Changelog
New features in Snippiz, as they ship.
A page about how Snippiz is built
The new How It's Built page lays out every technology Snippiz runs on and the reasoning behind each choice, written to be readable rather than technical. Find it in the footer, in the avatar menu, or under About in Help.
Private YouTube playback is now a choice
Videos play anonymously, which is why they never showed up in your YouTube watch history and kept getting recommended to you again. That is still how it works unless you say otherwise - a new Settings toggle, "Private YouTube playback", now lets you switch it off and play videos with your YouTube account instead.
Improved blog Feed detection
Pasting a blog's homepage or author page into Add a Feed now finds the right Feed in a lot more cases. If Snippiz could not work out a blog's Feed for you before, it is worth trying again.
Export your data, or delete your account
Settings has two new buttons. Export my data downloads everything Snippiz holds about your account as a single JSON file: your settings, every Feed you follow with its read state, your Tags and Groups with the Snips in them, and your account activity. Delete account removes your account and all related data.
Put your Tags and Groups in your own order
A Reorder button on the Tags and Feeds pages opens a list you can drag into whatever order you like. That order is then used everywhere: the tab bars, the Tag picker on every Snip card, and the Move to Group menu on every Feed.
Organize your Feeds into Groups
The Feeds page now has a tab bar for grouping your subscriptions in whatever way makes sense to you - Tech, Podcasts, whatever. An All tab always shows everything; move a Feed into (or out of) a Group right from its own card, the same spot as Mute and Unsubscribe.
Mute Feeds you want to keep, but not see right now
Muting a Feed (from its card on the Feeds page, or its own page) keeps you subscribed without its Snips showing up on the Snips page or counting toward your unread badges. The Feed itself stays fully reachable, just moved to the bottom of your Feeds list, and unmuting it any time brings it right back to normal.
Import and export Feeds as OPML
Settings now has Import and Export buttons for your Feed subscriptions, using the standard OPML format most RSS readers support.
Added a System theme option
Alongside Light and Dark, the theme switcher in the navbar now has a System option that automatically follows your device's setting.
Snips remember where you left off
Close a YouTube or podcast Snip partway through and it now picks up right where you stopped next time you open it, on this device. A thin progress bar on the Snip card itself shows how far you got. With auto-mark-as-read on, closing one now only marks it read once you've actually watched or listened to (almost) all of it, not just for opening the player.
Listen to podcast Snips without leaving Snippiz
Podcast entries now open a quick audio player right on the page, the same way YouTube Snips already do, instead of sending you out to an external site.
YouTube Snips now fill more of your screen
The in-app video player now sizes itself to use as much of your screen as it can, instead of a fixed small box. Vertical Shorts get their own taller shape too, instead of being squeezed into a widescreen frame.
Show runtime on YouTube and podcast Snips
Not every Snip deserves the same slice of your day. Sometimes you've got time for a full video, sometimes it's just a couple of Shorts between things. YouTube and podcast Snips now show their runtime right on the card, with a small icon for Shorts, so you know what you're getting into before you tap play.
Add podcasts via their Apple Podcasts link
Paste a podcasts.apple.com link (alongside Spotify, which already worked) and Snippiz finds the Feed automatically.
Added a Help page
A quick manual explaining what Snips, Feeds, Explore, Tags, and Settings do, linked from the footer and the avatar menu.
Added a changelog
The page you're on right now. A bit meta, but someone had to log it. :)
Added categories to the Explore page
Feeds are now automatically sorted into topics like Tech, Gaming, or Science, so you can browse Explore by what you're actually interested in, not just Popular or Newest.
Watch YouTube Snips without leaving Snippiz
YouTube entries now open in a quick video player right on the page instead of sending you to YouTube.
Tagged Snips now stick around
A Snip you've tagged stays visible on the Tags page even if you later unsubscribe from its Feed.
Reworked the Explore page
Explore now has five ways to discover Feeds (Popular, Most Active, Recently Updated, Newest, and Random), a YouTube/Podcast filter, and richer Feed cards.
Faster-loading images
Snip and Feed images now show instantly with a small thumbnail while the full image is loaded.
See how active a Feed is before subscribing
Feed cards now show how often a Feed posts, right on Explore and the Feed's own page.
Reworked Tags
Tags now live in their own tab bar with emoji icons you can pick for each one, alongside your existing Favorites and Read Later Tags.
Added (experimental) support for subscribing to subreddits
Paste a subreddit URL like any other Feed to follow it. Still experimental, so expect the odd hiccup.
Preview a Feed before adding it
Pasting a feed URL now shows its title, icon, and description right away, before you confirm adding it.
Added podcast support
Podcast RSS feeds are now recognized automatically and marked with a Podcast badge.
New Compact and Simple list layouts
Choose how your Snip list looks in Settings, plus how many Snips load per page.
Added support for subscribing to YouTube channels
Paste a channel URL to follow its videos as Snips.
Paste a bare domain to add a Feed
You no longer need the exact feed URL. Type a site's domain and Snippiz finds its feed automatically.
Sign in with Google, GitHub, or Discord
No need for a password, sign up or log in with an account you already have.
Added the Explore page
Discover new Feeds and preview a Feed's own page before deciding whether to subscribe.
Added Settings, including auto-mark-as-read
A new Settings page lets you turn on automatically marking Snips as read as soon as you open them.