The most outstanding feature of version 7 is certainly the adaptation to Liquid Glass. The Mac version therefore requires macOS 26 (Tahoe). The two sidebars of the program window now use transparency gradients; The large preview area of the selected post also uses floating, semi-transparent controls. However, a lot has also changed in the less visible core of the RSS reader: The new version relies on the revised concurrency framework from Swift 6.2. The move of the user forum is also reflected in the app: In the fall, NetNewsWire switched from the provider Slack to the open source solution Discourse.
NetNewsWire 7 (right) adopts the look and feel of Liquid Glass.
NetNewsWire 6 remains online
If you don’t like the new look or are still working with a previous version of macOS, iOS or iPadOS, you don’t have to do without NetNewsWire: the previous version will continue to be available for download in the future. The third beta is currently available on the GitHub page; Once installed, the integrated updater should also be able to load new versions automatically. Anyone who wants to help with the further development of the version for iPhone and iPad can register for the Testflight program.
Sync currently only works to a limited extent
What makes NetNewsWire particularly worthwhile is that the free reader app allows both the list of subscribed pages and the current reading status via a wide range of synchronization services. One of them is iCloud, which is particularly convenient for Apple users as it does not require an additional user account. If you use Feedly for this purpose, you should wait before installing the beta version – the comparison does not currently work reliably with this service.