Headlines: Reader App

Back at you with a few updates I'm really excited about. Look forward to even more coming your way soon! - NEW: Introducing Pins. You can now pin any site, collection, or tag to the top of the Home tab for quick access - NEW: Long Reads feed. Headlines Pro users can now access a new feed from your Home tab that will show you articles that take 5+ minutes to read. Access it from the Home tab by tapping the Timeline button in the navigation title and choose "Long Reads" - NEW: The saved list is now grouped by date to match the web app, making it easier to visually scan and manage your saved articles - IMPROVED: News Flash summaries should now be much less vague and more centred around specific stories for each topic - IMPROVED: Article summaries should be more concise while ensuring the important details are included - Fixes an issue where the News Flash sheet was dismissed when tapping on a link within an article - Fixes an issue where the clear button did not always appear when viewing the saved list - Fixes an issue where the learn more button on the saved list's empty state did not correctly link to the relevant help article

Just a few minor bug fixes after releasing the bigger update last week. More exciting updates soon!

- NEW: Free users can now try out some Headlines Pro features. You can generate up to 2 article summaries, and you now also get a free day of News Flash as a trial. Less paywalls, more exploration! - NEW: Notification settings. You can now toggle specific notifications on/off. Don’t want to be reminded about your ever-growing saved list? Turn off the notifications you don’t want to receive. - NEW: Added a link to the web app in Settings so you can enjoy Headlines anywhere, not just on your iOS/iPadOS device! - Plus: various bug fixes, UI tweaks and general improvements to keep things humming along.

- NEW: Highlights! You can now highlight text while reading any article. It’s as simple as selecting any text in the reader, tap Highlight. Your highlights accessible from the new Highlights section in the Saved tab across iOS and the web. - NEW: The Saved tab now brings Articles, Notes, and Highlights together in one place. The standalone Notebook is no longer — everything you've saved now lives in the Saved tab. - IMPROVED: Article summaries now stream in progressively, so you can start reading key takeaways right away instead of waiting for the full summary to load. - IMPROVED: After saving an article, you can now instantly organize it into a collection — no extra steps to keep your saved list tidy. - FIX: Fixed an issue where the Share Extension could show a blank sheet when saving from outside of the Safari browser. - FIX: Fixed an issue where expanding an article's content could leave you with a broken reader. The app now falls back gracefully to the original article and lets you know what happened. - FIX: Some favicons did not appear as expected beside the site name. This was reworked to support more types of favicons and generally handling these better. - Web: Article links can now be shared with anyone — even people without a Headlines account can read them. - Web: Dig Deeper is now available in News Flash on the web, letting you explore related research directly from your daily briefing. - A ton of performance improvements. Specifically should notice reading articles for a specific site and viewing your collection feed is much snappier.

A small update to fix a UI issue. As always, your feedback is welcome! In case you missed it, included in the last release: - NEW: Highlights! You can now highlight text while reading any article. It’s as simple as selecting any text in the reader, tap Highlight. Your highlights accessible from the new Highlights section in the Saved tab across iOS and the web. - NEW: The Saved tab now brings Articles, Notes, and Highlights together in one place. The standalone Notebook is no longer — everything you've saved now lives in the Saved tab. - IMPROVED: Article summaries now stream in progressively, so you can start reading key takeaways right away instead of waiting for the full summary to load. - IMPROVED: After saving an article, you can now instantly organize it into a collection — no extra steps to keep your saved list tidy. - FIX: Fixed an issue where the Share Extension could show a blank sheet when saving from outside of the Safari browser. - FIX: Fixed an issue where expanding an article's content could leave you with a broken reader. The app now falls back gracefully to the original article and lets you know what happened. - FIX: Some favicons did not appear as expected beside the site name. This was reworked to support more types of favicons and generally handling these better. - Web: Article links can now be shared with anyone — even people without a Headlines account can read them. - Web: Dig Deeper is now available in News Flash on the web, letting you explore related research directly from your daily briefing. - A ton of performance improvements. Specifically should notice reading articles for a specific site and viewing your collection feed is much snappier.

Small bug fix to prevent duplicate alerts when the session expires. In case you missed it, included in the last release: - NEW: Highlights! You can now highlight text while reading any article. It’s as simple as selecting any text in the reader, tap Highlight. Your highlights accessible from the new Highlights section in the Saved tab across iOS and the web. - NEW: The Saved tab now brings Articles, Notes, and Highlights together in one place. The standalone Notebook is no longer — everything you've saved now lives in the Saved tab. - IMPROVED: Article summaries now stream in progressively, so you can start reading key takeaways right away instead of waiting for the full summary to load. - IMPROVED: After saving an article, you can now instantly organize it into a collection — no extra steps to keep your saved list tidy. - FIX: Fixed an issue where the Share Extension could show a blank sheet when saving from outside of the Safari browser. - FIX: Fixed an issue where expanding an article's content could leave you with a broken reader. The app now falls back gracefully to the original article and lets you know what happened. - FIX: Some favicons did not appear as expected beside the site name. This was reworked to support more types of favicons and generally handling these better. - Web: Article links can now be shared with anyone — even people without a Headlines account can read them. - Web: Dig Deeper is now available in News Flash on the web, letting you explore related research directly from your daily briefing. - A ton of performance improvements. Specifically should notice reading articles for a specific site and viewing your collection feed is much snappier.

- NEW: Reader display settings are now easier to reach while you read, and expanding an article feels more natural with a new inline “Show More” control right in the reader. - NEW: Tap any image in an article to open it full-screen, then pinch to zoom for a closer look. - NEW: Writer photos now appear throughout Headlines when available, giving a more personal touch to the stories you read. - IMPROVED: Article content now loads significantly faster when tapping into articles from a list. - IMPROVED: Feed import performance has been drastically improved. It’s now much more ready for your large import files! - IMPROVED: There are nice little bits of visual polish added in various places throughout the app to keep things looking fresh. - FIX: News Flash edition summaries should have improved tags so you can reliably dig deeper into the topic. - FIX: Fixed an onboarding issue where an empty suggested sites step could be shown instead of finishing setup. - FIX: OPML export could previously include non-RSS sources like newsletters, but now we ensure it only includes importable feeds. - Tons of work behind the scenes to set the stage for more new features and improvements. Stay tuned!

Fixes an issue where site followed state was not accurately reflected, and a small UI tweak on the intro screen. In case you missed what's new in the last release: - NEW: Reader display settings! You can now change the font and text size, including font options for readers with low vision and dyslexia. - NEW: Tap any image in an article to open it full-screen, then pinch to zoom for a closer look. - NEW: Writer photos now appear throughout Headlines when available, giving a more personal touch to the stories you read. - IMPROVED: Article content now loads significantly faster when tapping into articles from a list. - IMPROVED: Feed import performance has been drastically improved. It’s now much more ready for your large import files! - IMPROVED: There are nice little bits of visual polish added in various places throughout the app to keep things looking fresh. - FIX: News Flash edition summaries should have improved tags so you can reliably dig deeper into the topic. - FIX: Fixed an onboarding issue where an empty suggested sites step could be shown instead of finishing setup. - FIX: OPML export could previously include non-RSS sources like newsletters, but now we ensure it only includes importable feeds. - Tons of work behind the scenes to set the stage for further improvements. Stay tuned!

Includes a bug fix that should help address cases where users could be logged out of their account unexpectedly. In case you missed what's new in the last release: - NEW: Reader display settings! You can now change the font and text size, including font options for readers with low vision and dyslexia. - NEW: Tap any image in an article to open it full-screen, then pinch to zoom for a closer look. - NEW: Writer photos now appear throughout Headlines when available, giving a more personal touch to the stories you read. - IMPROVED: Article content now loads significantly faster when tapping into articles from a list. - IMPROVED: Feed import performance has been drastically improved. It’s now much more ready for your large import files! - IMPROVED: There are nice little bits of visual polish added in various places throughout the app to keep things looking fresh. - FIX: News Flash edition summaries should have improved tags so you can reliably dig deeper into the topic. - FIX: Fixed an onboarding issue where an empty suggested sites step could be shown instead of finishing setup. - FIX: OPML export could previously include non-RSS sources like newsletters, but now we ensure it only includes importable feeds. - Tons of work behind the scenes to set the stage for further improvements. Stay tuned!

- NEW: Navigation improvements make it easier than ever to get around the app. The new Library tab brings Sites, Writers, and Collections together in one place, making it easy to find all your content in Headlines. - NEW: Free users can now try out the Notes feature before upgrading. Now you can give all the pro features a try before you subscribe! - NEW: The onboarding experience has been completely revamped with a bigger focus on tailoring the app to your interests and getting the most out of Headlines features. - IMPROVED: Feed importing has been overhauled from the ground up to be more reliable and support larger files. - IMPROVED: Feed import will now continue while the app is in the background, and the import status is now viewable while an import is progress. - IMPROVED: You can now also start an import from the Files app on your device. - IMPROVED: Site search should be more reliable, and site artwork now appears more consistently across Headlines. - IMPROVED: Article summaries Instead of bullet point summaries, you now get you a short blurb that extract only the important bits. Summaries so much easier to read, and are generated much faster too! - IMPROVED: The News Flash icon on your Home tab now shows an indicator when a fresh edition is waiting.

This version contains a small change under the hood. Keep an eye out for more updates soon! In case you missed what's new in 1.5.0: - NEW: Navigation improvements make it easier than ever to get around the app. The new Library tab brings Sites, Writers, and Collections together in one place, making it easy to find all your content in Headlines. - NEW: Free users can now try out the Notes feature before upgrading. Now you can give all the pro features a try before you subscribe! - NEW: The onboarding experience has been completely revamped with a bigger focus on tailoring the app to your interests and getting the most out of Headlines features. - IMPROVED: Feed importing has been overhauled from the ground up to be more reliable and support larger files. - IMPROVED: Feed import will now continue while the app is in the background, and the import status is now viewable while an import is progress. - IMPROVED: You can now also start an import from the Files app on your device. - IMPROVED: Site search should be more reliable, and site artwork now appears more consistently across Headlines. - IMPROVED: Article summaries. Instead of bullet point summaries, you now get a short blurb that extract only the important bits. Summaries so much easier to read, and are generated much faster too! - IMPROVED: The News Flash icon on your Home tab now shows an indicator when a fresh edition is waiting.

- NEW: The Saved tab has been given an overhaul. The default view is Inbox, but you can also switch between your collections to view the articles and links you’ve saved. You now have one place for all your saved content! - NEW: Collections are now free for everyone. No Headlines Pro subscription is needed to create and organize your reading. If you had disabled collections because you exceeded your limit, they’ve been unlocked. - NEW: Dynamic collection feeds. You can now configure collection feeds to be automatically sourced with sites that match topics you select. Configure this from your collection settings. - NEW: You can now search Writers in your Library, just like you could already do for Sites and Collections. - NEW: On web, there is now a Classic layout setting that gives you a familiar two-pane layout, which should look familiar if you use the iPadOS app, or have used other reader apps. Let me know what you think! - IMPROVED: Collections, sites, and writers have a new, consistent visual style in the library. Looking much snazzier, if I do say so myself. - FIX: Articles in your Saved list and collections now sort by when you saved them — so your most recently saved articles always appear at the top.

NEW: You can now configure sites and topics for a collection’s feed while creating the collection as well as collection settings. Thanks for your feedback on this!

Some behind-the-scenes work and a bug fix. - FIX: Improve error message when the full article content could not be loaded in the reader.

- FIX: The app would crash when viewing an article that contains audio, such as a podcast episode. Thanks for reporting this!

Summer sale! Get a year of Headlines Pro for just $20 all summer long. - NEW: News Flash has a fresh full-screen design with richer imagery, smoother vertical swiping, and clearer progress through each edition. - NEW: More content is now included in your News Flash editions, such as popular articles that are relevant to you. Now it’s even easier to stay on top of what’s going on in your world! - NEW: News Flash now shows all your editions at once, so you can look back on what already arrived and what’s still upcoming in your day. - NEW: You can now change the times you wish to receive News Flash editions. Rather receive the evening edition at 9pm? Easily change this in settings. - NEW: On web, there’s now an add button that’s accessible in the navigation sidebar that allows you to quickly add content to Headlines from anywhere. - IMPROVED: The Discover tab now shows an add button that allows you to quickly add feeds, import feeds, and create collections - FIX: Layout issues have been addressed on iPad. Expect some more improvements to iPadOS support in upcoming releases! - FIX: Lots of improvements to the feed crawler, so you should see more reliability in your feeds (especially Reddit feeds!) - FIX: A ton of small performance and bug fixes to keep things running smooth and stable. NOTE: This will be the last major version of Headlines that supports iOS 18. Ensure your device is up to date to keep using the app!

Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long. - NEW: Detox Mode lets you take a break from selected topics and sources without unfollowing them. Need a break from politics? Set up some rules for content you don’t want to see, then switch it on whenever you want a calmer feed. - NEW: Snooze any article for later. Not ready to read something right now? Snooze it by selecting a date and time, and receive a notification when it’s time to read. - IMPROVED: Search now better understands whether you’re looking for a feed or a topic, making it easier to find what you want. - IMPROVED: Long press an article in a list to quickly access its reader actions without opening it first. - FIX: A ton of small performance and bug fixes to keep things running smooth and stable. NOTE: iOS 18 is no longer supported. Please update to iOS 26 to continue using Headlines.

Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long. - FIX: Fixes an issue where searching for sites from the Discover tab could result in an empty, white screen. Sorry about that!

Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long. - FIX: A few small bug fixes to keep things running smoothly. Thanks for your feedback!

Reminder: Headlines Pro is on summer sale! Get a year of Pro for just $20, all summer long. - FIX: This version should drastically random logout issues. Please continue to give feedback if it continues happening! - FIX: Tapping an article from News Flash would sometimes not open the reader view - FIX: When tapping an article within Dig Deeper, the reader view did automatically not grow to full height Thanks for your feedback!