We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update adds modest improvements to the in-app webpage text generator.

We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update adds improvements to the display of feed text for Metafilter articles. Unread also now treats most Metafilter articles as link articles. This lets you show Feed & Webpage Text to see both the Metafilter article and the article to which it links. These improvements apply to new Metafilter articles downloaded after installing this update.

We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update adds improvements to the on-device webpage text generator.

We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update addresses a bug that prevented YouTube videos from loading under some circumstances.

We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update adds forward-looking compatibility improvements.

We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update adds improvements to the in-app webpage text generator.

We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update adds improvements to the in-app webpage text generator.

We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update incorporates these improvements: • This update adds improvements to the in-app webpage text generator. • This update fixes a bug that would prevent articles from being deleted after unsubscribing from the associated feed under some circumstances. • This update fixes a bug that would cause confusing text in the alert offering to change the display mode for feeds after adding a website account. • This update fixes a bug around connecting a Feedly account to Reddit.

We recently added: • Syncing with Gobbler • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images This update fixes a bug that caused formatting issues in code snippets in some articles. This fix will apply to new articles downloaded after installing this update.

Unread 4.9 adds these improvements: • Syncing with Gobbler, a new RSS syncing service • Improvements to the Matter article action • Improved display of Reddit posts • More fine-grained control over caching Syncing With Gobbler: Gobbler is a new web-based RSS reader and syncing service. This update adds the ability to sync with Gobbler. Add a Gobbler account to Unread just like you would any other feed service account. Particularly nice attributes of Gobbler and Unread’s integration include: • Gobbler can receive email newsletters. These newsletters are available in Unread. • The Gobbler API reports which feeds it is unable to access. Unread makes the list of feed errors available for Gobbler accounts, just as it does for Unread Cloud and Local accounts. • The Subscribe in Unread share sheet extension supports Gobbler accounts. Matter Article Action: Matter recently released the Matter API. With this update, the Matter article action can use the Matter API. Using the Matter API avoids the need to briefly bring Shortcuts to the foreground when invoked. Matter makes the Matter API available to Matter Pro subscribers. For the benefit of customers who do not subscribe to Matter Pro, Unread’s Matter article action can also operate as it did before: by invoking a shortcut that works with the Matter app. If you subscribe to Matter Pro and use the Matter article action, you can configure the Matter article action to use the Matter API as follows: 1. Open Unread’s Settings screen. 2. Tap Article Actions under the Premium Options section. 3. Tap the Matter row. Or if keyboard shortcuts are shown on that screen, tap the Status row below the Matter header. 4. Choose Use Matter API from the resulting menu. 5. You will be prompted to enter an API token. You can generate an API token from the Matter settings webpage. Reddit Posts: This update improves the layout of Reddit posts that contain images. Under some circumstances Unread will display images in Reddit posts that previous versions of Unread could not display. Reddit posts that are links to articles are now treated as link articles in Unread. You can determine whether Unread views an article as a link article based on whether it has another website domain at the bottom of its entry in the article list. As with link articles from other feeds, you can show the article to which a Reddit article links by setting the display mode to Feed & Webpage Text. The linked article will appear underneath the article from the feed to which you are subscribed. You can do this by opening the article, swiping the screen to the left, choosing Display from the resulting menu, and then choosing Feed & Webpage Text from the resulting submenu. At the prompt, choose All Link Articles from that feed to apply that change to all link articles from that subreddit. For all new subscriptions to subreddit feeds, Feed & Webpage Text will be the default display mode for link articles. This update does not change your existing feed subscription settings. The improvements around Reddit posts will apply to new articles downloaded after installing this update. Caching: For Unread Premium subscribers, the webpage text caching setting can now be set to one of the following: • Never • Wi-Fi or better • Cellular or better • Even in low data mode The image caching setting can be set to one of the following: • Never • Wi-Fi or better • Cellular or better Unread never caches images when in low data mode. The caching setting value for webpage text must be at least as broad as that for images, because Unread needs webpage text for an article in order to determine the set of images to cache for that article. A separate setting allows you to determine whether caching should happen when the device is in low power mode. The Caching settings screen now displays the current network connection type and whether low power mode is enabled. If you enjoy using Unread, please consider subscribing to Unread Premium.

Unread recently added: • The ability to sync with an Inkwell account • Significant webpage text reliability improvements • Faster loading of link articles This update adds these improvements: • Documentation around shortcuts has been updated to reflect changes in the operating systems. • This update adds bug fixes to the Save to Matter shortcut that the Matter article action uses. To get these fixes, remove and reinstall that shortcut. • When invoking a shortcut on an article, Unread now includes a “tags” element in the dictionary. This is an array with the names of all tags, folders, categories, or groups associated with the relevant feed subscription. If there is no relevant feed subscription or if you are no longer subscribed, this will be an empty array. • This update adds improvements to the on-device webpage text generator.

Unread recently added: • The ability to sync with an Inkwell account • Significant webpage text reliability improvements • Faster loading of link articles This update adds improvements to the on-device webpage text generator.

Unread recently added: • The ability to sync with an Inkwell account • Significant webpage text reliability improvements • Faster loading of link articles This update adds improvements to the on-device webpage text generator.

Recent updates to Unread added: • Syncing with Inkwell • Reliability improvements around webpage text • Faster opening of link articles This update incorporates these improvements: • This update adds improvements to the on-device webpage text generator. • This update fixes a bug that prevented article list thumbnails from appearing for YouTube videos under some circumstances.

Unread recently added: • Syncing with Inkwell • Reliability improvements around webpage text • Faster opening of link articles This update incorporates these improvements: • This update fixes a bug that prevented Mark Below Read from working under some circumstances. • This update adds improvements to the on-device webpage text generator.

Unread 4.8 adds these improvements and more: • Syncing with Inkwell, a new feed service • Reliability improvements around webpage text • Faster opening of link articles Syncing With Inkwell: Inkwell is a new web-based RSS reader and syncing service. This update adds the ability to sync with Inkwell. Add an Inkwell account just like you would any other feed service account. I updated the privacy policy, adding a link to the Inkwell privacy policy. Reliability Improvements Around Webpage Text: Webpage text for an article can either be generated via Unread’s webpage text cloud service or on device. The webpage text cloud service is faster, requires less battery power, and uses less data. The cloud service also makes it possible for me to deploy an update to the webpage parsing logic without releasing an update to the app through the App Store. I added an on-device webpage text generator to Unread when I added the website accounts feature for paywalled articles. When retrieving webpage text via a website account, Unread does not use the cloud service. This ensures that Unread’s servers never see credentials or authorization tokens pertaining to a website account. When the webpage text cloud service is unable to generate webpage text for an article, Unread now falls back to using its on-device webpage text generator. One trend I have seen is an increasing number of websites refusing requests from clients in data centers and cloud platforms. I believe the rise of artificial intelligence has motivated websites to block anything that looks like an automated agent from retrieving webpages. A request coming from a data center or from a cloud platform looks like such a request, but a request coming from your device does not. This change makes webpage text much more reliable. The webpage text cloud service keeps track of websites for which it is unable to generate webpage text. Unread keeps a synced copy of that list of websites. When Unread needs webpage text for an article from such a website, it does not ask the webpage text cloud service. Instead it goes straight to the on-device webpage text generator. This ensures that loading webpage text is not slowed down by a request to the webpage text cloud service when that will likely fail. Faster Opening of Link Articles: When showing both feed and webpage text for an article and that article’s webpage text has not yet been retrieved, Unread now shows the feed text immediately when it is opened. It then retrieves the webpage text and appends it to the article. This makes it possible to start reading the feed text immediately. It makes the app feel much faster. Additional Improvements: • Menu items for renaming folders and tags are now consistently called “Rename Folder” and “Rename Tag” respectively, except when working in a NewsBlur account. In a NewsBlur account, the menu item is still called “Edit Folder” because the resulting screen also allows you to set the parent folder of the NewsBlur folder. • Unread now treats most kottke.org articles as link articles. If you set the link article display mode to Feed & Webpage Text for the kottke.org feed, you will see both the kottke.org article and the article to which it links. This change will apply to new articles downloaded after installing this update. • This update adds minor improvements around sharing articles to other apps via the share sheet. • This update adds a variety of improvements to the in-app webpage text generator.

This update adds webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update incorporates these improvements: • This update adds webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts. • This update addresses a bug that could cause the app to crash.

This modest update adds liquid glass support on iPhone and iPad when running iOS 26 or iPadOS 26. Alerts, software keyboards, and context menus for selected text in articles now look more modern. There is still very little liquid glass in the core user interface. This update also incorporates these improvements: • Unread’s premium feature offering is now called Unread Premium. • This update adds minor improvements around sharing articles to other apps via the share sheet. • This update fixes a bug that prevented a progress spinner from disappearing after reloading webpage text failed. • This update fixes a rare crash.

This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update incorporates these improvements: • This update fixes a bug around handling HTTP/HTTPS 303 responses when searching for a feed at a specific URL. • This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.

This update incorporates a bug fix that makes YouTube videos work more reliably.

This update adds some webpage text improvements for some websites when using website accounts.