Releases
- A new chapter for Serial
May 05, 2026
Many performance improvements and a message about project funding.
- User invites & KV infrastructure
April 25, 2026
Invite users via link, email verification on sign-up, and infrastructural work.
- Bulk operations & quality of life changes
April 23, 2026
Bulk feed management, Resend email support, and a handful of UI improvements.
- Categorization overhaul and data export
April 10, 2026
Feeds can now be directly linked to views in Serial. Also, feed data can now be exported to a .opml file.
- Spring cleaning & future groundwork
April 02, 2026
Here are a collection of nice-to-have updates for Serial. Plus, the groundwork for background refreshing and better financial sustainability for Serial.
- Video and article progress
March 30, 2026
Serial now stores progress through articles and videos, making it much easier to come back to content later.
- Keyboard navigation
March 29, 2026
Serial now supports full keyboard navigation in views and articles, enabling nearly full app keyboard navigation.
- Fresh coat of paint
February 09, 2026
There's a fresh coat of paint on the Serial homepage, and a de-emphasis of monospace styles generally. Also, some other nice incremental improvements.
- Custom player QOL
January 20, 2026
The Serial custom player now supports captions, true fullscreen, and muting support. Also, some additional non-player quality of life improvements.
- Views V2 & server-driven filtering
January 20, 2026
Views are now much more powerful in Serial, with greater filtering abilities. Plus, content will be loaded for more than 30 days.
- Self hosting & feed management
January 18, 2026
Serial can now be hosted entirely locally through Docker and a local libsql server. Also, feed management got a noticable upgrade.
- Instapaper Integration & Feed Discovery
January 16, 2026
Serial now has Instapaper support, among many more behind-the-scenes improvements.
- Loaders & Feed Streaming
November 25, 2025
Serial's data fetching has been reworked, giving more clarity on loading statuses and feed errors.
- Unified Importing
November 07, 2025
Serial now supports one unified import UI, making it much easier and consistent to import data from YouTube and other RSS readers.
- Article Support
August 28, 2025
Serial now supports adding generic RSS feeds, allowing you to add articles and blog posts to your views
- Belated Spring Cleaning
June 07, 2025
A selection of quality of life updates!
- Views, Views, Views
May 17, 2025
Serial gets the largest update in its recorded history, most notably adding views – a new way to customize your feed.
- Quality of Life
April 18, 2025
Serial gets a variety of UI/UX improvements and a way to send feedback both good and bad
- Livelier Livestreams
April 16, 2025
Serial now differentiates between standard videos and livestreams, offering better UI/UX for watching content live.
- Sidebar Sunday
April 14, 2025
Serial's categories and feeds have moved to a brand new sidebar, making it easier than ever to filter your content
- Hello, Open Source
April 12, 2025
Serial no longer relies on an external auth provider, and is now open source!
- Super Speed
April 10, 2025
Serial now has lightning-fast bootup times thanks to local caching of feeds and videos.
- Imports & Shorts
March 16, 2025
Serial now supports imports from users' two most popular feed formats: OPML and YouTube's subscriptions.csv.
- Categories, Cookies, and Creativity
March 10, 2025
After a long time away, Serial gets its first substantial contributions of the new year!