Google Play audiobooks updated with smart resume, bookmarks, and more

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7 dangerous apps Google has just removed from Play Store

Summoners War is now ranked 3rd in the Games ranking in Germany's Google Play Store and is ranked in the top 10 in game sales in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland. Users can listen to their favorite audiobooks across Android, iOS, and the web, as well as on devices that include the Google Assistant, like Google Home and many others. Today the company announced a handful of updates on its blog that should bring better user experience. APKMirror has an app called DeviceID which can help you get the info, however, you must have Google Play Services installed to get the ID. So if there's a particular quotable notable that you like, you can now hit the bookmark button and come back to it later.

As far as the new features go, there is Smart Resume, which will allow you to quickly jump back into the book you are listening to by intelligently rewinding where you left off.

The way things were in the past for EEA users, and they way they still are for the rest of us, there's a 48-hour window on Play Store refunds.

Fans of podcasting apps like Pocket Casts will also be pleased to see that Google has added in speed controls for audiobooks, allowing you to get Google to slow down audiobooks to 0.5x or speed up to 3x speed to get through your book even faster.

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Palestinian sources say several Palestinians have now also been wounded by Israeli military fire near Jabaliya in northern Gaza . Protesters in Gaza have gathered in five different spots along the border, each positioned about 700 meters away from the fence.

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Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9
The latest software update is arriving with build number G960FXXU1ARCC for the Galaxy S9 and G965FXXU1ARCC for the Galaxy S9+. Available via the OTA route in various markets including India, the update weighs in at less than 350MB in terms of size.

The last new feature is the ability to add an audiobook to a Google Assistant routine. The service launched in 12 markets initially back in 2016 and was expanded to another nine markets a year ago.

Apple fans might already be familiar with this feature, as it's similar to the TV app. It is available for ebooks and audiobooks in 13 new countries namely Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Chile, Mexico, Japan (audiobooks only), and South Africa. Amazon does offer this mix and match feature through its Kindle and Audible digital book empire.

Google made the news a few days ago due to their starting of a process to block certain devices from using the Play Store.

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