We have added support for the new iPhone Duo taking full advantage of the new screen sizes and formats.

Oct 4th- Minor bug fixes. Welcome to Signal Kiosk 2.0 THE DESK — A FRESH TAKE ON YOUR NEWS • Introducing The Desk: A new, story-centered home for your news. Instead of an endless feed of headlines, get an editorial overview with smart catch-up briefs, interactive story timelines, and key connections across topics. • Switch Anytime: Easily switch between The Desk and Classic Signals with a single tap in the toolbar or in Settings. • Multi-Device Sync: Your briefings, signals, and reading progress now stay in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. EASIER SHARING & FEED DISCOVERY • Share From Any App: Tap Share from Safari, Messages, Notes, or your favorite social apps to subscribe instantly. Signal Kiosk now detects web links even when shared inside regular text. • Subscribe to YouTube Channels: Share a YouTube video or channel directly to Signal Kiosk to automatically follow its channel feed in your YouTube folder. • Specialized Sources: Easily subscribe to Google News topics, Google Alerts, GitHub releases, Hacker News, podcasts, and more. A CALMER, MORE COMFORTABLE READER • Reader Appearance: Personalize your reading view with new serif and modern typography options, adjustable font sizes, and custom line spacing. • Cleaner Reading Canvas: Action buttons have moved into the toolbar, leaving your articles distraction-free. • Automatic Image Recovery: Articles without preview images now automatically display crisp lead photos from the original story. SMARTER LISTENING ON THE GO • Natural Voices: Enjoy more natural-sounding narration with improved voice matching and audio pacing. • Voice Previews: Listen to voice samples and choose your favorite reading voice in Settings. • Lock Screen & Now Playing Controls: Play, pause, scrub, and skip chapters from your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, or Control Center. • Persistent Mini-Player: Keep listening as you browse other feeds and folders. WIDGETS, SIRI & SMART SEARCH • Ask Your Feeds: Have a question about what you follow? Ask in the Search tab, directly with Siri, or from Spotlight to get answers drawn straight from your subscriptions. • Home & Lock Screen Widgets: Keep your latest Daily Briefing and top Signals front and center on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. • Control Center Shortcut: Start playing your Daily Briefing with a single tap from Control Center. • Hands-Free with Siri: Ask Siri to “Play my daily briefing” or “Ask Signal Kiosk about my feeds.” SMOOTHER NEW DEVICE SETUP • Live Restore Progress: Setting up a new iPhone, iPad, or Mac? A live progress banner now shows your incoming folders, feeds, and articles as they download so you know exactly when your library is ready.

Welcome to Signal Kiosk 2.0 THE DESK — A FRESH TAKE ON YOUR NEWS • Introducing The Desk: A new, story-centered home for your news. Instead of an endless feed of headlines, get an editorial overview with smart catch-up briefs, interactive story timelines, and key connections across topics. • Switch Anytime: Easily switch between The Desk and Classic Signals with a single tap in the toolbar or in Settings. • Multi-Device Sync: Your briefings, signals, and reading progress now stay in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. EASIER SHARING & FEED DISCOVERY • Share From Any App: Tap Share from Safari, Messages, Notes, or your favorite social apps to subscribe instantly. Signal Kiosk now detects web links even when shared inside regular text. • Subscribe to YouTube Channels: Share a YouTube video or channel directly to Signal Kiosk to automatically follow its channel feed in your YouTube folder. • Specialized Sources: Easily subscribe to Google News topics, Google Alerts, GitHub releases, Hacker News, podcasts, and more. A CALMER, MORE COMFORTABLE READER • Reader Appearance: Personalize your reading view with new serif and modern typography options, adjustable font sizes, and custom line spacing. • Cleaner Reading Canvas: Action buttons have moved into the toolbar, leaving your articles distraction-free. • Automatic Image Recovery: Articles without preview images now automatically display crisp lead photos from the original story. SMARTER LISTENING ON THE GO • Natural Voices: Enjoy more natural-sounding narration with improved voice matching and audio pacing. • Voice Previews: Listen to voice samples and choose your favorite reading voice in Settings. • Lock Screen & Now Playing Controls: Play, pause, scrub, and skip chapters from your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, or Control Center. • Persistent Mini-Player: Keep listening as you browse other feeds and folders. WIDGETS, SIRI & SMART SEARCH • Ask Your Feeds: Have a question about what you follow? Ask in the Search tab, directly with Siri, or from Spotlight to get answers drawn straight from your subscriptions. • Home & Lock Screen Widgets: Keep your latest Daily Briefing and top Signals front and center on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. • Control Center Shortcut: Start playing your Daily Briefing with a single tap from Control Center. • Hands-Free with Siri: Ask Siri to “Play my daily briefing” or “Ask Signal Kiosk about my feeds.” SMOOTHER NEW DEVICE SETUP • Live Restore Progress: Setting up a new iPhone, iPad, or Mac? A live progress banner now shows your incoming folders, feeds, and articles as they download so you know exactly when your library is ready.

Updates and improvements for iOS 27

Fix: updates required for iOS/MacOS 27

Bug fix: Improved LLM handling on Focused Signals to handle scenarios where there is no new articles. Added manual refresh options.

User Requests: Added timeline support and enabled more consistency across the AI Signals Tab. Thanks for the feedback!

Final build for iOS 26: Minor improvements on background sync. Shifting all focus to iOS 27!!

Minor update to better handle CDN cache servers during background syncs to save bandwidth and reduce battery usage.

Bug fix: resolved a race condition in poor network conditions.

We’ve completely rebuilt Signal Kiosk’s background engine to make your reading experience faster, smoother, and lighter on your battery and more reliable.. Re-Engineered Background Sync: Always Fresh, Zero Battery Impact More Accurate Badges: Your Home Screen unread badge now updates in real time while your phone is locked. When you open Signal Kiosk, your articles are already waiting for you, no loading delays or badge jumps. Instant Background Updates: We completely transformed how articles update in the background. Content processes in milliseconds, making refreshes up to 500x faster. Subscribing to YouTube Channels Improvements Paste Any YouTube Link: Adding your favorite creators is now effortless. Simply paste any YouTube link—channel handles (@channel), custom URLs, user pages, or video links—and Signal Kiosk handles the rest. Instant Video Feeds: New video uploads appear seamlessly alongside your news and blog feeds, complete with video previews and one-tap playback. Faster, Smoother & More Reliable Seamless Multi-Device Sync: iCloud sync between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac is faster and more reliable than ever. Overall Speed & Polish: Enjoy faster app launches, smoother scrolling, and enhanced stability across all your feeds.

Rebuild background/CloudKit sync for faster, more reliable feed freshness and accurate unread counts.

Additional speed and quality improvements. Improvements in preparation for iOS 27 and Apple Intelligence (stay tuned richer AI experiences)

Additional Apple Intelligence integrations in preparation for iOS 27.

Bug fix - Refresh on Inbox during sync AI improvements in the Signals and Search tab. Please share your feedback on our support hub.

AI improvements in the Signals and Search tab. Please share your feedback on our support hub.

Focus Channels Curated Workspaces: Create custom channels to group and organize your favorite feeds, helping you separate work, personal interests, and breaking alerts. Story Threads: Automatically group related articles together as they develop, making it easy to catch up on continuous news coverage without feeling overwhelmed by individual items. Smart Signals & Rules Engine Keyword & Source Triggers: Set up automated rules to scan incoming articles. You can flag items, mark them as high-priority, or trigger instant push notifications based on specific topics or authors. Interactive Control Center: Track, manage, and toggle all active search triggers in the updated Signals tab. Media & Rich Images Complete Image Recovery: Resolved CDN and server blocking issues so that media headers now load reliably for major publishers. Smart Image Parsing: The parser now reads embedded article cover images directly, ensuring your feeds display clean thumbnails instead of dark placeholders. Snappy Performance Zero-Lag Navigation: Offloaded heavy calculations (such as feed and folder unread counts) to the background, keeping the user interface fast and fluid. Optimized Image Loading: Enhanced caching mechanisms prevent stuttering and frame drops when scrolling through media-rich lists. Refined iCloud & Onboarding iCloud Setup Shield: A clean, single-tap onboarding step lets you decide between local storage and seamless iCloud sync right away. Instant Background Recovery: Re-installing the app or adding a new device now restores folders, feeds, and channels silently in the background without locking your screen.

Improvements to iCloud syncing with multiple devices. Misc performance improvements.

Bug fixes and adjustments for iOS 26.5 release.

Bug fixes: Cleanup / sync timing issue showing previously downloaded articles. Improved AI functions on Signals tab, Generation function.

Better AI Content Handling The on-device AI is now more resilient in iOS 26.4 when analyzing news articles on sensitive topics like politics or global conflicts. Articles that previously might have been skipped are now processed successfully, giving you more complete briefings and signal coverage. Smarter Background Syncing Signal Kiosk now refreshes your feeds more reliably in the background. You'll see updated article counts and new content waiting for you when you open the app, even after extended periods away. Following Tab Improved The Following section in Signals was often showing empty results after iOS 26.4. We've fixed this, your favorite feeds now properly generate signals, connections, and briefings. The system looks back further in time and needs fewer articles to surface insights, so even if you only follow a handful of feeds, you'll see meaningful intelligence.

Faster Background Updates The app now reliably checks for new articles in the background throughout the day, not just overnight. You'll see fresh articles and updated badge counts when you return to the app. Improved Multi-Device Sync Cross-device sync via iCloud is faster and more efficient, with reduced data transfer when backgrounding the app. The Mac version no longer experiences slow sync times on launch. Smoother Mark All Read Tapping "Mark All as Read" is now instant — no more momentary lag when marking large numbers of articles. Streamlined Toolbar The "Mark All as Read" action is now a single tap directly from the toolbar instead of requiring a menu. Bug Fixes - Corrected issue where local cache may sync to iCloud when it should remain local.

Faster Background Updates The app now reliably checks for new articles in the background throughout the day, not just overnight. You'll see fresh articles and updated badge counts when you return to the app. Improved Multi-Device Sync Cross-device sync via iCloud is faster and more efficient, with reduced data transfer when backgrounding the app. The Mac version no longer experiences slow sync times on launch. Smoother Mark All Read Tapping "Mark All as Read" is now instant — no more momentary lag when marking large numbers of articles. Streamlined Toolbar The "Mark All as Read" action is now a single tap directly from the toolbar instead of requiring a menu.