Playback

What happens once you press play.

CarPlay and Android Auto (Android coming soon)

CarPlay is available on iOS today. Android Auto is planned for Android and coming soon. The iOS experience includes:

• Library browsing by source, collection, or recently played.
• Search across every connected source.
• Now Playing with chapter skipping, scrubbing, and speed control.
• Downloaded books view for everything offline.
• Chapters as their own tab, so you can jump around.

On iOS, CarPlay uses a dedicated tab bar and scene delegate. It isn't a stripped wrapper around the phone UI. Android Auto will use Android's standard MediaBrowser API once the Google Play Connect upload-timing issue is resolved.

Speed

Range: 0.75x to 2.5x. Speed is saved per book, so switching titles won't dump you back to 1.0x.

Sleep timer

• Duration timer (5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 min, or custom).
• End of chapter mode that stops at the next chapter boundary.
• Fade-out on stop, so you're not snapped out of the scene.
• Snooze on shake or tap to add five more minutes.

Equalizer

10-band parametric equalizer with presets (Voice, Bass Boost, Treble Boost, Flat) and a fully manual mode. EQ settings persist per book, so you can tune a narrator once and have it stick.

AirPlay and Bluetooth

Standard iOS audio session integration: AirPlay 2, Bluetooth A2DP, system lock-screen controls, Control Center widget. Nothing custom. Just the system done right.

Smart pause

Auto-pauses on:

• Headphone disconnect (wired and Bluetooth).
• System audio interruptions (phone calls, Siri, alarms).
• Route changes that look like accidental disconnects.

Resumes when the route comes back, or stays paused if you've been away too long. Configurable in Settings → Playback.