Fresh coat of paint
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.
February 09, 2026
Features
New homepage + style updates
- The new homepage is a bit more welcoming and beginner-friendly, reflecting a desire to have Serial be a little more approachable.
- Sans-serif styles are a bit more emphasized (as opposed to the monospace styles from before)
Improvements
- Separated article and video design settings into their own panes, and added a shortcut in article and video pages to set specific relevant settings.
- YouTube videos in articles and blog posts now use the user’s YouTube embed settings, showing either the custom video player or a better formatted YouTube embed.
- Only fetches new feeds when necessary, better reflecting individual feed TTL (time to live) data.
- Data streaming optimization, preventing an issue where the page would briefly freeze for large numbers of feeds
- Add helpful “Copy Feed URL” and “Open In” links to Edit Feed dialog for better debugging and navigating to the original website
- Prevent sidebar overflow at half desktop and tablet sizes