Views, Views, Views
Serial
May 17, 2025
Hey all! This is by far the biggest update for Serial since they've been tracked.
This update introduces views, a new way to customize your feed. Views allow you to combine a selection of filters (currently, time and categories) to create custom feeds for your Serial home page. This is the first step is finding ways to combat "content whiplash", or that feeling you get when you try to parse through the videos you watch to relax mixed into videos about current news or politics.
Features
Adds views, a new way to organize your feeds
You can now add views in the sidebar
You can now edit views in the sidebar
You can now delete views in the sidebar
You can now reorganize views โ by dragging โ in the sidebar
Improves the experience of working with categories
You can now add categories in the sidebar
Assigning categories to feeds with recent activity can happen here
You can now edit categories in the sidebar
Assigning categories to feeds with recent activity can happen here
You can now delete categories in the sidebar
Improves the experience of working with feeds
Removes the dedicated feeds page
You can now edit feeds in the sidebar (#56)
Assigning categories now takes place here
You can now delete feeds in the sidebar (#56)
Feeds can now be searched through
Relvant feeds are now clearly denoted at the top of the list
Adds PeerTube support (#62)
Improvements
Adds the ability to go to a video's YouTube page from the watch page (#55)
Adds an initial data fetching loader element
Moves manual date and visibility filters into dropdowns (to make room for views)
Improves the onboarding experience a touch
Discussion in the ATmosphere