Amazon updates Kindle for lapp listen to books – PianetaCellulare.it

Written by Simone Ziggiotto, the 06/11/14

Amazon has updated its Kindle app for iOS and Android, adding the ability to read electronic books to the device.

‘available on Play Store Android and Apple’s AppStore application of the new Amazon Kindle, thanks to which it is now also possible to listen to audiobooks. The option is made possible with the integration of the platform Audible .

The Kindle app is optimized for Android and iOS devices and offers users the ability to read eBooks Kindle through a simple interface to use. The app from ‘Access to over 1,500,000 books the Kindle Store, including more than 15,000 titles at 3 Euros or less, bestsellers, new and classic free.

The app supports Whispersync, c h automatically synchronizes your last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights across devices (including Kindle) connected to your account, allowing you to resume playback from where you left off on another device.

Now the app supports “Whispersync for Voice,” a feature that allows you to instantly switch from reading to listening to the book without losing the thread with a single touch on the screen of the device.

The audio narration is currently available to more than 45 thousand books in Kindle format, including some of the latest bestseller.

For those who have already purchased the e-book from the Kindle Store, it can connect to the Matchmaker through which you can check for which books the library is available to the audio version, please purchase separately with a little extra.