iOS 774: Reading & Listening, (Audio) Book Apps - Make the Most of Your Digital Library
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Discover the latest book and audiobook apps that let you read, listen, and even borrow digital titles for free! From surprise updates to hidden features inside Apple Books, Kindle, Kobo, and more, get the essential scoop on what's changing for readers on iPhone.
- Deep dive on Apple Books: features, store, audiobooks, customization
- Kobo ecosystem: devices, app, syncing, Kobo Plus, unified reading/listening
- Kindle and Audible: app experience, syncing, subscriptions, accessibility options
- Libby library app: digital books, audiobooks, local library access, features
- News: iOS 26.0.1 bug fixes and updates
- Feedback: iPhone Air impressions, camera concerns, battery experience
- Shortcuts Corner: Attention Aware and notification automation limitations
- App Caps: Reverse Audio and Threes+ Apple Arcade game
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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| 0:00.0 | 25 years ago, a small group of business and government leaders met in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:05.2 | They envisioned the creation of an independent nonprofit organization with a mission to help people, businesses, and government mitigate the growing threat of cyber attacks. |
| 0:16.1 | Today, the Center for Internet Security embodies that vision. For 25 years, it's worked with a global |
| 0:21.7 | community of IT and cybersecurity experts to develop the CIS benchmarks and CIS critical |
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| 0:33.3 | and streamline compliance with industry frameworks, regulations, and standards. |
| 0:38.7 | Today, CIS provides cybersecurity services, threat intelligence, and critical resources |
| 0:43.7 | to help public and private sector organizations alike strengthen their cyber defenses. |
| 0:49.6 | Visit CISCurity.org today. |
| 0:52.0 | That's the letters CIS security.org to find out how CIS can help your |
| 0:57.2 | organization as we create confidence in the connected world. Coming up on iOS today, let's give a read |
| 1:04.8 | or a listen with some great book and audio book apps. Stay tuned. |
| 1:13.8 | Podcasts you love. |
| 1:15.4 | From people you trust. |
| 1:18.1 | This is Twitter. |
| 1:29.6 | This is iOS today, episode 774, with Rosemary Orchard and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 for Thursday, October 16th, 2025. |
| 1:35.3 | Reading and listening, audio book apps. |
| 1:39.3 | Hello and welcome to iOS today. |
| 1:40.6 | This is a show where we talk all things iOS, iPad, OS, watch OS, Home, Pod OS, and all the |
| 1:44.0 | OS's Apple has to offer. |
| 1:45.4 | We love to talk about the operating systems that run on your devices, as well as the apps, |
| 1:51.4 | and settings, gadgets that you should be using to help you make the most of them. |
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