New Features, October 2026 edition

There were huge changes to Downread's home page and search. But not to be forgotten, October brought some smaller improvements as well.

Player for podcasts

Downread can be used to play podcasts. It's not perfect yet - you can't listen in the background. That may be added at a later time. For now, it's just an embedded player.

Improved sign-up emails

The sign-up emails were, well, not that pretty. They should look much better now.

Redesign of the feed tile

This is a bigger change: the feed tile has been repositioned and can always be brought back with a click on the header. Filters, limits and the new pause have been moved here, out of the toolbar.

Summary View

A fourth viewing mode has also been added: summaries. You don't see the post as a whole, but only the first lines, with an option to expand the post. Images at the top are resized to a thumbnail.

You can also configure the number of lines to show according to your preferences: