Google Play Books improves its digital book reader
The company Google has just updated the application that gives way to its plplatform of selling digital books on Google Play We mean Google Play Books , which now improves its reading tool to give more options to users who use this application to read anytime and anywhere thanks to its smartphone or tablet with operating system Android We describe all these news below.
The list of what's new in Google Play Books is quite extensive and interesting. All of this to improve the experience of reader users who want to have a complete tool that is no longer only useful for reading, but is the door to definitions, information about places mentioned in the text, a sheet to underline and a long etc What transforms in this application in one of the most complete book readers that we have seen to date. To which must be added a library made up of four million books available in a good number of languages.
The most surprising novelties of this new version, the 2.6.30, is in the annexed information that is offered on the text. And now, while we are reading any paragraph, if we don't know where a place is located, we can click on that word to see in a Snippet of Google Maps your location and a link to your Google search or on Wikipedia, as long as it is not fiction, of course. Something that greatly enriches this tool.
But it is not the only thing that is added. A dictionary has also been introduced to know the meaning of a term without having to lose readingIn the same way as places, you just have to press on the specific word to know its definition quickly Also, if we don't read in our language, we can alwaysget an instant translation without leaving the app or losing the reading sheet.With a long press we can point to a term or phrase and press the button in the upper right corner(globe) to display the translator quickly, being able to return to reading at any time.
Along with all this other useful functions are also added. Thus, we find ourselves with the possibility of attach notes to paragraphs, words or phrases of the text Again, a long press selects the word and makes the top bar appear Here we click on the button that is located next to the translator to add an opinion or any note so that it appears on the page whenever we go to read it. In the same way, we can underline fragments with different colors thanks to the central button on the bar.Finally, a new possibility has been added to disable the animation of turning pages in 3D, something that will help not to slow down the operation ofterminals lower range, or that avoids frills for simple users
In short, a very complete update that users who are regular readers will know how to take advantage of. This new version of Google Play Books is now fully downloadable free viaGoogle Play
