Updates to JW Library (iOS, Android, Windows)

[dannysharedstuff]

There is a new update today.

[bvr]

JW Library®

Version 15.5

 

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What’s New

• Playback speed for video and audio is remembered after restarting the app.

• When videos are opened, the heads-up display is hidden. To show it, tap the video.

• Several issues are fixed, including some that were causing the app to crash.

 

Note: Update for Windows is delayed due to its different underlying framework, expect the update to arrive within the next few days or sooner.

[bvr]

10 minutes ago, dannysharedstuff said:

There is a new update today.

 

I see French in it. 😂😂

[dannysharedstuff]

2 minutes ago, bvr said:

 

I see French in it. 😂😂

What do you mean by “French”? Maybe it’s a wordplay I’m not familiar with 🤣

[jwhess]

1 hour ago, bvr said:

JW Library®

Version 15.5

 

Note: Update for Windows is delayed due to its different underlying framework, expect the update to arrive within the next few days or sooner.

My Windows 11 just updated the JW Library app.  It is version 15.5.143 (700890)

[bvr]

9 minutes ago, jwhess said:

My Windows 11 just updated the JW Library app.  It is version 15.5.143 (700890)

 

Awesome!

[bvr]

Am I the only one who didn't really like the new layout of our media player? 

Before I used to be able to minimize the currently shown image so that I can prepare for the next one.

It happened a few times before especially during the first time the new layout was released where the brothers inadvertently exited the playing video (opening song) because they had to add a missing image to the playlist before the public talk. So now we had to restart singing again. 

 

Although we don't do it anymore because everyone knows the new layout but for me all the intuitive features of the app for Windows are all gone. 😭 But well, it is what it is.

[Justin Bailey]

Ever since the JW library update on my android tablet, I’ve been having trouble highlighting with my S pen. For example, when I try to highlight a word in the watchtower, it will instead try to scroll the article up or down, (or move left or right to the next article). Anyone else have this problem?

[Ysaias]

20 hours ago, bvr said:

Am I the only one who didn't really like the new layout of our media player? 

Before I used to be able to minimize the currently shown image so that I can prepare for the next one.

Yes, I'd like JWL to have that feature again. Now you have to click the arrow to go back to the playlist/multimedia, and the picture or video is taken off the display.

 

Also, I found that the Multimedia for the midweek meeting in my Android phone had more pictures than the Windows version. Likely the images in the articles that were referenced in the talks. I wanted to use a couple of those additional images, but the JWL in Windows didn't have it.

Edited October 3 by Ysaias
Correct a word.

[Qapla]

 

 

[Floyd]

On 10/2/2025 at 4:02 PM, bvr said:

JW Library®

Version 15.5

 

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What’s New

• Playback speed for video and audio is remembered after restarting the app.

• When videos are opened, the heads-up display is hidden. To show it, tap the video.

• Several issues are fixed, including some that were causing the app to crash.

 

Note: Update for Windows is delayed due to its different underlying framework, expect the update to arrive within the next few days or sooner.

 

Where do you see the information about updates?

[Romain]

Study Notes for Hebrew 8-13 are now available.

[AH173]

13 minutes ago, Romain said:

Study Notes for Hebrew 8-13 are now available.

Not yet for me yet in English. I've tried refreshing jw Library and nothing. I also tried wol or jw.org. Nothing there yet. Maybe soon though. 

[Romain]

37 minutes ago, AH173 said:

Not yet for me yet in English. I've tried refreshing jw Library and nothing. I also tried wol or jw.org. Nothing there yet. Maybe soon though. 

Funnily enough, if you look for "Mosaic Law covenant" in the WOL research bar, you'll see results from Hebrews 8 study notes, but when you click on it, it says that this publication doesn't exist.
Yeah, very soon I am sure! 

[AH173]

2 hours ago, Romain said:

Funnily enough, if you look for "Mosaic Law covenant" in the WOL research bar, you'll see results from Hebrews 8 study notes, but when you click on it, it says that this publication doesn't exist.
Yeah, very soon I am sure! 

Thanks. I see what you are saying.

 

 

[On the huh]

The jwpub for the Study Bible has been updated

Edited October 9 by On the huh

[Mzbarb]

Study notes updated on my iPhone , didn’t update on my iPad nor my Surface Pro. Could it be problem with my devices?

[jwhess]

1 hour ago, Mzbarb said:

Study notes updated on my iPhone , didn’t update on my iPad nor my Surface Pro. Could it be problem with my devices?

Did you check to see if you need a media download in the Bible?  Open the Bible in JW Library. Go to the menu at the top right side of the page.  Select the "download media" icon and select 'check'.

 

 

[AH173]

2 hours ago, Mzbarb said:

Study notes updated on my iPhone , didn’t update on my iPad nor my Surface Pro. Could it be problem with my devices?

The latest update has applied to all of my devices. Which includes surface pro 5 and 8 as well as Ipads and Andriod devices.

[dannysharedstuff]

Little visual update on latest version 15.5.1

Tracts logo now probably look similar to the format of the 9 new tracts 😉

 

 

[shali]

Thanks for pointing that out brother!  It probably would of taken me a while to notice that.

[Ysaias]

3 hours ago, dannysharedstuff said:

Little visual update on latest version 15.5.1

Tracts logo now probably look similar to the format of the 9 new tracts 😉

 

 

 

Such attention to detail is characteristic of Jehovah's Organization.

[Qapla]

[BLANK1]

JW LIBRARY Support for Android 7 and 7.1 has ended now, a big update is coming when usually the .5 builds give way to a big update. My question is, what do you think will be new? Notes with the ability to use bold, italics, I'm hoping for monochrome icons, and maybe an update. Either compose and migrate the app little by little, or redesign the UI, who knows? But what do you say? Imagination is the limit. While the update is coming out, let's talk.

[bvr]

1 hour ago, Urano said:

JW LIBRARY Support for Android 7 and 7.1 has ended now, a big update is coming when usually the .5 builds give way to a big update. My question is, what do you think will be new? Notes with the ability to use bold, italics, I'm hoping for monochrome icons, and maybe an update. Either compose and migrate the app little by little, or redesign the UI, who knows? But what do you say? Imagination is the limit. While the update is coming out, let's talk.

 

This is more about maintenance costs and the dwindling market support for the operating system, and it doesn’t always mean new features.

 

It’s very expensive and time consuming to support multiple versions of operating systems, especially when an OS is no longer used by the majority of devices.

 

In fact, the organization have a statistics that monitor this and indicate when it’s time to drop support. Once it reaches a certain threshold, they discontinue it, which in this case applies to Android 7 and also to iOS 14 and earlier. That’s why you might also notice that the Library app supports more OS versions on Android and Windows compared to iOS, because a larger percentage of iOS users upgrade to the latest version.

 

But because, as you said, the minor version is now “.5,” the probability of a new major version with new features is high, but we’ll see.

Edited October 17 by bvr