When the service launched, double speed was as fast as users could go. Google Play has also added a new faster reading speed that allows you to speed books up by up to three times.

The idea is to help you remember what is going on if you must suddenly stop listening to a book and come back to it far enough down the road that you might not remember where you were. This feature backs up the playback of your book to the beginning of the previous word or sentence. The smart resume feature is probably the feature that users of the service will appreciate most. Listeners simply press the bookmark button and it's saved. The bookmarks tool is one that will allow audiobook listeners to bookmark important parts of the book or quotes they want fast access to later. Google Play audiobooks launched in January and allows fans to get audiobooks directly via the Google Play Books app on Android, iOS, and the internet. These new features are things that some might think Google should have added to its audiobooks service at launch and include things such as smart resume and bookmarks.

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