Changelog

June 2, 2026

• Hyperlinks in imported articles and EPUBs are now shown and tappable, opening in your browser
• Plain URLs written in any book are clickable too
• Your reading position is restored more reliably after closing or backgrounding the app

May 29, 2026

• The screen now stays awake while you're reading in RSVP mode
• Refreshed app icon and splash screens, including a themed monochrome launcher icon
• Logged-out users no longer hit sync errors — server calls are skipped when sync is off
• More reliable chapter auto-advance and back-button behavior in serials

May 23, 2026

• Refreshed app and reader design
• Live bi-directional position sync between the app and your device while you read
• More reliable position sync across devices and font sizes (positions are now tracked by word, not byte offset)
• rsvpnano firmware integration with an improved BLE transfer pipeline
• Improved BLE settings screen with clearer device status and controls
• More accurate reading session tracking and a fix for the WPM trend chart
• Faster and smoother chapter loading in long serials
• Various reader fixes around taps, drag scrubbing, and font sizing

May 8, 2026

• First public Play Store release
• Glossary marker no longer gets stranded at the end of a line while its term wraps to the next
• Glossary terms with surrounding punctuation or quotes (e.g. "Problem", Harmony.) are now matched and marked
• Adding a glossary entry from a selection like "pause." automatically strips surrounding punctuation

May 3, 2026

• Browse and delete individual reading sessions from the stats page and book detail
• Small tweaks to the reading-speed reference line and top-books rank numerals

May 1, 2026

• New reading stats page in the library with totals, streak heatmap, top books, and reading personality
• Per-book stats card on the book detail page: total time, sessions, last read, and a speed sparkline
• Reading speed trends split into three series: RSVP target, RSVP delivered, and natural scroll/page reading, with a 250 WPM reference line
• Reading sessions now sync across your devices like the rest of your data
• Per-resource sync toggles in Sync settings so you can opt out of syncing highlights, glossary, or reading sessions
• Danger zone in Sync settings to bulk-delete highlights, glossary, reading stats, your library, or everything
• Reorganised the Settings page so related items are grouped together
• Admin page on the website rebuilt with better filtering and bulk actions

April 30, 2026

• You can now change the color of the focal letter
• Added a public feedback page and API endpoint
• Improved SEO and sitemap routing
• Integrated GlitchTip error tracking (browser + server)
• You can now export highlights from the settings
• Keyboard and mouse controls for the web reader
• Markdown (.md) import support
• Improved sync behavior and web novel scraping reliability

April 29, 2026

• Find and read serials from AO3, ScribbleHub, Royal Road, and Wuxiaworld right inside the app
• New Web Novels section on the Explore tab with a search across every provider at once
• Tap a result for a preview, then add the whole series to your library in one go
• Series get their own card in the library with a chapter count badge
• Open a series to see the full chapter list and jump back into where you left off
• Chapters download lazily when you open them, so adding a 500-chapter series is instant
• Finish a chapter and the reader auto-advances to the next one
• Re-open a series and it quietly checks for new chapters in the background
• You can also paste a series or chapter URL and it figures out the rest
• Switch between grid and list view in the library and the explore search results
• Sort and filter series the same way you sort books: by title, author, progress, or recent
• Explore now shows popular titles per provider when you haven't typed a search yet
• Download all pending chapters at once from the series detail page, with live progress and a cancel button
• Open the current chapter on the source website straight from the reader overflow menu

April 28, 2026

• Keep track of names, places, and ideas with a per-book glossary
• Select a word in the reader and tap 'Add to glossary' to save an entry
• Each entry gets a colored avatar with initials so they're easy to scan
• Words that match an entry are subtly marked in the text. Tap one to open the entry
• Contents, Highlights and Glossary now live in one annotations sheet
• Toggle the glossary marks in the appearance popover if you'd rather not see them
• Choose whether an entry is just for one book or available everywhere
• Glossary entries sync across devices, same as highlights
• This dialog now shows what's new whenever you open the app after an update

April 27, 2026

• You can now read in pages instead of one long scroll
• Switch between page and scroll right from the appearance popover
• New app font size setting if the UI feels too small or too big
• Importing books got smoother, with clearer toasts when something goes wrong
• Really long words no longer get cut off in RSVP mode
• Fixed onboarding being hard to scroll on smaller phones
• Fixed a case where deleting a book left things in a weird state
• Cleaned up how settings sync to the cloud

April 23, 2026

• Paste any article URL to import it as a cleanly-extracted book
• Share any webpage or text to Lesefluss from the Android share sheet
• PDF import with metadata, cover from page 1, and chapters from bookmarks
• Import HTML files through the file picker
• Paste plain text from the clipboard as a new book
• Redesigned import picker with clearer source labels and descriptions

April 22, 2026

• Guided onboarding flow: welcome, speed, theme, reader mode, and sync steps
• Optional 'Start with a classic' onboarding step — tap public-domain classics to seed your library
• Toggle to hide the active-word underline in the scroll reader
• RSVP view re-centred so the focal letter sits in the middle again
• Rebuilt RSVP reader with cleaner controls and smoother transitions
• Live RSVP preview in the settings screen
• Refined sepia theme with better contrast across the app
• Fixed RSVP focal letter x-offset setting

April 21, 2026

• Google Play Store listing link on the download page
• Smoother closed-beta request flow
• Session handling fixes and formatting polish
• Privacy policy updates

April 20, 2026

• Google and Discord OAuth sign-in
• Email verification for new accounts
• Mobile login with deep-link callback back into the app
• BLE toggle in device settings to disable Bluetooth scanning
• Automated APK release pipeline with signed builds
• New download page and website login hint for web-app visitors

April 19, 2026

• Browse thousands of free books from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks
• Landing page with featured, classics, most-read, and random shelves
• Rotating featured hero with manual navigation
• Genre filtering across 8 curated categories
• Full-text search with typo tolerance and language filter
• Classic page-number pagination with auto scroll-to-top
• One-tap download to import a book into your library
• Polished book detail pages with source badge and descriptions
• Smooth cover loading with skeleton shimmer and async decoding

April 18, 2026

• Public profile page with reading stats, library, and highlights
• Account page for password management and danger zone
• Admin dashboard for user and book management
• Web app highlighting support
• Analytics integration and SEO hardening (CSP, security headers)
• App icon and OG image

April 15, 2026

• Web app live at lesefluss.app/app - full reader in the browser
• Cloud sync: books, settings, and highlights backed up automatically
• Desktop sidebar navigation for the web version
• Privacy policy, Terms of Service, and Imprint pages

April 13, 2026

• Full RSVP reader in the mobile app (software parity with ESP32)
• Reading themes: dark, sepia, light
• Progress bar with tap and drag scrubbing
• Highlight and annotate text with color swatches
• Dictionary lookup via tap on any word
• Library sorting and filtering (title, author, progress, date)
• Reading time estimation

April 8, 2026

• AMOLED (RM67162) display support alongside ST7789
• Encoder scrubbing mode: rotate to step through words
• Keep display on during book transfer
• Fixed BLE window-size issue on AMOLED boards
• Transfer wake: display activates automatically during upload

April 3, 2026

• Deep sleep with configurable idle timeout - weeks of battery life
• Brightness control (10–100 %) synced from the app
• Dark / inverse mode support on device
• ESP32 firmware simplified and restructured; WiFi removed
• Improved BLE connection stability

March 26, 2026

• Core RSVP reader on ESP32 with focal letter (ORP) positioning
• Companion mobile app: settings sync over BLE
• EPUB and TXT book import
• Chunked BLE book transfer to device
• Bidirectional position sync between device and app
• Library with metadata and cover extraction
• Auto-connect to last paired device