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Google announced on Monday that a new feature for Google Docs will help users export long text documents as ePub files.

The new Google Docs functionality will enable users to read “long-form content on a varied range of screen sizes and devices including smartphones, tablets, and eReaders,” Google said in a blog post, and the latest release will also make things “easier for authors, publishers and academic institutions” who arecreating content.

ePub is the most extensively used file format for eBook readers, and the new feature means Google Docs will now be compatible with almost all eBook readers except Amazon’s Kindle, which uses its own proprietary format.Google has started rolling out the update, which should be available to users in a couple of days.

Users can go to File > Download As > EPUB Publication and export it as an ePub file.

Meanwhile, Google also added iPad Pro support for its cloud-based apps, Google Docs and Sheets. It had earlier allowed iOS users to create and edit Word and Excel files but Apple’s giant screen iPad Pro eluded the feature.

However, the iPad Pro support will miss out on one of the most remarkable multi-tasking features of the iPad Pro -- the spilt screen functionality, which allows two apps to run simultaneously.

By adding support for the Apple iPad Pro, Google also pushed back a long-awaited update for its YouTube channel last week. However, the update did not bring in Split View (side-by-side multi-tasking) and Picture in Picture mode to Apple’s super-sized tablet.

Earlier this week, Google Photos for iOS also added Live Photos, and was updated to support the Split View feature of the iOS 9 for the iPad Pro, iPad Mini 4 and iPad Air 2, reports 9to5Mac.

The software update will allow users to back up and view Live Photos taken by iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. These full-resolution images will contain sound and motion captured just before and after the still photo.

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