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Changelog & Release Notes
Track every feature update, new region, and performance improvement across all official releases.
Smarter AI Summaries with Better Error Handling
- 🤖 Robust AI Summarization: Improved on-device summarization reliability with smarter text preprocessing, typed error handling, and better recovery for long articles — summaries fail less and handle edge cases gracefully.
StreamFolio FM DJ Easter Egg, Redesigned Region Selection & Play Store Launch
- 📻 StreamFolio FM DJ Radio: Secret multi-tap Easter Egg in Settings that unlocks an interactive DJ radio broadcast card with live audio equalizer visualizer and continuous headline TTS playback.
- 🌍 Redesigned Region Picker Modal: Modernized region selection with a full-screen bottom sheet modal featuring region flags, active feed counters, and smooth selection animations.
- 🇮🇳 Expanded India Feeds: Added rich new curated RSS feed sources for India news region coverage.
- 🎨 Glassmorphic Navigation Bar Polish: Fixed top header element spacing and padding so navbar items no longer touch or clip background elements.
- ⚡ Feed & Article Stability: Removed pull-to-refresh spinner artifacts and resolved article flashing bugs during feed stream updates.
- 🛍️ Official Google Play Release: StreamFolio is now officially available for installation on the Google Play Store!
5 New Regions, 30+ New Sources, Article Grouping & Feed Health Tests
- 🌍 5 New Regions: South Korea (Yonhap News), Japan (NHK World, Japan Times), Brazil (Folha de S.Paulo), South Africa (Daily Maverick, IOL), UAE (Arab News).
- 📰 30+ New Curated Sources: Expanded all existing regions with high-quality publishers — Le Monde & Futura Sciences (France), Heise, Spiegel & FAZ (Germany), New Scientist (UK), The Hindu, NDTV & Economic Times (India), Guardian Australia & SMH (Australia), Mothership & Business Times (Singapore), and more.
- 📚 Article Grouping: Similar stories from multiple sources are now grouped together so you can see different perspectives on the same topic at a glance.
- 🔄 Silent Background Refresh: Feed updates now happen silently in the background without blocking the UI or resetting your scroll position.
- 🧪 Automated Feed Health Tests: New unit test suite that validates every default feed returns articles, detects HTTP redirect issues, and checks publisher name coverage — catches broken feeds before they reach users.
- 🔧 Network Security Fix: Fixed SCMP, RTHK, TechRadar, NHK, and other feeds blocked by Android's cleartext HTTP policy.
- 🗑️ Removed Low-Quality Sources: Dropped MarketWatch (no article bodies) and independent.sg (bot-protected, returns no content).
- 🔒 SSRF Protection: Added security interceptor to block requests to private/internal network addresses from custom RSS feeds.
- 📶 Offline Indicator: Clear visual banner when your phone loses internet connection.
- 🦦 Eddy the Otter: Friendly mascot appears on empty states to guide you when no articles are available.
- 🔍 Improved Search: Search suggestions and better result formatting.
- 👆 Long Press Actions: Long press articles for quick actions.
- ✨ Page Transitions: Smoother animations between main screens.
- 📳 Expanded Haptics: Tactile feedback added to more interactions throughout the app.
Audio Memory, Security Hardening & Offline Banner
- 🎧 Persistent Audio Queue: Your Text-to-Speech playlist now saves automatically. If you close the app or restart your phone, your audio queue picks up right where you stopped.
- 🔒 Enhanced Link Safety: Upgraded background security protection for custom RSS feed links to keep your device safe.
- 📶 Offline Status Banner: Added a clear visual indicator when your phone loses internet connection, so you know you're browsing saved stories offline.
- 📳 Haptics & Animations: Smoother page transitions and tactile haptic feedback for app interactions.
Material You Theming, Article Backup & Sleep Timer
- 🎨 Material You Theming: StreamFolio now matches your phone's wallpaper colors dynamically.
- 📦 Article Backup & Restore: Export and import your saved articles and OPML feed lists effortlessly.
- 🎙️ Notification Media Controls & Sleep Timer: Control audio playback from your notification bar and set a custom sleep timer.
Playback Speed Control & Simplified Settings
- ⏱️ Audio Speed Controls: Choose your preferred listening speed (0.5x to 2.0x playback).
- 📖 Article Utility Bar: Quick access toolbar for text formatting, bookmarks, and reader mode.
- ⚙️ Reorganized Settings: Simplified settings layout so options are easier to find.
Custom Swipe Actions & Background Refresh
- 👆 Customizable Swiping: Set custom swipe gestures to mark stories read or save them to your bookmarks.
- 🔄 Background News Refresh: Automatically fetch new stories in the background while preserving your AI summaries.
- 🖼️ Fresh App Icons: Updated sleek app launcher icons.
Hong Kong News Region & Smart Language Skip
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Region Added: Read top stories from South China Morning Post, HKFP, RTHK, and GovHK.
- 🌐 Smart Translation: Automatically detects your system language to avoid translating articles already in your native tongue.
- 📱 Improved Onboarding: Streamlined welcome walkthrough for first-time users.
AI Setup Guide & Category Fixes
- 🤖 Clearer AI Setup: Improved instructions and fallback options for setting up on-device AI features.
- 📌 Category List Fixes: Fixed an issue where custom news channels didn't appear properly in category tabs.
Faster Image Loading & Performance Boost
- 🖼️ Smart Thumbnail Retry: Automatically retries loading article cover images on slow connections.
- ⚡ Faster App Performance: Optimized app size and reduced memory usage.
On-Device Gemini AI Summaries & Smart Tags
- ✨ On-Device AI Summaries: Generate 3-bullet takeaways for any story using local AI running directly on your phone.
- 🏷️ Smart Topic Tags: Automatically tags stories by key subjects and trending topics.
- 🌐 Article Translation: Translate headlines and stories locally without sending data to external cloud servers.
Audio Player UI Fixes & Faster Navigation
- 🎶 Audio Player Overlay Fix: Fixed mini-player positioning so it no longer overlaps story cards at the bottom of the screen.
- ⚡ Faster Article Opening: Smooth transition when tapping a story to open the detail reader screen.
Android Home Screen Widget
- 🧩 Home Screen Widget: Read top headlines directly from your Android home screen with dark and light theme options.
- ⏳ Smooth Animations: Added subtle loading animations for feed updates.
Source Toggles & Storage Retention Controls
- 🔧 Source Toggle Fix: Resolved a bug where toggling news providers linked unexpected categories together.
- 💾 Retention Settings: Choose how long read stories stay saved on your phone before automatic cleanup.
Enhanced Feed Parser & Feed Management
- 📰 Smarter XML Feed Parser: Added support for non-standard RSS and Atom blog feed formats.
- ⚙️ Customizable Storage Rules: Set custom rules for how many stories to keep in offline cache.
Extended Compatibility for Older Android Phones
- 📱 Android 8.0 (Oreo) Support: Lowered minimum system requirements so older Android devices can run StreamFolio seamlessly.
India Region Updates & Source Management
- 🇮🇳 India Regional Feeds Updated: Refreshed default news channels for India.
- 🛠️ Empty State Helper: Easy button to add custom RSS links when no default providers are enabled.
StreamFolio Official Launch
- 🌍 Global Region Support: Subscribe to curated news from the US, UK, Singapore, India, Canada, and Australia.
- ⚡ Drag-and-Drop Curation: Reorder your news categories and custom RSS folders with drag and drop.
- 📰 Ad-Free Distraction-Free Reader: Clean reading layout with custom font size adjustments and dark theme.
- 🔒 100% On-Device Privacy: Zero cloud accounts, zero analytics tracking, and local-only SQLite storage.