Digital Tips and Tricks: hoopla Audiobook Experience Gets an Update
July 9, 2021
Do you love audiobooks as much as me? I’m a recent audiobook convert and am obsessed with finding great narrators and a juicy tell-all. I especially love books narrated by the author. Hoopla recently gave their audiobook player a facelift. Haven’t checked it out yet? What are you waiting for?
Hoopla is one of the Library’s resources that allows instant access to e-books, comics, audiobooks, music, movies and television – no holds and no waiting! Content can be streamed on computers, tablets, or mobile devices, and can be downloaded to tablets and mobile devices to allow for offline reading or listening any time. New to hoopla? Check out our Getting Started page.
The audiobook experience has been updated for the Android and Apple apps and the hoopla website. If your mobile device is not showing the new features, you probably just need to install an update. What’s great about the new audiobook experience is all features can be accessed from one screen!
- Car and Activity Mode is a simplified interface with fewer controls and larger buttons for when you’re on the go.
- Chapter/Book Timer gives users a simple toggle to switch between viewing the time remaining in either the current chapter or the entire book.
- Playback Speed options have been increased to up to four times normal playback speed!
- Bookmark Notes can now be added to any audiobook bookmark, perfect for book clubs or educational listening.
- Sleep Timer has more options, including an End of Chapter option.
Read more about the new enhancements and watch a short video here. Happy Listening!
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This blog was written by Amy Richard, digital collections coordinator at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library