Feedly takes clues from Flipboard and Google Currents in latest Android update
Feedly has been one of my favorite Android apps for reading blogs and keeping myself up to date with blogosphere. Feedly has always been my only RSS reader app – whether I am using Android phone, tablet or browsers like Chrome and Firefox. It has replaced Google Reader for me.
But the Feedly for Android update today makes me wonder, why it imitates Flipboard and Google Currents. As soon as I opened the updated app, I noticed the same “Mosaic” view I see on Flipboard.
When I click on ‘star’ icon on the top right corner to explore more sources, it gives me a mix feel of Google Currents and Flipboard both.
Feedly RSS vs Flipboard
Though these updates bring very beautiful changes to an already awesome app, though I would prefer it to be different. One unique feature Feedly offers is that it seamlessly syncs with Google Reader.
Flipboard offers this integration as well but it doesn’t make the items read. Same thing happens with Google Currents as well, though it is a Google product – so you would hope it to sync better.
Well, that’s just me. Go ahead, update Feedly on your Android phone and tablet and feel the difference and enjoy the latest changes.
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im on week 2 of feedly vs currents vs flipboard.. im cool about the visuals and the similarities.. like the ability to sync with read-later-apps. I will go for the lesser data hog. but onovo and the other data control apps are not giving the best readings.. oh well.. maybe you experienced or know about this.
Hi Luis,
Thanks for taking time to leave a comment on Techacker. Appreciate it.
I like to keep @Feedly as it gives me more control on my RSS feeds for all the 100s of blog I read. And I use Flipboard for reading news, social media updates and quickly browsing various channels on Flipboard.
So far I haven’t found a good replacement for Feedly. Frankly speaking I can’t seem to understand what Google Current is trying to offer. It’s a mix of Feedly, @News360 and Flipboard all in one. But for some reason, I don’t like it. It’s kind of boring to use Currents.
Now regarding the data usage I have found that Feedly uses less data than @Flipboard. But that would depend on how much you use the app. I can’t complain about Flipboard either.
As I said, both of these are my favorite apps for RSS, news and social media consumption.
Thanks,
Anurag