Dark appearance for PDFs! Smart content handling gives your PDFs light text on a dark background without changing images and annotations. This can reduce eye strain and improve readability in dark environments while conserving battery life. To try it out: open a PDF document and go to Settings from the More menu in the top right corner, then set Auto Dark as your Appearance. The setting is also available in the menu bar on iPad under View. The Auto Dark setting will automatically match the PDF appearance to the system appearance. No more glaring white pages in Dark Mode! The new dark appearance for PDFs requires a device running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 set to Dark Mode.

Liquid Glass design on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 with new app icons, transparent toolbars and a floating thumbnail sidebar. The iPad version gains even more desktop-class features with freely resizable windows with window controls, a menu bar and a new sidebar floating above the content. Navigation has been improved and now resemble the macOS version in even more ways. The new menu bar makes it easy to find functionality or the correct window, thanks to the new window titles. The document browser has also been improved and now lets you set the default app for opening PDFs (long press on a file and go to Get Info)! New languages are also available for OCR and text recognition in image selections: Turkish, Indonesian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Malay, Polish, Romanian and Swedish. Minor improvements: - Updated the Introduction Guide - Fixed an issue preventing certain types of internal links and URL-schemes in comments from working - Alert the user when trying to export to apps that are not installed - Tapping on links inside paragraphs of notes no longer toggle the visibility of toolbars - Alert the user when tapping on links using a URL-scheme that have no response - The menu bar can now open Tutorials, What's New and Send Feedback from the document browser - Removed separator line between thumbnails on iOS 26 - Fixed centering of tables in notes - Fixed an edge-case where the bottom toolbar on iOS 18 and earlier would show up without a background color when changing to a compact layout with a document open - The markup palette now hides automatically when the view is not tall enough to fit it - The squeeze tool palette no longer displays underneath the sidebar when close to the left edge - Fixed an issue where the document scanner on an iPhone would not launch if a document was displayed - Fixed a crash related to grabbing image selections on first parse - It is no longer possible to scroll a PDF while dismissing it with an edge swipe

Liquid Glass design on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 with new app icons, transparent toolbars and a floating thumbnail sidebar. The iPad version gains even more desktop-class features with freely resizable windows with window controls, a menu bar and a new sidebar floating above the content. Navigation has been improved and now resemble the macOS version in even more ways. The new menu bar makes it easy to find functionality or the correct window, thanks to the new window titles. The document browser has also been improved and now lets you set the default app for opening PDFs (long press on a file and go to Get Info)! New languages are also available for OCR and text recognition in image selections: Turkish, Indonesian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Malay, Polish, Romanian and Swedish. Minor improvements: - Fixed an issue preventing certain types of internal links and URL-schemes in comments from working - Alert the user when trying to export to apps that are not installed - Tapping on links inside paragraphs of notes no longer toggle the visibility of toolbars - Alert the user when tapping on links using a URL-scheme that have no response - The menu bar can now open Tutorials, What's New and Send Feedback from the document browser - Removed separator line between thumbnails on iOS 26 - Fixed centering of tables in notes - Fixed an edge-case where the bottom toolbar on iOS 18 and earlier would show up without a background color when changing to a compact layout with a document open - The markup palette now hides automatically when the view is not tall enough to fit it - The squeeze tool palette no longer displays underneath the sidebar when close to the left edge - Fixed an issue where the document scanner on an iPhone would not launch if a document was displayed - Fixed a crash related to grabbing image selections on first parse - It is no longer possible to scroll a PDF while dismissing it with an edge swipe

Liquid Glass design on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 with new app icons, transparent toolbars and a floating thumbnail sidebar. The iPad version gains even more desktop-class features with freely resizable windows with window controls, a menu bar and a new sidebar floating above the content. Navigation has been improved and now resemble the macOS version in even more ways. The new menu bar makes it easy to find functionality or the correct window, thanks to the new window titles. The document browser has also been improved and now lets you set the default app for opening PDFs (long press on a file and go to Get Info)! New languages are also available for OCR and text recognition in image selections: Turkish, Indonesian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Malay, Polish, Romanian and Swedish. Minor improvements: - The menu bar can now open Tutorials, What's New and Send Feedback from the document browser - Removed separator line between thumbnails on iOS 26 - Fixed centering of tables in notes - Fixed an edge-case where the bottom toolbar on iOS 18 and earlier would show up without a background color when changing to a compact layout with a document open - The markup palette now hides automatically when the view is not tall enough to fit it - The squeeze tool palette no longer displays underneath the sidebar when close to the left edge - Fixed an issue where the document scanner on an iPhone would not launch if a document was displayed - Fixed a crash related to grabbing image selections on first parse - It is no longer possible to scroll a PDF while dismissing it with an edge swipe

Liquid Glass design on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 with new app icons, transparent toolbars and a floating thumbnail sidebar. The iPad version gains even more desktop-class features with freely resizable windows with window controls, a menu bar and a new sidebar floating above the content. Navigation has been improved and now resemble the macOS version in even more ways. The new menu bar makes it easy to find functionality or the correct window, thanks to the new window titles. The document browser has also been improved and now lets you set the default app for opening PDFs (long press on a file and go to Get Info)! New languages are also available for OCR and text recognition in image selections: Turkish, Indonesian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Malay, Polish, Romanian and Swedish. Minor improvements: - Fixed centering of tables in notes - Fixed an edge-case where the bottom toolbar on iOS 18 and earlier would show up without a background color when changing to a compact layout with a document open - The markup palette now hides automatically when the view is not tall enough to fit it - The squeeze tool palette no longer displays underneath the sidebar when close to the left edge - Fixed an issue where the document scanner on an iPhone would not launch if a document was displayed - Fixed a crash related to grabbing image selections on first parse - It is no longer possible to scroll a PDF while dismissing it with an edge swipe

Liquid Glass design on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 with new app icons, transparent toolbars and a floating thumbnail sidebar. The iPad version gains even more desktop-class features with freely resizable windows with window controls, a menu bar and a new sidebar floating above the content. Navigation has been improved and now resemble the macOS version in even more ways. The new menu bar makes it easy to find functionality or the correct window, thanks to the new window titles. The document browser has also been improved and now lets you set the default app for opening PDFs (long press on a file and go to Get Info)! New languages are also available for OCR and text recognition in image selections: Turkish, Indonesian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Malay, Polish, Romanian and Swedish. Minor improvements: - The markup palette now hides automatically when the view is not tall enough to fit it - The squeeze tool palette no longer displays underneath the sidebar when close to the left edge - Fixed an issue where the document scanner on an iPhone would not launch if a document was displayed - Fixed a crash related to grabbing image selections on first parse - It is no longer possible to scroll a PDF while dismissing it with an edge swipe

Liquid Glass design on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 with new app icons, transparent toolbars and a floating thumbnail sidebar. The iPad version gains even more desktop-class features with freely resizable windows with window controls, a menu bar and a new sidebar floating above the content. Navigation has been improved and now resemble the macOS version in even more ways. The new menu bar makes it easy to find functionality or the correct window, thanks to the new window titles. The document browser has also been improved and now lets you set the default app for opening PDFs (long press on a file and go to Get Info)! New languages are also available for OCR and text recognition in image selections: Turkish, Indonesian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Malay, Polish, Romanian and Swedish. Minor improvements: - Fixed a crash related to grabbing image selections on first parse - It is no longer possible to scroll a PDF while dismissing it with an edge swipe

Writing tools: summarize the selected text in a PDF with a tap or proofread and rewrite your notes. Text recognition on images and tables has been improved with automatic language detection and extended language support: Cantonese (China mainland), Cantonese (Hong Kong), Korean, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic (Modern Standard) and Arabic (Najdi). Minor improvement: - Fixed a crash related to state tracking for document layout and palette position - Fixed a crash related to updating thumbnails - Fixes an issue where notes appear blank for a small subset of documents just after opening *Writing tools requires iOS/iPadOS 18.1 and a compatible device. Automatic language detection requires iOS/iPadOS 16 or newer. Support for Thai and Vietnamese requires iOS/iPadOS 17. Arabic requires iOS/iPadOS 18.

Writing tools: summarize the selected text in a PDF with a tap or proofread and rewrite your notes. Text recognition on images and tables has been improved with automatic language detection and extended language support: Cantonese (China mainland), Cantonese (Hong Kong), Korean, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic (Modern Standard) and Arabic (Najdi). Minor improvement: - Fixed a crash related to updating thumbnails - Fixes an issue where notes appear blank for a small subset of documents just after opening *Writing tools requires iOS/iPadOS 18.1 and a compatible device. Automatic language detection requires iOS/iPadOS 16 or newer. Support for Thai and Vietnamese requires iOS/iPadOS 17. Arabic requires iOS/iPadOS 18.

Writing tools: summarize the selected text in a PDF with a tap or proofread and rewrite your notes. Text recognition on images and tables has been improved with automatic language detection and extended language support: Cantonese (China mainland), Cantonese (Hong Kong), Korean, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic (Modern Standard) and Arabic (Najdi). Minor improvement: - Fixes an issue where notes appear blank for a small subset of documents just after opening *Writing tools requires iOS/iPadOS 18.1 and a device compatible with Apple Intelligence. Automatic language detection requires iOS/iPadOS 16 or newer. Support for Thai and Vietnamese requires iOS/iPadOS 17. Arabic requires iOS/iPadOS 18.

Writing tools: summarize the selected text in a PDF with a tap or proofread and rewrite your notes. Text recognition on images and tables has been improved with automatic language detection and extended language support: Cantonese (China mainland), Cantonese (Hong Kong), Korean, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic (Modern Standard) and Arabic (Najdi). *Writing tools requires iOS/iPadOS 18.1 and a device compatible with Apple Intelligence. Automatic language detection requires iOS/iPadOS 16 or newer. Support for Thai and Vietnamese requires iOS/iPadOS 17. Arabic requires iOS/iPadOS 18.

The big iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 update combined with a completely new way of annotating using the Apple Pencil! Launch the document scanner directly from the new Control Center widget or from a lock screen control by replacing the camera or torchlight buttons. Try the new app icons with a dark look that can automatically switch with Dark Mode or tint the app icon and Home Screen widget to match your favorite color. Annotate like a pro using the new Apple Pencil Pro. Squeeze your Apple Pencil Pro to bring up a floating tool palette right where your pencil tip is. The Apple Pencil Pro provides haptic feedback when the gesture is recognized and the new hover preview lets you see the selected color and tool before your tip touches the screen. These new Apple Pencil features require an iPad running iPadOS 17.5 or newer. Hover preview works with any Apple Pencil except the 1st generation. The floating tool palette requires an Apple Pencil Pro or the Apple Pencil 2nd generation (with the Double-tap gesture in Highlights set to Tool Palette in Settings > Apple Pencil). Minor improvement: - Fixed an issue with widgets disappearing on iOS and iPadOS 17 - Fixed an issue where marking up using Apple Pencil with hover activated would use the default color instead of the selected color for other tools than highlighting

The big fall update with a completely new way of annotating with the Apple Pencil! Launch the document scanner directly from the new Control Center widget. Try the new app icon with a dark look that can automatically switch with Dark Mode or tint the icon and Home Screen widget to match your favorite color. Annotate like a pro using the new Apple Pencil Pro. Squeeze your Apple Pencil Pro to bring up a floating tool palette right where your pencil tip is. The Apple Pencil Pro provides haptic feedback when the gesture is recognized and the new hover preview lets you see the selected color and tool before your tip touches the screen. These new Apple Pencil features require an iPad running iPadOS 17.5 or newer. Hover preview works with any Apple Pencil except the 1st generation. The floating tool palette requires an Apple Pencil Pro or the Apple Pencil 2nd generation (with the Double-tap gesture in Highlights set to Tool Palette in Settings > Apple Pencil). Minor improvement: - Fixed an issue with widgets disappearing on iOS and iPadOS 17

The big fall update with a completely new way of annotating with the Apple Pencil! Launch the document scanner directly from the new Control Center widget. Try the new app icon with a dark look that can automatically switch with Dark Mode or tint the icon and Home Screen widget to match your favorite color. Annotate like a pro using the new Apple Pencil Pro. Squeeze your Apple Pencil Pro to bring up a floating tool palette right where your pencil tip is. The Apple Pencil Pro provides haptic feedback when the gesture is recognized and the new hover preview lets you see the selected color and tool before your tip touches the screen. These new Apple Pencil features require an iPad running iPadOS 17.5 or newer. Hover preview works with any Apple Pencil except the 1st generation. The floating tool palette requires an Apple Pencil Pro or the Apple Pencil 2nd generation (with the Double-tap gesture in Highlights set to Tool Palette in Settings > Apple Pencil).

Major speed improvements in celebration of the release of macOS Sonoma: - Up to 5x faster conversion of image selections to images - Up to 7x faster text recognition - Up to 5x faster table recognition - Up to 5x faster loading of PDF pages - Faster writing of backup files when running OCR - Faster opening of files Minor improvements: - Double tap to zoom now also works for pointing devices - Fewer ways to accidentally toggle the visibility of the top and bottom bars - Fixed a crash related to updating thumbnails - Improved thread safety - Fixed an issue with text selections sometimes appearing without a highlight color when using the Apple Pencil - Thumbnails view now reflect changes to the document live - Use Enter key as a keyboard shortcut to go to the next result when searching - Switching between viewing your notes and PDF no longer resets the zoom level - Improved animation for note deletions - Fixed a crash related to generating thumbnails for a small subset of PDF pages - Fixed a crash related to tracking of user setting updates - Remove null characters if present in the text of markup annotations - Improved jumping between search results on devices running iOS 15 or earlier - Improved Smart Copy when getting text of markup annotations - Improved handling of highlights:// links

Major speed improvements in celebration of the release of macOS Sonoma: - Up to 5x faster conversion of image selections to images - Up to 7x faster text recognition - Up to 5x faster table recognition - Up to 5x faster loading of PDF pages - Faster writing of backup files when running OCR - Faster opening of files Minor improvements: - Fixed a crash related to updating thumbnails - Improved thread safety - Fixed an issue with text selections sometimes appearing without a highlight color when using the Apple Pencil - Thumbnails view now reflect changes to the document live - Use Enter key as a keyboard shortcut to go to the next result when searching - Switching between viewing your notes and PDF no longer resets the zoom level - Improved animation for note deletions - Fixed a crash related to generating thumbnails for a small subset of PDF pages - Fixed a crash related to tracking of user setting updates - Remove null characters if present in the text of markup annotations - Improved jumping between search results on devices running iOS 15 or earlier - Improved Smart Copy when getting text of markup annotations - Improved handling of highlights:// links

Major speed improvements in celebration of the release of macOS Sonoma: - Up to 5x faster conversion of image selections to images - Up to 7x faster text recognition - Up to 5x faster table recognition - Up to 5x faster loading of PDF pages - Faster writing of backup files when running OCR - Faster opening of files Minor improvements: - Fixed an issue with text selections sometimes appearing without a highlight color when using the Apple Pencil - Thumbnails view now reflect changes to the document live - Use Enter key as a keyboard shortcut to go to the next result when searching - Switching between viewing your notes and PDF no longer resets the zoom level - Improved animation for note deletions - Fixed a crash related to generating thumbnails for a small subset of PDF pages - Fixed a crash related to tracking of user setting updates - Remove null characters if present in the text of markup annotations - Improved jumping between search results on devices running iOS 15 or earlier - Improved Smart Copy when getting text of markup annotations - Improved handling of highlights:// links

Major speed improvements in celebration of the release of macOS Sonoma: - Up to 5x faster conversion of image selections to images - Up to 7x faster text recognition - Up to 5x faster table recognition - Up to 5x faster loading of PDF pages - Faster writing of backup files when running OCR - Faster opening of files Minor improvements: - Thumbnails view now reflect changes to the document live - Use Enter key as a keyboard shortcut to go to the next result when searching - Switching between viewing your notes and PDF no longer resets the zoom level - Improved animation for note deletions - Fixed a crash related to generating thumbnails for a small subset of PDF pages - Fixed a crash related to tracking of user setting updates - Remove null characters if present in the text of markup annotations - Improved jumping between search results on devices running iOS 15 or earlier - Improved Smart Copy when getting text of markup annotations - Improved handling of highlights:// links

The big iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 update with support for widgets and shortcuts everywhere! Scan documents faster by launching directly into document scanner from widgets on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and even StandBy. You can also run the Scan & OCR Document shortcut from the Shortcuts app, through Spotlight search or by longpressing the Highlights app icon. Actions in the Shortcuts app can also be added to the Home Screen by longpressing them. If that's not enough, you can also ask Siri to "Scan using Highlights", "Open Highlights scanner" or similar phrases. Lock Screen widgets blend seamlessly with your wallpaper and is the fastest way to scan documents on the go. On the iPad, they can be configured to appear on the left side in landscape mode or under the time in portrait mode similar to the iPhone. On the Home Screen and in Spotlight search results the action will match the orange accent color of Highlights. The document scanner will automatically perform OCR to make the PDFs searchable after scanning. The OCR is done on device. To disable OCR turn off "OCR After Scan" in Advanced Settings inside Highlights.

Highlights can now scan and OCR documents on device and it's available to everyone for free! - Scan documents to searchable PDF files using the camera on your iPhone or iPad - Smart OCR: Live Text let’s you select text in PDFs without a text layer on the fly. Now Highlights will detect and automatically embed the Live Text in the background. PDFs without a text layer will therefore be automatically OCR'd on device when needed without you having to tap a button. Smart! - You can also manually OCR any document in the document browser from the action menu These features require iOS/iPadOS 16 or later. Smart OCR works with English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian text on hardware that supports Live Text. Minor improvements: - Resolved a bug causing the 2023.1 version to crash on launch on devices running iOS 13 - Devices without hardware support for Live Text now hide the unsupported Scan and OCR actions - Documents now show a spin indicator in the document browser while being processed for OCR - Fixed a bug where comments on annotations were not updated when the annotation popover was hidden instead of dismissed (e.g. when moving a sticky note or rotating a device) - Fixed a bug where in rare cases the document would be unnecessary reloaded while running AutoSave - Fixed a bug where null characters in annotation comments could stop annotation extraction - Added an option for Pro users to never be prompted for metadata fetches (Advanced Settings > Fetch Metadata > "Manual")

Highlights can now scan and OCR documents on device and it's available to everyone for free! - Scan documents to searchable PDF files using the camera on your iPhone or iPad - Smart OCR: Live Text let’s you select text in PDFs without a text layer on the fly. Now Highlights will detect and automatically embed the Live Text in the background. PDFs without a text layer will therefore be automatically OCR'd on device when needed without you having to tap a button. Smart! - You can also manually OCR any document in the document browser from the action menu These features require iOS/iPadOS 16 or later. Smart OCR works with English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian text on hardware that supports Live Text. Minor improvements: - Resolved a bug causing the 2023.1 version to crash on launch on devices running iOS 13 - Devices without hardware support for Live Text now hide the unsupported Scan and OCR actions - Documents now show a spin indicator in the document browser while being processed for OCR - Fixed a bug where comments on annotations were not updated when the annotation popover was hidden instead of dismissed (e.g. when moving a sticky note or rotating a device)

Highlights can now scan and OCR documents on device and it's available to everyone for free! - Scan documents to searchable PDF files using the camera on your iPhone or iPad - Smart OCR: Live Text let’s you select text in PDFs without a text layer on the fly. Now Highlights will detect and automatically embed the Live Text in the background. PDFs without a text layer will therefore be automatically OCR'd on device when needed without you having to tap a button. Smart! - You can also manually OCR any document in the document browser from the action menu These features require iOS/iPadOS 16 or later. Smart OCR works with English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian text on hardware that supports Live Text. Minor improvements: - Resolved a bug causing the 2023.1 version to crash on launch on devices running iOS 13 - Devices without hardware support for Live Text now hide the unsupported Scan and OCR actions - Documents now show a spin indicator in the document browser while being processed for OCR

Highlights can now scan and OCR documents on device and it's available to everyone for free! - Scan documents to searchable PDF files using the camera on your iPhone or iPad - Smart OCR: Live Text let’s you select text in PDFs without a text layer on the fly. Now Highlights will detect and automatically embed the Live Text in the background. PDFs without a text layer will therefore be automatically OCR'd on device when needed without you having to tap a button. Smart! - You can also manually OCR any document in the document browser from the action menu These features require iOS/iPadOS 16 or later. Smart OCR works with English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian text on hardware that supports Live Text.

The big iPadOS 16 update! A whole new design optimized for Stage Manager and a desktop-class experience with powerful ways to do even more: - Customizable toolbars: The center area of the toolbar is fully customizable including functionality previously only available using keyboard commands. Select "Customize Toolbar" from the bottom of the More menu to make it your own. - Document menu: The document title is always visible in the toolbar and when selected brings up the document menu with easy access to file operations including duplicate, move, rename, print and export actions. - Thumbnail sidebar: The bottom bar is gone to free up space for more content and replaced by a collapsable sidebar with larger thumbnails similar to on the Mac. - The segmented control in the center of the toolbar to control the View Mode has been replaced by a sleek button at the trailing end of the toolbar, giving space for customizable items at the center. Tap it for fast switching or long press to see the view options. - Search is now inline - A new export menu for fewer taps and a sleeker look - Settings is now available from the top of the More menu at all times - New edit menus and text selection popovers with support for light and dark mode - Improved support for keyboard/pointer navigation - Added a Help menu inside the More menu - Lots of minor UI tweaks In iPadOS 16 you can also collaborate on PDF documents via iCloud links. Just share the document and select Collaborate instead of Send Copy. The documents show up in the new Shared-tab in the document browser. Tapping on the "Shared with You"-button below the document in the document browser will take you directly to the conversation where the document was shared in Messages or Mail. Minor improvements: - Added some missing accessibility labels - The thumbnail selection now only changes in the currently selected window when changing the page with multiple Highlights windows open - Removed keyboard shortcut for toggling the sidebar on pre iOS 16 releases - Fixed a crash caused by popover presentation when quickly switching between annotations

The big iPadOS 16 update! A whole new design optimized for Stage Manager and a desktop-class experience with powerful ways to do even more: - Customizable toolbars: The center area of the toolbar is fully customizable including functionality previously only available using keyboard commands. Select "Customize Toolbar" from the bottom of the More menu to make it your own. - Document menu: The document title is always visible in the toolbar and when selected brings up the document menu with easy access to file operations including duplicate, move, rename, print and export actions. - Thumbnail sidebar: The bottom bar is gone to free up space for more content and replaced by a collapsable sidebar with larger thumbnails similar to on the Mac. - The segmented control in the center of the toolbar to control the View Mode has been replaced by a sleek button at the trailing end of the toolbar, giving space for customizable items at the center. Tap it for fast switching or long press to see the view options. - Search is now inline - A new export menu for fewer taps and a sleeker look - Settings is now available from the top of the More menu at all times - New edit menus and text selection popovers with support for light and dark mode - Improved support for keyboard/pointer navigation - Added a Help menu inside the More menu - Lots of minor UI tweaks In iPadOS 16 you can also collaborate on PDF documents via iCloud links. Just share the document and select Collaborate instead of Send Copy. The documents show up in the new Shared-tab in the document browser. Tapping on the "Shared with You"-button below the document in the document browser will take you directly to the conversation where the document was shared in Messages or Mail. Minor improvements: - Added some missing accessibility labels - The thumbnail selection now only changes in the currently selected window when changing the page with multiple Highlights windows open - Removed keyboard shortcut for toggling the sidebar on pre iOS 16 releases