a new design for the iPhone.

Version 2.0 supports the 9.7-inch screen on the iPad and the 7.9-inch display found on the iPad mini. Until now, Audible's iOS app has only been optimized for the iPhone and iPod touch.

The new iPad-friendly version takes advantage of the tablet's larger screen for a "visually stunning and more engaging library browsing and playback experience," the company said in a news release. The app features a grid-view library layout showing audiobooks' cover art, allowing users to easily peruse titles and manage their library.

"More than 20 percent of Audible customers already use Audible's iPhone app on the iPad," Ajay Arora, Audible's vice president of mobile applications, said in a statement. "We're now delivering a vastly improved listening experience for this quickly growing segment of Audible customers, which is also great news for anyone who's always wanted to try the Audible service on an iPad."

Meanwhile, Audible's iPhone update delivers a fresh look and feel that is consistent with the new iPad app. Besides the new look, the revamped Audible iPhone app now lets users sign in using an existing Amazon account for easer startup.

It also boasts some additional library filtering features, such as letting users mark titles as finished and hide them in library view. Users can also download the first 50MB of an audiobook over cellular networks for on-the-go listening.

"Audible customers download audiobooks to their iPhones so that they can listen wherever they are, so that they'll have more time to enjoy books," Arora said. "We want to help make this listening time the best it can be. Our new iPhone interface is designed to deliver a more streamlined, intuitive, and engaging listening experience."

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About Angela Moscaritolo

Managing Editor, Consumer Electronics

I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering smart home, home entertainment, wearables, fitness and health tech, and various other product categories. I have been with PCMag for more than 10 years, and in that time have written more than 6,000 articles and reviews for the site. I previously served as an analyst focused on smart home and wearable devices, and before that I was a reporter covering consumer tech news. I'm also a yoga instructor, and have been actively teaching group and private classes for nearly a decade. 

Prior to joining PCMag, I was a reporter for SC Magazine, focusing on hackers and computer security. I earned a BS in journalism from West Virginia University, and started my career writing for newspapers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

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