During the Festival de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême, comiXology announced they’re going fully French! The digital comics leader has localized their experience whether on Android/Kindle Fire, iOS or the web at comixology.fr. You can find that new function in the 3.5 update.

In addition to these French language additions, fans of comiXology around the globe can now create Wish Lists in app, a much requested feature that was previously only available on the comixology.com. The 3.5 upgrade also see the debut of Manga Fixed Format – comiXology’s dedicated right-to-left full-page manga reading experience available on certain titles. Can we expect a greater push in Japan by the digital comics platform?

The full feature list for the 3.5 upgrade for Android/Kindle Fire and iOS are:

• Complete French Localization – French language UX throughout all platforms and comixology.fr

• Complete French merchandising – featured Franco-Belgian content is now much easier to discover for French language consumers

• Wish Lists – consumers can now tap on the Wish List button to save a book for purchasing later.

• Manga Fixed Format – a dedicated right-to-left full-page manga reading experience, building upon comiXology’s existing right-to-left capabilities. Note: only available for certain books.

Android/Kindle 3.5 specific feature update also includes:

• Download Notifications – consumers will be able to keep an eye on downloading books while outside the app.