At the start of December we reviewed PressReader, an app for devices to read newspapers and publications. PressReader has just been updated to version 4.1.12.0821 on Android devices.
What is PressReader?
PressReader is a free application that enables you to download your favourite publications to your PC, Mac, tablet, mobile device or eReader allowing you to read them even when you’re offline.
Enjoy your favorite daily read from a selection of more than 2,000 newspapers and magazines from 95 countries in 51 languages with PressReader!
With every article, advertisement, crossword puzzle and cartoon presented in its original context, PressReader offers many of the same rich user interface and intuitive interactive features PressDisplay.com users have come to love.
And with the added convenience of being able to hold your favorite publication directly in your hands and read it from cover to cover just the way you would in-print, PressReader makes reading full-content digital replicas an absolute delight with features such as:
- Flipping pages like you’re reading a real publication
- The ability to pan, zoom or rotate pages, articles and photos
- Navigating publications using thumbnails or table of contents
- Opening full articles in easy-to-read text views
- Listening to publications using on-demand audio
- Searching online across titles and selecting the titles you wish to download
What’s in this version:
✓ New high-performance PDF rendering engine
✓ Enhanced text view when reading in non-SmartFlow mode
✓ Improved support for Google Nexus 7, Kindle Fire and Kobo Vox eReader
✓ Dynamic screen support for ASUS Padfone
✓ New look Settings menu
✓ Ability to view publication cover when placing order
✓ “New” ribbon removed once publication is opened (previously removed after swiping 3 pages)
✓ Ability to tap and pause downloads
✓ Various improvements and fixes
