Poki 2 can now be downloaded

As we told you a few days ago, yesterday, October 2, the version 2.0 of Poki came to light, the excellent client did not Pocket official for Windows Phone. And the truth is that if the first version was good, in this second iteration Poki becomes almost unbeatable Let's take a look at the new features it offers.

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What impressed me the most when trying it out is the text-to-speech function, which was already present in the previous version , is now massively improved by automatically recognizing the language of the article you ask it to read, and choosing the reading voice based on that.Also text to speech now works under the lock screen, so it is possible to play and listen to the reading with headphones while we have the phone in our pocket ."

"Another improvement that is appreciated is the integration with the Windows Phone Sharing function, with which we can send articles to Poki/Pocket from any application that supports this feature. "

There are also important additions in terms of organization. We can now sort front page articles based on how long they are, as well as by date added. Thus, if we have little time to read, we can immediately see which are the shortest articles that we have saved in Pocket. And even better, the application shows next to each article an estimate of the time it will take to read itMultiple selection and batch editing are also added, and search is improved by allowing us to browse through the list of untagged items.

Another killer-feature of Poki 2 is background synchronization Thanks to it, the list of items will be updated with all the changes we have made and new readings in Pocket regardless of whether we have the application open or not We can choose intervals of half an hour, 1 hour, 6 and 12 hours for this type of synchronization.

Improvements in the text-to-speech function and background synchronization are the killer-features of Poki 2, which also includes a huge list of improvements to organization, appearance and usability

Finally, support for the transparent live tiles of Windows Phone 8.1 is added, although here is what in my opinion is the only weak point of Poki 2: a tile that is too poor. If the app as a whole is that good, I would expect at least a live tile that shows us the titles of the most recent or important articles.Instead, only the number of unread articles is displayed, even when the tile is in wide mode. Maybe in a future update we can have a better live tile, but obviously that doesn't change the fact that the app in its current state is almost a jewel

For the most curious, you can review the complete changelog here.

PokiVersion 2014.1002.1920.2760

• Developer: cee
• Download it at: Windows Phone Store
• Price: Free
• Category: productivity