Themes & Settings: Provides access to preset themes and customization options.Search Book: Brings up the search panel.Contents: Shows your current progress in the book and displays the table of contents when tapped.Books now hides most of its controls in the reading menu, accessed by tapping a button that lives by default in the lower-right corner. The Reading Menu and Settingsįirst off, when you’re reading an EPUB (again, as opposed to a PDF), Apple eliminated the toolbar at the top of the screen that could be summoned or dismissed with a tap of the screen. To be clear, this is all about reading in Books-the app’s library interface for finding and organizing books is largely unchanged from iOS 15, likely because much of it is online content from Apple Books laid out in Web-like scrolling views. So here’s a quick guide to finding your way around Books in iOS 16. I found it bewildering at first and figured that you might too. Most app changes in iOS 16 are subtle, but Apple completely overhauled the EPUB reading interface in the Books app (PDF reading remains unchanged). How Apple’s Books App Has Changed in iOS 16 #1692: Stolen Device Protection, AI voice scams, Apple and the EU’s DMA, the Mac’s 40th anniversary.#1693: Vision Pro reviews, secure sharing over the Internet, Apple Q1 2024 financials, what’s a Vision Pro worth to you?.#1694: OS text display bug fixed, CTA Tech Trends from CES, what TidBITS readers would pay for a Vision Pro, Pong Wars.#1695: Arc Instant Links, HomeKit 2.4 GHz mystery, Authy Desktop ending, Apple report card.#1696: Living with the Vision Pro, Apple Sports app, choosing SSDs, iMessage encryption, toketaWare shut down, when do you install macOS updates?.