Adobe is adding Liquid Mode to its Acrobat Reader app for Android and iOS. The feature automatically adjusts the format of PDFs for smaller screens. According to Adobe, this works with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Later, the feature will also come to desktops.
By pressing the Liquid Mode button, the app adjusts the display of PDFs so that they are easier to view on small screens. Text, images, and tables are reformatted. The feature uses the Adobe Sensei neural network platform.
According to Adobe, Liquid Mode is a self-learning tool that will work better as it is used more often. Machine learning is used to understand the different parts of PDFs, such as headings, paragraphs, pictures, lists, and tables. The artificial intelligence also tries to understand how those different parts should be sorted in the new view.
It is also possible to indicate preferences, for example to change the text size and letter spacing. Liquid Mode is available in Acrobat Reader for Android and iOS. The tool will also come to the desktop version and browsers later, but when that will happen is not yet known.