Amazon's Kindle app gets a major update

Amazon has redesigned its Kindle app and tightly integrated Goodreads into the UI.

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Oct. 24, 2017 6:58 a.m. PT

Amazon regularly updates its Kindle e-reading app for iOS and Android devices, but now it's rolled out a major redesign that gives the social-reading platform Goodreads, acquired by Amazon in 2013, a much bigger role.

Initially anyway, only iOS users will get the new Goodreads features, but Amazon says they'll be coming to the Android app in the future.

new-kindle-app-2 — The new Goodreads integration in the Kindle for iOS app.
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Other key updates include larger book covers in library view, a quick search feature (the search bar is always at the top of the app), new light and dark background themes to choose from, new fonts and a new bottom bar navigation that shows an icon of the book you're currently reading.

The new app is available for download now on iOS and Android. You can check out a preview video below.

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