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Android phone app

Updates for Google Play and mainland China releases.

Version history

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

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.

Earlier versions

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.

1.1.2

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.

1.1.0

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

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.

1.0.12

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.

1.0.11

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

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.

1.0.9

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.

1.0.0

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.