Strobe: Speed Reading

Strobe now syncs through iCloud, works from the share sheet, Siri, and your Home Screen, and is ready for iPhone Duo. The reader has a new look, and four features come from suggestions in reviews. ICLOUD SYNC • Your library and reading positions sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Pick up on any device at the word you stopped on. • Each device keeps its own copy of your books, so reading works offline. • If you already use Strobe, it asks before turning sync on. Change it anytime in Settings › iCloud Sync. • Imported the same book on two devices? Strobe merges the copies or offers to keep one, and your place carries over. • Signed in to a different iCloud account? Strobe asks before syncing with it, and the books on your device stay either way. SHARE TO STROBE • Share an article from Safari to read it in Strobe. You get the article's text, or just the part you selected. • Links and text from other apps work too. SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND WIDGETS • Ask Siri to "Continue reading in Strobe," open a document by name, or ask "How far am I in Strobe?" • The Speed Read Text action in Shortcuts sends any text to Strobe. • The Continue Reading widget puts your current book and time left on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Mac desktop. IPHONE DUO • Read on the outer screen, then unfold and keep going from the same word. • Open, books show as a two-page spread, with the cover on one side and the chapters on the other. • Half open like a book, the reader moves onto one page so the word never sits on the fold. A NEW LOOK FOR THE READER • The reader and its full text view now match the rest of the app, with Liquid Glass controls on iOS and macOS 26 or later. • How far you are and how much time is left show right under the progress bar. • The chapter list shows which chapters you've finished and how long each one takes. FROM YOUR REVIEWS • Hands-free reading: tap with two fingers to start, then let go and the words keep coming. Tap again to stop. • Highlight Color (Settings › Reading): make the focus letter red, orange, green, teal, blue, purple, or pink. • Open Quotes and Parentheses now has Size and Opacity settings (Settings › While Reading). • Time left now counts your timing settings, like Punctuation Pauses, Smart Timing, and Blank After Sentences, so estimates match how long reading actually takes. FIXES • Library progress keeps the furthest point you've read, even if you went back before closing the book. Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a review or suggest an idea. Most of these features wouldn't exist without you. Happy reading!