Matter is an evolved version of the read-it-later experience that also supports newsletters and subscriptions and includes an active reading community where recommended articles are shared and discussed. This curated reading experience could help to address the threat from Matter, a newer read-it-later app, backed by $7 million in Series A funding. However, the Home tab will feature a collection of Editor’s Picks, as well, in addition to recommendations from specific categories, like technology, travel or science, for example. At the top of the screen, readers will be able to view their most recent saved item and click a button to “see all,” if they want to browse through their to-read list. With the update, Pocket will now gain a new Home tab that combines access to recently saved items alongside editorial recommendations. Instead, Pocket organizes your saved items into its own interface, allowing users to also mark their saves as favorites, add highlights or move read items to an archive, among other things. The app works well as a replacement for using browser bookmarks to save things to read or - as is common these days - texting articles to yourself for later reading. Typically, people use Pocket to save articles they want to read later, often by way of a web browser extension that syncs your saved items to Pocket’s web and mobile app, where you can either read or playback the article as audio.
The changes are aimed at making Pocket not only a better tool to catch up with your reading, but also a place where you can discover more to read through “high-quality recommendations,” Mozilla says. The company today is revamping key features, including its Home tab and its “My List” tab, which is now being rebranded as “Saves.”
Pocket, a popular read-it-later app acquired by Mozilla in 2017, is rolling out two major changes to its mobile reading experience, as it faces new competition from startups like Matter and open source alternatives like Omnivore.
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