The updated Pocket app on Android features a more refined layout and typography style, which according to the company will ensure that headers, images and paragraphs all flow together seamlessly. The Pocket blog points out the update also add support for six new languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese. Just last month, the app became multilingual with the addition of French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
The updated Android version of the Pocket app (v5.4) gets a new fullscreen mode that supports the immersive mode on devices running Android 4.4 KitKat, and it also hides the status bar on Android 4.1 and above. Additionally the app will now automatically adjust the layout and format in order to make it more readable.
While the update adds more on Android, the updated app on iOS (version 5.2.1) only adds support for five new languages: Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese. Other than the mobile app updates, Pocket's browser extension for Chrome now also supports all of the new languages supported by the Android app.
According to Chinese tech blog 36Kr, Pocket app has 11 million registered users, of which, 40 percent of them use the app in English.
The Pocket app was previously known as 'Read It Later', which was first started in August 2007 by Nathan Weiner. The application was originally intended only for desktop computers.
The application allows the users to save an article or webpage to read later. The article can then be sent to the user's Pocket list (synced to all of their devices) for offline reading. Pocket removes clutter from articles and allows the user to adjust text settings for easier reading.Catch the latest from the Consumer Electronics Show on Gadgets 360, at our CES 2026 hub.