• Fixed parsing Bluesky feeds containing posts with the recently introduced image carousel feature.

• Removed double tap support in the feeds list to restore the original responsiveness when opening feeds. The Feed settings dialog can be accessed via the left-to-right swipe gesture or long-press context menu on a selected feed in the feeds list. • Fine-tuned the split viewer implementation when using the app on iPad. Experiment with Viewing settings “Allow panels to be side by side” and “Hide feeds list after selecting article” to find the best reading experience on your iPad that matches your personal preferences. • Improved handling of Reddit feeds when using the Search New Feeds dialog. • Implemented code to prevent “_thereIsNoSadnessLikeTheDeathOfOptimism” crashes when downloading badly encoded WordPress feeds. • Feed-level setting “Auto correct invalid feed data” now also work with Atom feeds.

• Improved Reddit feeds support. • New setting to always download Reddit feeds as RSS. • Fixed a bug in the feeds list when using a trackpad with default settings. • Fixed a bug that prevented updating a Mastodon account ID in feed settings.

• Restored sharing to Raindrop. • Notifications are now grouped by feed folder. • Improved implementation of “Auto correct invalid feed data” option. • Fixed display of articles without a title and summary in article list.

• Fixes a crash with option "Open feeds list" for behavior "After marking all as read".

• Improved article poster image extraction. • Improved comments extraction. • Improved state restoration on startup. • Restored iCloud cleaning. • Fixed article list header display on iPadOS 26.

• Fixed a bug with ‘Open Feed’ and ‘Select Feed in Sidebar’ context menu items when the related folder is collapsed. • Fixed importing OPML files when other apps are installed with OPML file capabilities.

• Fixed a crash when rotating the article list on an iPhone running iOS 26.2. • Fixed a crash when cleaning iCloud with a very large data set. • Added a context menu item to open the feed of an article within a Folder or Filter.

• Fixed a group headers issue in the Inspector panel with iOS / iPadOS 26. • Fixed a thumbnail extraction issue, sometimes resulting in a crash. • Added support for quote posts in Mastodon feeds. • Updated app icon with support for icon styles in iOS / iPadOS 26.

• YouTube playback fixes (hopefully YouTube stops changing their iframe handling every 2 weeks). • Podcast detection improvements. • Column layout persistence improvements on iPad. • Fixed a small ‘Do nothing’ behavior implementation detail on iPad.

• Improved iCloud synchronization of very large articles. • Improved handling of adding Google News feeds. • Fixed a playback problem that occurred with some YouTube feeds. • New setting to flip bottom action buttons.

• Improved support for Google News feeds. • Share articles to Raindrop. • Create hashtag timeline feeds for Bluesky and Mastodon. • Fixed YouTube video rendering.

• Follow Bluesky accounts directly in the app with automatic download of replies and other context posts. • Shortcuts support, create powerful custom automations with News Explorer actions in the Shortcuts app. • Press and hold the Mark All as Read button to mark articles older than a selectable period as read. • Built-in support to share articles with highlights to Readwise. • Feed level poster setting. • Mobile toolbar layout option for Article viewer.

• Support for YouTube channel icons and Reddit subreddit icons. • Prefilters can be copied and pasted via the feeds list context menu. • Pasting prefilters is supported on feed and folder level. • Hash based feed change detection. • Improved OPML import. • Improved implementation of shortcut N (Next feed or folder). • Bug fixes and subtle tweaks.

• Fixed implementation of behavior “Show feeds list” after “Mark All as Read” on iPhone Plus and Max models. • Idem dito, for iPad when settings “Hide feeds list after selecting article” and “Allow panels to be side by side” are both activated. • Fixed a crash caused by using “Mark Above as Read” after long pressing an article in the article list, while another article is selected. • Fixed updating the app icon unread badge when using “Mark All as Read” with the All Articles filter.

• Bug fixes and some performance improvements. • Articles in Timeline view can now be opened by tapping on the spacebar. • Improved implementation of Behavior settings.

• Bug fixes • Improved accessibility support

Version 2.0.1 fixes an issue for some users with the Quick Setup dialog, which appears after running version 2.0 for the first time. This fix contains all new features from version 2.0: Sidebar • Smart filters are now fully customizable and extendable. • The sidebar is now used for both the List and Timeline view. • Use the filter field at the bottom of the sidebar to easily find a feed if you have a lot of them. • Feed problems are displayed in the sidebar with warning badges. • Last sync date is now optionally always visible at the bottom of the feeds list. Article viewer • Read comments of other readers on articles directly in the app. • Add notes to articles, which are synced via iCloud. • Toolbar of the article viewer on the iPad can be extended with quick access buttons • Articles can be opened in separate windows on the iPad. Feed settings • The new Feed settings dialog let you adjust every aspect of a feed. • Use Feed prefilters to prevent downloading uninteresting news. • Inactive feeds can now be deactivated, to speed up syncing time. Inspector panel • The new Inspector panel let you inspect article metadata, tags, media, notes and comments. • Article categories are displayed in the inspector as tags and can be extended by your own custom tags. And more • Syncing with iCloud has now a Modus setting which can be set to Standard or Client. • Instead or in addition to iCloud syncing, you can now also use a local storage account. • Themes are completely rewritten and include now a new Sepia theme. • The tint color used by each theme can be overruled in the app settings. • Mark as read while scrolling is now also available as option for the Timeline view. • Updated split view implementation with 3 panel support on the iPad plus inspector panel. • Last but not least, a new app icon!

News Explorer 2.0 is a long-awaited but spectacular update! Sidebar • Smart filters are now fully customizable and extendable. • The sidebar is now used for both the List and Timeline view. • Use the filter field at the bottom of the sidebar to easily find a feed if you have a lot of them. • Feed problems are displayed in the sidebar with warning badges. • Last sync date is now optionally always visible at the bottom of the feeds list. Article viewer • Read comments of other readers on articles directly in the app. • Add notes to articles, which are synced via iCloud. • Toolbar of the article viewer on the iPad can be extended with quick access buttons • Articles can be opened in separate windows on the iPad. Feed settings • The new Feed settings dialog let you adjust every aspect of a feed. • Use Feed prefilters to prevent downloading uninteresting news. • Inactive feeds can now be deactivated, to speed up syncing time. Inspector panel • The new Inspector panel let you inspect article metadata, tags, media, notes and comments. • Article categories are displayed in the inspector as tags and can be extended by your own custom tags. And more • Syncing with iCloud has now a Modus setting which can be set to Standard or Client. • Instead or in addition to iCloud syncing, you can now also use a local storage account. • Themes are completely rewritten and include now a new Sepia theme. • The tint color used by each theme can be overruled in the app settings. • Mark as read while scrolling is now also available as option for the Timeline view. • Updated split view implementation with 3 panel support on the iPad plus inspector panel. • Last but not least, a new app icon!

• Replaced OneSignal with a self-hosted solution. • Fixed a serious issue when running the app in ‘Designed for iPad’ modus on visionOS.

• Fixed a compatibility issue with iOS 17, when using the ‘Add to News Explorer’ share extension in Safari. • Fixed another compatibility issue with iOS 17, when sharing to Pocket or Instapaper via the Share Sheet. • Fixed a parsing issue with feeds without ‘lastPubDate’ and with articles dated in the future. • Fixed an issue with feed articles containing HTML without any closing tags with forward slashes. • Fixed an issue with HTML images with referrer policy sub tags.

• Fixed an issue where article summaries were downloaded as main content. • Fixed a feed parser issue with self closing HTML tags.

• Fixed a crash caused by malformed ATOM feeds. • Fixed a crash when parsing articles ending with truncated HTML elements
. • Improved support for feeds with non standard date formats. • Restored parsing card data of Tweets. • Fixed a bug related to auto contrast.

• Fixed alignment of RTL text in the article list. • Improved detection of deleted app data in CloudKit storage settings.

• Added native support for Mastodon feeds, including beautifully rendered ‘Toots’. • Replies, parent posts and cards of Mastodon posts are automatically downloaded. • Mastodon feeds can be added via the Search New Feeds or Add New Feed dialogs. • Unfortunately, Twitter integration has been removed due to recent Twitter API limitations. • Already downloaded Tweets remain available in the app and iCloud. • Improved reliability of initial sync with iCloud.