Changelog

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Recent updates

1.1.9

Connect IQ Store
  • Instinct 3 Solar gains two reading priorities: More text allows partial clipping to fit more text; Clear display avoids the upper-right circular window as much as possible.
  • Keep your reading position when switching between the two priorities on Instinct 3 Solar.
  • Improved the monochrome app icon on Instinct 3 Solar and removed small dark speckles caused by scaling.

1.1.5

Google Play
  • WristTale is now available on Google Play for compatible Wear OS watches. Read saved books offline, choose chapters, adjust font sizes and themes, and use automatic page turning.
  • Receive books from the paired WristTale Android phone app; the phone confirms delivery after the watch saves them.
  • Fixed clipped or overlapping text on the text-size preview screen with larger system fonts. Titles and instructions wrap, and previews and controls can be scrolled into view.

1.1.5

Google Play
  • Added Wear OS support: send selected chapters from your paired Android phone to a compatible Wear OS watch for offline reading.
  • Book transfers are marked complete only after the watch confirms saving.

1.1.5

App Store
  • Send books from your existing library to compatible Android watches for offline reading.
  • Fixed transfers that could not start on Apple Watch and improved connection and transfer recovery.
  • Follow book transfer progress on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities.
  • Auto-paging gains a countdown, improved full-page turns and smoother manual controls.
  • Watch selection, chapter previews and the transfer screen are easier to use.

1.1.5

Direct installation
  • The Android watch reader is now available through the phone's installer for compatible watches.
  • Receive selected chapters from your phone over Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi, then read saved books offline.
  • Browse your saved library and chapter list, with reading progress saved separately for each chapter.
  • Adjust text size and reading themes, and use automatic page turning with a countdown.

1.1.5

Google Play
  • Send selected chapters to compatible Android watches with the WristTale reader already installed, then read offline.
  • Improved watch selection, chapter previews and transfer completion confirmation.

1.1.4

App Store
  • Apple Watch joins the shared phone library for offline reading.
  • Track chapter progress and use bookmarks, adjustable typography, paper themes and text dimming.
  • Choose page-by-page or continuous auto-scroll on watchOS 11 or later; the Digital Crown takes over immediately.
  • Find Garmin and Apple Watch in one list and keep unfinished transfers within reach.

1.1.6

Connect IQ Store
  • Fixed a sync-start compatibility issue on Venu Sq Music with older firmware.
  • Supported Edge devices gain landscape reading with left and right rotation.
  • Improved word wrapping and removed automatically inserted hyphens.
  • Reading position restores more reliably after changing orientation or font size.
  • Fixed reading progress when returning to a chapter's last page.

1.1.10

Connect IQ Store
  • Added Enduro 4 support.
  • Optimized network relay transfer data structures to reduce memory use and memory-related crashes on some watch models.

Earlier versions

1.1.5

Connect IQ Store
  • Added Edge 530/540/550, 830/840/850, 1030/1030 Plus, 1040/1050, Explore 2 and MTB, including applicable Solar models and Edge 1030 Bontrager.
  • Adapted the reader layout and launcher icons for Edge rectangular displays.
  • Added Back and Menu controls on supported devices for returning and opening reading settings.

1.1.3

Historical release notes
  • Added network sync so Garmin watches can download chapters selected on the phone without transferring each chapter over Bluetooth.
  • Improved sync completion confirmation and interruption recovery, with options to retry, confirm or abandon an unfinished batch.
  • Already synced chapters are locked automatically; the next batch starts from the earliest unsynced chapter.
  • Storage warnings and other transfer failure messages now explain the next step more clearly.

1.1.3

App Store
  • Added network sync so Garmin watches can download chapters selected on the phone over the internet.
  • Improved sync completion confirmation and interruption recovery.
  • Synced chapters are locked automatically, with clearer storage warnings.

1.1.3

Connect IQ Store
  • Added network sync so the watch can download chapters selected on the phone.
  • Improved sync completion confirmation and recovery after an interrupted download.
  • Synced chapters are automatically locked on the phone, with clearer storage-related messages.

1.1.2

Historical release notes
  • Select a chapter range by entering start and end numbers, or drag across the list to select consecutive chapters.
  • Open or share TXT files directly into WristTale from WeChat, QQ and file managers.
  • Added automatic Big5 and Shift-JIS detection, with an encoding preview before import.
  • Recognizes more Chinese chapter headings, including prologues, epilogues, extras and common Traditional Chinese forms.
  • Transfers now match tasks, retry key messages and check saved content when resuming, reducing failed batches and duplicate transfers.
  • Chapter detection handles headings without spaces, trailing punctuation and occasional unusual headings in long novels more reliably.
  • Repairs chapter headings embedded in body lines without splitting ordinary mentions of chapter numbers.
  • Improved encoding detection for large UTF-8 files and reduced unnecessary confirmation prompts and garbled previews.
  • Import messages better distinguish Nordic text and unsupported EPUB, PDF, MOBI, archive and image files.

1.1.2

App Store
  • Added chapter range selection on the transfer screen.
  • Improved transfer stability and fixed issues that could cause crashes.

1.1.2

Connect IQ Store
  • Added quick chapter jump from the Reading Menu.
  • Improved transfer reliability, retries and interruption recovery.
  • Improved support for chapter ranges selected in the phone app.
  • Improved reading progress accuracy and the transfer screen.

1.1.1

App Store
  • Redesigned book management with manual, time-based and filename sorting.
  • Added transfer chunk size settings for different Garmin watches and connection conditions.
  • Added author editing and the ability to delete preloaded books.
  • Improved file import, previews, text decoding, chapter detection and chapter editing.
  • Improved phone-to-watch transfer progress, reliability and notifications.

1.1.0

Mainland China
  • Introduced Alipay sign-in, purchases and entitlement restoration in the mainland China app, including migration from activation codes.
  • Added WristNotes support for creating and syncing notes and task lists to Garmin watches.
  • Language, theme, enabled apps and sync options are now grouped in Preferences.
  • The chapter batch size can be adjusted from the default 50 up to 200 chapters.
  • Chapter selection and book previews open at the first unsynced chapter to make continuing a transfer easier.
  • The device picker selects a device and checks WristTale and WristNotes installation status when first opened.
  • Books and notes now suggest a suitable watch app as the transfer destination.
  • Refined mainland China membership renewal, account information and recovery, and fixed payment, connection and sync issues.

1.0.13

App Store
  • Fixed known issues.

1.0.13

Historical release notes
  • Create notes from Add Content, edit their titles and text, and format task lists with completed and pending items.
  • Choose WristTale for books or WristNotes for notes when syncing to a Garmin watch.
  • Before syncing, check the suggested destination and installation status, switch apps, or install and open the selected watch app.
  • The device picker shows both watch apps and the current transfer destination with clearer status labels.
  • Notes use a simpler sync screen without unnecessary chapter controls, and the sync screen adapts its appearance to the target app.
  • Improved import and membership interactions, external help links, translations and TXT/Markdown format guidance.

1.0.13

Connect IQ Store
  • Added note reading and task lists with checkable items.
  • Added WristNotes integration for opening notes from the widget or activity list.
  • Notes use clearer library labels and a single-chapter reading flow without unnecessary chapter-end prompts.
  • Improved keep-alive during transfers on supported watches.
  • Refined WristTale and WristNotes names, app configuration, permissions and device resources for clearer separation and better compatibility.
  • Added support for Enduro 3.

1.0.12

App Store
  • Improved connection and handshake reliability to reduce transfer interruptions and missing first packets.
  • Fixed the sync page getting stuck or leaving buttons disabled after canceling.
  • Improved watch app installation status checks and unclear status messages.
  • Refined translations and status messages.

1.0.12

Historical release notes
  • Improved the phone-to-watch connection and handshake to reduce transfer interruptions and missing first packets.
  • Fixed sync pages getting stuck or keeping buttons unavailable after canceling a transfer.
  • Watch app installation status is detected more accurately, with clearer messages when it cannot be confirmed.
  • Added background keep-alive guidance with a direct link to Android settings.
  • Refined translations and status messages for clearer feedback.

1.0.12

Connect IQ Store
  • Added auto-paging with quick menu access and adjustable intervals.
  • Added light and dark reading backgrounds.
  • Added Book Info, read-chapter cleanup and saved in-chapter reading positions.
  • Improved library and reader menus, Chinese and English pagination, and long chapter titles.
  • Auto-page progress appears above the page number on standard devices and inside the upper-right window ring on Instinct 3 Solar 45mm.

1.0.11

Historical release notes
  • Fixed known issues.
  • Added UMeng usage analytics.

1.0.10.1

Connect IQ Store
  • Added all languages supported by Garmin.
  • Improved the layout for Instinct 3 Solar 45mm.

1.0.10

App Store
  • Improved background connectivity for smoother file transfers to Garmin watches.
  • Fixed known issues and improved app performance.

1.0.10

Historical release notes
  • See which chapters are synced and quickly select those that have not been transferred yet.
  • Improved transfer progress display and added the ability to cancel during a transfer.

1.0.10

Connect IQ Store
  • Added support for Instinct 3 Solar 45mm.
  • Added Storage Stats and a built-in tutorial with a setup-guide QR code.
  • Improved pagination, chapter navigation, transfer screens and layouts across supported screen shapes.
  • Fixed stability issues that could cause crashes.

1.0.9

Historical release notes
  • Added more interface languages.
  • Added automatic checks for app updates.
  • Added a small Easter egg in Settings.
  • Refined interface details and interaction feedback, and fixed known stability issues.

1.0.8

Historical release notes
  • Redesigned activation with automatically formatted input for easier Pro setup.
  • Sync results now show the chapters successfully transferred in each session more clearly.
  • Refined loading indicators and page transitions.
  • Improved Garmin connection setup and state consistency across Android devices.
  • The mainland China registration information in Settings is now a clickable link.

1.0.3

App Store
  • First App Store release of the iPhone companion app for importing TXT and Markdown books and sending them to Garmin watches.

1.0.0

Historical release notes
  • First mobile release: import TXT and Markdown books and transfer them to Garmin watches over Bluetooth.
  • Detect chapter headings automatically and preview or edit chapter titles and text before syncing.
  • Manage a personal library with generated covers, reading progress, renaming and deletion.
  • Improved sync reliability and support for transferring large books in chapter batches.
  • Added system dark mode, lifetime Pro access, trivia during transfers and Chinese localization.