Android App Release Date: February 25, 2025
New Features & Improvements for subscribers
Search
- With the new Smart Bible Search, you can easily find what you're looking for in the Bible without needing to know any special syntax:
- Finds relevant verses more quickly than precise search.
- Serves as a concordance, thematic index, and search engine—all in one!
- Moved the Search mode selector to the top level in Books Search
Sermons
- An empty Sermon document will now show a popup with options to choose a template or select an outline
Insights
- Swapped the Factbook and Passage Guide buttons in the Insights actions carousel for better user experience.
Other Improvements
Insights
- Sections are now expandable and collapsible, replacing the drill-down behavior
- The Insights panel is now available on all resources (previously limited to Bibles)
- Fixed broken key article preview for Factbook cards in Insights
Citations
- New settings, 'Copy Citations' and 'Use Short Format for Bibles,' give you control over how citations appear when copying from a Bible or other resources
Application
- Fixed app freeze when using Bible offline with large amount of notes/highlights
- Optimized verse picker and background processes to reduce app freezes and unresponsiveness
- Dropped support for Android 10
Bug Fixes
Insights
- Translation cards no longer perform translations when the original and target languages are the same
- Selecting multiple verses will now correctly show the reference range in the text selection menu title
- Fixed translation card not displaying for Latin text in verse mode
Library
- The search field and sort buttons in the Library screen now appear disabled in selection mode