https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/ New features and changes in Burbl. en Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/icon-192.pnghttps://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/ https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-11-02-topics-saved-searches-as-filters#reading burbl-2026-11-02-topics-saved-searches-as-filters Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sources → Your topics now saves a search as a topic, for example “climate change, global warming”: commas separate alternatives, and all words of one alternative must appear. Each topic gets its own filter after the categories, marked with a magnifier, and shows the matching articles of all your active sources, newest first. It looks at titles and summaries of the articles stored in this browser. Topics are part of the settings backup. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-11-01-hide-dashboard-tiles#dashboard burbl-2026-11-01-hide-dashboard-tiles Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Every dashboard tile, the weather included, now has an eye button that takes it off the dashboard. The source keeps refreshing and its articles stay in your feed. Hidden tiles, below the grid, lists what you've hidden and puts each tile back in its old place. The list is part of the settings backup. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-11-01-compact-view-and-a-dot-for-new-articles#personal burbl-2026-11-01-compact-view-and-a-dot-for-new-articles Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Settings → Appearance now has a compact view: the feed and Saved become short rows with a thumbnail, title, source and time, and a menu for the original link, sharing, saving and snoozing. In the main feed, in both layouts, a dot now marks articles you haven't seen yet. It goes after about three seconds on screen or when you open the article. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-31-choose-your-text-size#personal burbl-2026-10-31-choose-your-text-size Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Settings → Appearance now has a text size with three steps: Small, Default and Large. It changes the text across the whole app at once, works on top of your browser's own font size, and is part of the settings backup. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-31-search-your-articles#reading burbl-2026-10-31-search-your-articles Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A new search icon in the top bar finds articles by title, summary or full text as you type, saved ones included. Accents and case don't matter, and title matches come first. It covers only the articles stored in this browser, and your search stays on your device. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-31-more-careful-ai-tools#reading burbl-2026-10-31-more-careful-ai-tools Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Fact check, summary and translation now give the AI service stricter instructions. A fact check rates each main claim on the same four-step scale and needs two independent sources to call it accurate or false. If the service cannot open the article, it should say so instead of guessing from the title. Answers can still differ between runs, so check the sources it cites. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-31-new-versions-install-on-start#notifications burbl-2026-10-31-new-versions-install-on-start Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Burbl now updates itself when it starts, so you no longer have to click Reload to get a new version. If one arrives while you are reading, nothing changes under you: you still get the Reload prompt. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-30-starter-packs-in-your-language#start burbl-2026-10-30-starter-packs-in-your-language Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hungarian starter packs are now suggested only if your browser speaks Hungarian or you pick Hungary for country news; your country choice is remembered. Under Manage sources the rest wait in a closed Other languages section. Culture and Tech & science are now split into an English and a Hungarian pack, so you can take just the half you read. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-30-calmer-phone-bars#personal burbl-2026-10-30-calmer-phone-bars Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Installed on a phone, Burbl no longer paints the status or navigation bar bright blue: the bars follow your theme, or stay a quiet dark grey where the phone doesn't let them change. An already installed Burbl picks this up once the browser refreshes it, or right away if you reinstall it. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-30-saved-up-front-and-a-quick-way-back-to-the-top#reading burbl-2026-10-30-saved-up-front-and-a-quick-way-back-to-the-top Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Saved now sits right after All, above the categories, and only shows up once you have saved an article. Further down the feed, a round arrow button in the bottom corner takes you back to the top. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-29-a-touch-more-colour#personal burbl-2026-10-29-a-touch-more-colour Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Burbl logo in the top bar now takes the colour of your chosen colour profile, in light and dark mode alike, and a soft glow in the same colour sits at the bottom of the page. Shared Burbl links also get a fresh preview image. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-28-save-articles-for-later#reading burbl-2026-10-28-save-articles-for-later Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Every card and the article view now have a Save button. Saved articles wait under Saved, after your categories in the filters, newest saved first, and stay until you remove them, even when they get old or their source is removed. Up to 500 fit, and they stay in this browser; a settings backup carries them along. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-28-badges-if-you-want-them#badges burbl-2026-10-28-badges-if-you-want-them Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Burbl can now award badges in bronze, silver and gold for following sources from several countries and languages, a favourite topic or a balanced mix, fact checks, reactions and a few hidden things. They are off by default; switch them on under Settings → Badges. Each earned badge gets its own colour and a metal ring, and you can share it as an image with just its name and tier. Everything is counted in this browser only, and an earned tier stays even if you remove sources later. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-27-summarise-and-translate-with-ai-beta#reading burbl-2026-10-27-summarise-and-translate-with-ai-beta Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Next to the AI fact check, the article view now also offers Summarise and Translate. Each opens the article’s title and link in the AI service chosen in Settings, asking for a summary or a translation into your Burbl language. As before, nothing is sent until you click, and AI can be wrong. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-27-ended-feeds-and-open-alternatives-to-reddit#sources burbl-2026-10-27-ended-feeds-and-open-alternatives-to-reddit Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A feed that is gone for good is now marked as ended instead of showing an error on every refresh: Burbl stops fetching it, keeps its articles readable and offers Retry and Remove. From 13 November this covers Reddit sources too. New suggestions on the Manage sources page add Lemmy communities (!community@instance), Mastodon accounts (@user@instance) and hashtags, Bluesky profiles and Hacker News. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-27-reddit-is-ending-its-rss-feeds-on-13-november#sources burbl-2026-10-27-reddit-is-ending-its-rss-feeds-on-13-november Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Reddit has announced that it stops offering RSS feeds on 13 November 2026, so subreddit and user sources will stop updating then. Before that date, Burbl will mark such sources as gone instead of showing an error, skip them when refreshing, and keep their old articles readable. We are also making open alternatives easy to add: Lemmy communities (a Reddit-like, open network), Mastodon accounts and hashtags, Bluesky profiles and Hacker News. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-26-notifications-behind-other-windows#notifications burbl-2026-10-26-notifications-behind-other-windows Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On a computer, article and version notifications now also arrive while the Burbl window is open but another window is in front of it. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-26-correct-count-of-new-articles#reading burbl-2026-10-26-correct-count-of-new-articles Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT With many sources, the “new articles” button could count older articles again and show hundreds of new ones. It now counts only articles that are really new. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-26-choose-notifications-per-source#notifications burbl-2026-10-26-choose-notifications-per-source Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Each source on the Manage sources page has a Notify checkbox while article notifications are on, so you can pick which sources may notify you. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-26-notifications-for-new-articles#notifications burbl-2026-10-26-notifications-for-new-articles Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Burbl can notify you about new articles and new versions while it is open in the background. Turn it on in Settings → Notifications; the features page explains the limits. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-26-a-page-about-everything-burbl-can-do burbl-2026-10-26-a-page-about-everything-burbl-can-do Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT One page that lists every feature and where to find it. Find it at the bottom of Settings. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-26-new-articles-no-longer-move-the-feed#reading burbl-2026-10-26-new-articles-no-longer-move-the-feed Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT New articles wait behind the “new articles” button even at the top of the list, so nothing jumps while you read. One tap takes you to them. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-25-snap-scrolling#personal burbl-2026-10-25-snap-scrolling Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT When scrolling stops, the nearest card or dashboard row lines up below the top bar. Turn it on or off in Settings → Appearance. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-24-weather-for-your-own-places#dashboard burbl-2026-10-24-weather-for-your-own-places Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Add up to 5 places to the dashboard weather – search a city or enter coordinates – and step between them. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-24-back-up-your-settings-too#data burbl-2026-10-24-back-up-your-settings-too Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The OPML export can now carry your Burbl settings and weather places, so a new device is set up in one step. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-23-dashboard-view#dashboard burbl-2026-10-23-dashboard-view Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT All your sources at a glance: one tile per source with its latest headlines, plus a Today tile with the clock and the weather. Switch to it from the top bar. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-22-snooze-a-source#sources burbl-2026-10-22-snooze-a-source Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Too much from one source? Snooze it for 15, 30 or 60 minutes, or mute it until you turn it back on – from the menu on its cards. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-22-filter-from-any-card#reading burbl-2026-10-22-filter-from-any-card Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tap a source name or a category chip on a card to see only that source or category. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-22-ai-fact-check-beta#reading burbl-2026-10-22-ai-fact-check-beta Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Open an article’s title and link in the AI service you choose and ask which claims hold up. Optional, set it in Settings. https://burbl.burblapp.workers.dev/features?entry=2026-10-21-videos-play-right-in-the-feed#reading burbl-2026-10-21-videos-play-right-in-the-feed Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT YouTube and Vimeo videos play in cards and the article view – only when you tap them.