New features
What's new in Beta Briefing — the user-facing features we've shipped, newest first. Each date is when the feature shipped; follow Learn more to the part of these docs that covers it.
Want the highlights with pictures? See the What's New page.
June 2026
| Date | Feature | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | Watch your briefing get built, live | The research-assisted sign-up now streams a live, written play-by-play of what the research agent is doing — reading your work, searching the news, choosing your topics — instead of a spinner. |
| 2026-06-18 | Fine-tune your sample at sign-up | On the sign-up review page, the audio sample now reflects the edits you make, so you can adjust the focus and hear the result before you finalize. |
| 2026-06-18 | Sharper editorial | Editorial got better at novelty (less repeating what you already know), relevance, and sourcing — including a clear tag on stories drawn from press releases. |
| 2026-06-16 | Smoother sign-up: review + automatic channel | New sign-ups now get a quick review before the first briefing; if you share your public work, your public channel is set up for you automatically. |
| 2026-06-14 | Bring your own RSS feeds | Point your briefing at your own RSS feeds (up to ten) as an extra research source alongside our web search. |
| 2026-06-12 | Sign up by sharing your public work | A public sign-up path builds your first briefing from your public profiles and emails you a link to finalize it. |
| 2026-06-09 | Daily Briefing in the dashboard | Read your most recent full edition as its own view inside the dashboard. |
May 2026
| Date | Feature | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | Choose your narrator | Pick from a catalog of voices (with previews) for your audio, or let it rotate daily. |
| 2026-05-19 | Save, like, and archive stories | Quick actions on every story, with dedicated Saved, Liked, and Archived lists. |
| 2026-05-17 | The new dashboard | Your briefing became a browsable destination — Top, Feed, and Topics views plus a focused reader panel. |
| 2026-05-10 | Weekly and hybrid delivery | Get a weekly edition, daily, or daily-plus-weekly-digest — independent toggles. |
| 2026-05-03 | One-click unsubscribe and legal pages | Every briefing email gained a one-click unsubscribe, alongside new Terms and Privacy pages. |
April 2026
| Date | Feature | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | Announcement emails | Occasional product-announcement emails, opt-in separately from your daily briefing. |
| 2026-04-28 | Briefings that remember | Developing stories thread through your updates instead of restarting each day, and stale repeats get skipped. |
| 2026-04-21 | Discuss any story with an AI | "Copy for AI" hands a story to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini as a ready-to-paste prompt. |
| 2026-04-12 | Audio narration | Every briefing can be narrated, so you can listen instead of read — on the web or from your email. |
| 2026-04-10 | Light and dark themes | Choose a light or dark theme for your emails, and toggle the public site's appearance. |
| 2026-04-09 | Subscribe as a podcast | Briefings with a public channel publish a real podcast feed for Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and more. |
| 2026-04-08 | Telegram notifications | Link Telegram for a "your briefing is ready" ping, with per-briefing on/off. |
| 2026-04-08 | Finer delivery scheduling | Schedule your briefing to arrive on quarter-hour increments. |
| 2026-04-06 | Sign yourself up | A self-service sign-up flow to create a briefing without manual onboarding. |
| 2026-04-03 | Smart Edit | Change your briefing in plain English — "add more on AI policy," "drop the sports" — every edit undoable. |
| 2026-04-02 | The settings portal | Manage your own briefing — schedule, preferences, and more — from the web. |
March 2026
| Date | Feature | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-22 | The public briefing site | Beta Briefing's public site launched, with channel pages and a browsable news history. |
Dates reflect when each feature shipped. This page is updated as new user-facing features land — see the What's New page for the highlight reel.