Feedly for Android was updated today, improving design elements and adding support for the Samsung Gear. The RSS reader has seen a few updates recently, establishing itself as a suitable replacement for Google Reader, picking up over 500,000 users back in March.
In the latest update, the Feedly team reports a 300% faster start time, improved scrolling, search in my feedly (for pro users), and enhanced feed search. Facebook SDK integration was added in this release, along with new fonts and design, while auto-refresh on restart was removed. There is also a new “Discover section”, populated with trending stories.
Although, Feedly notes a few issues with updating to the new version: “Some of the optimizations we performed for Android 4.1 and 4.3 seem to cause some issues on Android 2.x and 4.0. The dev team is looking this. We aim to have a fix out by Monday.”
Full Change log:
- New version of the android widget
- 300% faster start time
- More fluid scrolling experience
- Better fonts and visual design
- Search in my feedly (pro)
- New discover section
- Enhanced feed search
- No auto-refresh on restart
- New Facebook SDK integration
- Dashclock support
- Support for Samsung Gear
Google Play Store: Feedly
Version: Version 17
Price: Free