New • The Bloccs widget can show articles from a single folder. Pick the folder in the widget's settings. • Designed for iPhone Duo. Folded or unfolded, your feeds and articles fit the screen. • Full Screen. Hide the sidebar and the article list so an article fills the width, and tap again to bring them back. Each window keeps its own setting. Improvements • On iPhone Duo, the toolbar beside an article keeps Full Screen, Search, and the previous and next arrows to hand. The rest are in the "…" menu. Fixes • Fixed widgets that stayed blank. • Fixed an article jumping back to the top when you fold or unfold iPhone Duo.

New • Designed for iPhone Duo. Folded or unfolded, your feeds and articles fit the screen. • Full Screen. Hide the sidebar and the article list so an article fills the width, and tap again to bring them back. Each window keeps its own setting. Improvements • On iPhone Duo, the toolbar beside an article keeps Full Screen, Search, and the previous and next arrows to hand. The rest are in the "…" menu. Fixes • Fixed an article jumping back to the top when you fold or unfold iPhone Duo.

New • Designed for iPhone Duo. Improvements • Find now matches text in any case — a search for "apple" finds "Apple". • Toolbar buttons that show only a symbol now have names for VoiceOver. Fixes • Fixed a crash when searching inside an article with Find. • Fixed Find putting its highlight in the wrong place in a paragraph. • Fixed the columns showing the wrong screens after a window changes size, such as in Split View or when you rotate. • Fixed article list rows being too tall after the list became wider.

New • The Folders and Bloccs widgets come in a new tall, extra large size. Requires iOS 27. Improvements • YouTube videos now play at the size of the window they are in, up to 1080p, and adjust quality as your connection changes. • A YouTube video that will not play now falls back to YouTube's own player instead of a black box. • The Bloccs widget grid now fits every size. Fixes • Fixed playback for some YouTube videos. • Fixed refresh doing nothing after the first sync, until you restarted the app. • Fixed Re-Sync leaving the app empty. • Fixed Reset leaving the app empty. • Fixed Refresh All removing your articles after it had already failed. • Fixed articles being blank after you add a new feed. • Fixed an article keeping its old text after it was downloaded again. • Fixed audio and video players stacking up on an article after each refresh. • Fixed two folders with the same name replacing each other. • Fixed a smart folder that fails to save discarding your other unsaved changes. • Fixed renaming a folder that Elytra could not find.

• A refreshed app icon, with a richer background gradient and a cleaner look in Dark Mode.

New • The Unread Articles widget has a new extra large size. It is tall and narrow, and it shows about ten articles instead of six. Requires iOS 27. Improvements • The Move menu in the sidebar now shows the folder that holds each feed. • Bulk actions in the article list now tell you how many articles they affect. • Swipe an article to the left for Bookmark and Share. Open in Browser is now in the long press menu. • Settings closes with a clear X button. The Re-Sync row looks like a button and shows a spinner while it works. • The Appearance screen has section headers for Accent Color and Article Font. Each font shows a preview in its own typeface. • The Filters screen explains what filters do, and the New row is easier to find. • Toolbar buttons in the reader adapt when space is tight. The app hides the least important buttons first. Requires iOS 27. • Articles scroll more smoothly when you mirror them to an external display. Requires iOS 27. • Unread, Today, Bookmarks, and folders all open with the same large title. Fixes • Widgets showed articles that you already read, and they missed new ones, until the system refreshed them in the background. • The subscription alert no longer blocks the app at launch. A small notice appears in the Feeds sidebar only when your subscription needs attention. Tap it to open your subscription settings. • The Feeds sidebar sometimes went blank after a sync, with the + button out of place. • The refresh spinner stayed on screen for the full length of a launch or background sync. It now appears only when you pull to refresh. • Feeds without a favicon showed a faint letter that was hard to read. • Notifications for new articles sometimes had no cover image. • Some feeds showed the author name two times, such as "Marco.org — Marco.org". • The toolbar buttons moved around as you paged between articles. • The floating buttons in lists and articles now have a soft glass background, so text no longer bleeds through. Lists and articles no longer hide their last row behind these buttons. • Articles with missing data showed a blank title or a time such as "2,025 years ago". They now show "Untitled", and no time at all when the date is absent. • The cover image sometimes appeared a second time as the first image in the article. • The Unread, Today, and folder subtitles read "N unreads". They now read "N Unread". • Feed initials showed a dash or a symbol instead of two letters. • Some articles used a small feed logo as a large, pixelated cover image.

New - Text in article paragraphs can now be selected across multiple paragraphs. - Code blocks now display in a dedicated horizontally-scrollable cell with syntax highlighting, a monospace font, and a rounded background, matching the experience on macOS. - Code block text is now selectable. - Tapping the cover image now opens it in Quick Look. - Tapping an image in a gallery now opens it in Quick Look. Improvements - The article reader now uses TextKit 2 throughout on both iOS and macOS, improving text layout correctness and performance for complex scripts. - Code blocks in the article reader now use the same modern text engine as body paragraphs on iOS. - The macOS article reader no longer manually manages the text layout stack; paragraph sizing is now driven by live layout geometry instead of a string-measurement approximation. - Cover images now appear behind the navigation bar on iOS 26, matching the transparent glass look. Scrolling up to the cover works as expected with no anchoring or jumping. - Code blocks in articles can now scroll horizontally as expected. - Article list cells are now properly reused as you scroll, reducing memory use in long articles. - Cover images in articles now share the image cell pool with inline images, reducing memory use when browsing long articles. - Code blocks in articles now appear fully highlighted immediately when scrolled into view, with no rendering delay. - Improved app launch speed by fixing CoreData model validation issues that were slowing startup. - Improved reliability of deep link and URL scheme handling, including links opened from notifications, Spotlight search results, and third-party apps. - Article images now span edge-to-edge on iPhone, while text content stays within comfortable reading margins (respecting the readable content guide on iPad). - Cover images for articles load at the top of the article view, above the title and author, and the view automatically scrolls to position the cover just below the navigation bar. Fixes - Fixed code blocks in articles blocking vertical scrolling when a touch started on them. - Fixed GIF images not loading or displaying in the article reader on iOS. - Fixed image cells retaining the previous image's height when scrolled and reused. - Fixed scrolling to headings and footnotes targeting the wrong row when an article has a cover image. - Moving a feed to a different folder now rolls back correctly if the network request fails. - Fixed a bug where footnote and link highlight positioning in the article reader could silently revert to the legacy text engine, causing mis-positioned popovers on iOS. - Tapping the status bar to scroll to the top of an article now works correctly on all article layouts. - Fixed a potential crash when tapping on images in articles where the image URL needed to be resolved against the article's base URL. - Fixed a potential crash in the article header when the selected font preference was not recognised. - GIF images now load correctly when the cell is scrolled off-screen and back during the download. - YouTube and video cells no longer accumulate hidden thumbnail images across reuses, preventing a gradual increase in memory use. - Fixed a potential crash when quickly switching between articles while a full-text fetch was still in progress. - Fixed blockquote text rendering at the correct reduced opacity. - Fixed rare crash when image dimensions were not yet available during initial layout. - Fixed an issue where tapping a YouTube video link with extra URL parameters (timestamps, share tracking) could fail to play the video. - Tapping an image in the article reader now opens it correctly in Quick Look, instead of showing a blank preview with an unrecognised file type. - Images that are not currently visible on screen now load correctly when browsing through them in Quick Look.

- Fixed a crash that could occur on first launch after installing the app - Improved stability when adding, moving, or removing feeds and folders - Fixed a crash that could occur when removing a feed from a folder - Fixed a crash that could occur when unread counts were being updated

- Fixed sidebar unread counters not updating after recent migration - Fixed memory leaks pertaining to the sidebar cells - Fixed streaming for certain media services - Fixed Unread Articles widget displaying articles in wrong order instead of newest first - Fixed widgets not updating when articles are marked read or unread due to a race between saving CoreData and reloading widget timelines - Fixed widgets showing stale articles after a sync by ensuring all data is written to disk before WidgetKit reloads timelines - Fixed widgets not refreshing after background syncs - Fixed Spotlight search results not reflecting feed metadata changes (custom titles, etc.) when no new articles were synced - Fixed a potential race condition in the sync task that could have allowed two concurrent syncs to start

- Fixed a rare crash that sometimes occurred when syncing new feeds - Fixed a crash in the Sidebar when feed or folder lookups failed by adding a database fallback and removing unsafe initializations - Fixed an issue where marking articles as unread would incorrectly decrease unread counts instead of increasing them - Updated data models to use Swift 6 Observation for efficient state updates

Fixed a rare crash that sometimes occurred when syncing new feeds

### Improved - OPML import is now faster and more reliable. Feeds appear in the list immediately and update in real-time as they are imported, with no waiting between each feed. (H/T Krishna P) - Improved re-sync experience after OPML import completes, no more jitters. - Improved articles list rendering performance - HTML tags removed from summary tags (H/T Krishna P) ### Fixes - Fixes a Core Data crash when merging background context updates on the main thread due to relationship set corruption. - Stop Spotlight indexing when resetting account

The 2026.2.0 release brings Liquid Glass design, underlying improvements, and more… ### New  - Footnotes now can be displayed inline. New preference has been added under the Misc. settings to enable this behaviour. Disabled by default. - Uses the common rendering framework, which is now mostly shared by the iOS & Mac app. ### Improved - Massively improved performance for loading images in articles - Improved support for videos    - especially those which list multiple sources and formats   - and videos which use unsupported attributes like `data-src` and `data-poster` - Improved handling of overlapping text style ranges for CJK scripts ### Fixes - Fixed opening URLs in the app - Fixed a bug where clearing a notification from the Notification Center would bring the app to the foreground - Fixed a bug extracting image URLs from srcSets leading to forming an incorrect URL

### Fixes - Fixed a bug when the app would run cleanup in the background and would leave around stale data - Fixed a bug where sync in the background would sometimes not update the UI correctly - Fixed a bug where sync data would sometimes gets lost after a successful sync.

The 2026.1.0 release brings Liquid Glass design, underlying improvements, and more… ### Fixes - Fixed a bug where an expired subscription would not be displayed leaving the app in an uncertain state during syncing. - Fixed a bug where downloading full-text for an article would complete successfully but cause a memory leak.

The 2025.10.1 release brings Liquid Glass design, underlying improvements, and more… ### Improved - Massively improved code rendering and supported list of languages for code rendering - Improved detection of code languages when mentioned in the header ### Fixes - Fixed a bug causing bookmarked articles to never appear in the bookmarks list. - Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when tasks were running in the background. From the v2025.10.0 release: ### New - The "Previous Article" and "Next Article" implementations were missing in the "Go" app menu. These are now available once again, with the keyboard shortcuts `J` and `K` respectively. - The app uses new APIs for importing and exporting OPML files. These are faster, and include better compatibility for handling invalid or malformed outline markups. - Improved parsing of feed icons from feed metadata ### Technical - The app now uses a newer DNS system to connect to the API. In most cases, this should be completely transparent to you. However, if you're having trouble using the app after updating, I'd recommend you switch to an older version of the app, and immediately notify me at support@elytra.app

The 2025.10.0 release brings Liquid Glass design, underlying improvements, and more… ### New - The "Previous Article" and "Next Article" implementations were missing in the "Go" app menu. These are now available once again, with the keyboard shortcuts `J` and `K` respectively. - The app uses new APIs for importing and exporting OPML files. These are faster, and include better compatibility for handling invalid or malformed outline markups. - Improved parsing of feed icons from feed metadata ### Technical - The app now uses a newer DNS system to connect to the API. In most cases, this should be completely transparent to you. However, if you're having trouble using the app after updating, I'd recommend you switch to an older version of the app, and immediately notify me at support@elytra.app

Elytra 2025.9.0 delivers a fresh Liquid Glass look, performance improvements, and deeper customization for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. ### New - All-new app icon featuring the Liquid Glass design aesthetic for a modern, vibrant look. - Enhanced menu integration on iPadOS for smoother usage with external keyboards and input devices. - Revamped onboarding experience for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 newcomers. ### Improvements - Major engine overhaul with new APIs—enjoy faster responses, smoother caching, and greater stability. - Cover images now smartly display only if defined by articles, matching iOS 26’s cover art style. - Cover images are now showcased above article titles by default on iOS 26, with flexible preferences in Settings. - Find interaction and image loading are more responsive and efficient. - Smoother switching between full-text and original source views for articles. - Custom feed accent colours and improved appearance customisation, including glass effect on iOS 26. - Liquid Glass toolbars now animate and respond with greater accuracy. ### Fixes - Numerous crash fixes and stability updates, especially for expanding windows on iPadOS. - Sidebar and navigation bar layout tweaks for better alignment and visual consistency. - Bookmarks, feeds, and folder management are more reliable, with enhanced syncing and assignment. - Resolved issues with notifications, search crashes, text decoding, dark mode, feed indentations, favicon display, localisation, article rendering, and more - ensuring the smoothest Elytra experience yet.

v2025.5.0 is a LTM (Long Term Maintenance) release which fixes bugs and crashes. This is the precursor the the new release pipeline which will be initiate after WWDC25. This release contains the following fixes: - Fixes a rare crash where custom tints would sometimes crash the app on launch. - Fixes a bug where the app would incorrectly check folder - feed mappings on launch or after OPML import. - Fixes a bug where the app would hang/crash when changing folders for a feed from the feed inspector UI. - Fixed a sync UI bug where it would sometimes displays completed (100%) and then start from the beginning as expected. - Fixed a bug when deleting a feed inside a folder would not correctly update it on other devices leaving Elytra on the other device in an inconsistent state.

The 2025.1.1 release fixes some bugs: - Fixed a bug where expanding a folder would do an incorrect lookup and crash the app. - Fixed a bug where saving changes to a feed would sometimes crash the app. ------ The 2025.1.0 release contains on-going bug fixes and stability improvements. - Massively improved speed, stability, and error reporting in the app. - Fixed a bug where feeds inside folders would sometimes not appear. - Massively reduced memory usage.

The 2025.1.0 release contains on-going bug fixes and stability improvements. - Massively improved speed, stability, and error reporting in the app. - Fixed a bug where feeds inside folders would sometimes not appear. - Massively reduced memory usage.

The 2024.10.2 release contains on-going bug fixes and stability improvements. - Fixed a crash when generating feed icons for single letter feed names. - Fixed an app hang when exporting feed settings for archiving.

The 2024.10.1 release contains on-going bug fixes and stability improvements. - Fixed a crash when generating feed icons for single letter feed names. - Fixed an app hang when exporting feed settings for archiving.

The 2024.10.0 release contains on-going bug fixes and stability improvements. - New UI for the bottom floating bar with buttons. The buttons are now larger, animate nicer, and take up less space, obscuring less of the UI when reading articles. - The Settings UI has been redone using a common framework for all my apps. This should be more reliable, and faster. - Added missing localisation strings for all supported languages. - Feeds with no icons now show a generated icon using letters from the feed name. - Fixed an issue in iOS 18 where Airplay mirroring would not reliably work for viewing articles. - Fixed a bug where the app would sometimes hang loading a remote video (only when streaming over HLS). - Fixed a bug where the app would sometimes hang loading a remote video subtitles track (only supported over HLS).

The 2024.9.4 release contains some critical on-going fixes and stability improvements. - Fixed logging in using the Auth URI scheme from support - Fixed a bug where the app would crash in the background when syncing and indexing with Spotlight. - Fixed a bug where background notification for new articles would sometimes crash the app after it finished syncing. - Fixed a bug where the app would not sync in the background in response to new articles becoming available.