Apple finally gave the Books app for iPhone the attention it deserves, making the experience even better for reading e-books and listening to audiobooks on the go. You can even do more with Books in custom shortcuts you develop. We've had Apple's convenient book reader and bookstore since iOS 4 when it was called iBooks, and it got a pretty big visual redesign in iOS 7, audiobook support in iOS 8, and a new name in iOS 12. That makes the new iOS 16 software the most significant update to Apple Books in four years. Most of the new features and changes for the Books app below also appear on... more