06-10-2020, 11:55 PM
iOS 13.6 remembers where you left off in Apple News articles
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<p>Details continue to emerge from the iOS 13.6 beta released this week, with a report on Wednesday noting the upcoming operating system automatically saves reading progress in Apple News articles.
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<p>Currently, the Apple News app returns to the top of an article when a user exits the page, even if they were midway through the story. The behavior is particularly vexing for users reading long form content from magazines offered through Apple News+. </p>
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<p>As discovered by a <em>MacRumors</em> forum member, iOS 13.6 <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/10/apple-news-reading-position-save-ios-13-6/">creates</a> an ephemeral bookmark within previously opened articles, allowing users to pick up where where they left off after navigating away from a story or closing the Apple News app. </p>
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<p>It appears an intentional delay of approximately 30 seconds is instituted before a a user’s reading position is recorded, according to early testing. While the mechanism is not detailed in Apple’s release notes, the delay could be an effort to lower system memory overhead. </p>
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<p>In addition to new convenience features, Apple is also working on <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/01/hints-of-new-apple-news-audio-feature-appear-in-ios-1355">audio versions</a> of Apple News articles. </p>
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<p>Graphical assets discovered in an initial beta release of the company’s upcoming iOS update, then labeled iOS 13.5.5, show affordances for “Apple News+ Audio” and related features. The iconography, text and user interface elements were found shortly after a report in May claimed Apple was <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/13/apple-looking-to-add-audio-to-apple-news">working with publishers</a> on a deal that would allow the company to convert popular written word articles into short audio snippets. </p>
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<p>Apple’s latest iOS 13.6 beta release was issued to developers <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/09/apple-releases-renamed-second-betas-of-ios-136-ipados-136">on Tuesday</a>. The evaluation version includes a <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/09/ios-136-adds-symptoms-to-health-unattended-ios-update-download-toggle">handful of new features</a> like an option to automatically download future iOS updates and a new symptoms section in the Health app.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ios-13-6-remembers-where-you-left-off-in-apple-news-articles.jpg" width="870" height="485" title="" alt="" /></div><div><div><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ios-13-6-remembers-where-you-left-off-in-apple-news-articles.jpg" class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div>
<p>Details continue to emerge from the iOS 13.6 beta released this week, with a report on Wednesday noting the upcoming operating system automatically saves reading progress in Apple News articles.
</p>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Currently, the Apple News app returns to the top of an article when a user exits the page, even if they were midway through the story. The behavior is particularly vexing for users reading long form content from magazines offered through Apple News+. </p>
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<p>As discovered by a <em>MacRumors</em> forum member, iOS 13.6 <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/10/apple-news-reading-position-save-ios-13-6/">creates</a> an ephemeral bookmark within previously opened articles, allowing users to pick up where where they left off after navigating away from a story or closing the Apple News app. </p>
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<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>It appears an intentional delay of approximately 30 seconds is instituted before a a user’s reading position is recorded, according to early testing. While the mechanism is not detailed in Apple’s release notes, the delay could be an effort to lower system memory overhead. </p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>In addition to new convenience features, Apple is also working on <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/01/hints-of-new-apple-news-audio-feature-appear-in-ios-1355">audio versions</a> of Apple News articles. </p>
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<div class="col-sm-12">
<p>Graphical assets discovered in an initial beta release of the company’s upcoming iOS update, then labeled iOS 13.5.5, show affordances for “Apple News+ Audio” and related features. The iconography, text and user interface elements were found shortly after a report in May claimed Apple was <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/13/apple-looking-to-add-audio-to-apple-news">working with publishers</a> on a deal that would allow the company to convert popular written word articles into short audio snippets. </p>
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<p>Apple’s latest iOS 13.6 beta release was issued to developers <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/09/apple-releases-renamed-second-betas-of-ios-136-ipados-136">on Tuesday</a>. The evaluation version includes a <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/09/ios-136-adds-symptoms-to-health-unattended-ios-update-download-toggle">handful of new features</a> like an option to automatically download future iOS updates and a new symptoms section in the Health app.</p>
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