New Website, Instapaper 10 for iOS, and AI Voices for Android
Today we’re launching a huge set of improvements across Instapaper: a completely rebuilt website, Instapaper 10 for iOS with Liquid Glass and many new features, and AI Voices for Android.
New Website
Since 2008, this is only our second full rewrite of the Instapaper website. Each rewrite is a big leap forward in functionality, user experience, and performance; this is our best yet. We’re excited to launch it for everyone today. Here are some of the highlights:
- 3-Column Reader: On larger screens, there’s a 3-column reading experience that makes it easy to manage your articles and read side-by-side. You can easily jump to fullscreen reader mode by tapping the expand button, or by double-clicking an article in the list.
- You can turn off the 3-Column Reader by tapping the “…” icon next to your profile in the bottom left and toggling Reader off.
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Multiselect Improvements: We made significant improvements to multiselect, including Shift+Click to select a range of articles and an improved Select All that lets you apply any action to your entire article list.
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Over the past few years we’ve received many requests for keyboard shortcuts, and we rebuilt the website with them in mind. You can navigate your list with arrow keys, select multiple articles with Shift+Arrow, and perform every article action, including move, tag, archive, and delete. Here’s a full list of keyboard shortcuts:
| Global | |
|---|---|
| Add link | ⌘K |
| Search | / |
| Show keyboard shortcuts | ? |
| Article List | |
|---|---|
| Previous article | ↑ |
| Next article | ↓ |
| Open article | Enter |
| Select all articles | ⌘A |
| Extend selection up | Shift ↑ |
| Extend selection down | Shift ↓ |
| Reader | |
|---|---|
| Archive | a |
| Toggle like | l |
| Move to folder | m |
| Tags | t |
| Edit article | e |
| Delete | d |
| Copy link | ⌘C |
| Exit reader view | Esc |
- Performance: Website pages now load over 60% faster. Combined with usability improvements like keyboard shortcuts, the new website is a major step up from the previous version.
As some parts of the new website may not work exactly like the old one, we’re going to continue to maintain the previous website at old.instapaper.com through at least the end of 2026.
Instapaper 10 for iOS
Instapaper 10 is our biggest update to the iOS app in over a decade. It’s a large redesign that adopts Liquid Glass, along with a number of new features and performance improvements.
- Section Counts: All sections now display a count of the articles or notes they contain. If section counts feel more anxiety-inducing than helpful, you can turn them off in Settings > Behavior > Section Counts.
- Section Sorting: To sort your Folders or Tags, tap the “…” menu next to the section header and choose your preferred sort option.
- Article List Appearance: We introduced Condensed View, new typography and styles, and an easy way to adjust the article list’s appearance. From an article list, tap “…”, then tap “Appearance” to adjust styles, fonts, and image thumbnails.
- New Reading Fonts: We’re introducing four new reading fonts in this release, two serifs and two sans-serifs:
- Literata: Serif font designed by Google for Google Play Books.
- New York: Serif font designed by Apple for iOS.
- Open Sans: Sans-serif font commissioned by Google.
- Atkinson Hyperlegible: Sans-serif font developed by the Braille Institute.
- Home Screen Widget: Last but not least, we’re excited to launch a Home Screen widget for iOS. It displays your in-progress article and your most recently saved articles, and provides a one-tap shortcut to start reading your Instapaper saves.
We improved iPad multitasking, redesigned onboarding, made background syncing more reliable, and reduced article download times in this release. Together, these changes make this the fastest and best version of Instapaper for iOS yet.
AI Voices for Android
Lastly, we’re launching AI Voices for Android today! Android support required a full rewrite of our text-to-speech system and took a little longer than expected, but we’re really happy with how it turned out. It rounds out a release full of big improvements across the website, iOS, and Android.
Thanks for reading! As always, our roadmap is informed by your feature requests and bug reports, so please don’t hesitate to reach out with any feedback, questions, or concerns to support@instapaper.com.
– Instapaper Team