14 DAY TRIAL // Flipboard is rolling out its largest update in the past couple of years, complete with a major redesign. The largest update is the way Flipboard organizes the stories it displays.
The news aggregator app is changing the way the stories are delivered to users. Instead of grouping articles on several different topics in a single magazine, there will now be several smaller magazines around different interests users may have, such as photography, music genres, and so on.
If you thought this was a cool feature, wait until you read what more you can do. The small magazines can be customized even further. For instance, if you’ve created a magazine about photography, you can pick a topic such as “nature photography” to fill up the feed. Not only will you get articles in there, but you’re also going to get tweets from well-known photographers.
General stories about the topic are turned on by default, but they can be turned off at any time if you so desire.
“With over 30 million magazines created, thousands of publishers on our platform, and tens of thousands of topics - plus input from social networks like Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn - we re-imagined Flipboard to more effortlessly get you to the things you love,” reads the company’s announcement.
Custom content just for you
The Smart Magazine, which is the name given to the new way people can organize the world’s stories, is curated by experts and enthusiasts, and it continually gets updated.
Custom Magazines can be built by users as well, allowing them to be more precise about the content that’s included. The Home carousel can host up to nine Smart Magazines, while the profile area, which is behind the avatar, hosts everything else you’re following on Flipboard.
As always, the more you use Flipboard, the more it learns about what you like and the better it delivers things you’ll like.