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# NewsFlash 3.0: The Big Upgrade Gets a New Look and Features
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/newsflash-3-0-release/
- Published: 2023-09-25T10:41:23.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-25T10:41:23.000Z
- Description: The modern newsreader app for Linux gets a super upgrade.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Application Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

NewsFlash is a neat program that allows you to follow your favorite news sites and blogs. As a spiritual successor to the now defunct [FeedReader](https://github.com/jangernert/FeedReader?ref=itsfoss.com), it integrates well with many existing web-based RSS readers (like Inoreader and Feedly), and also has support for local feeds.

Not to forget, NewsFlash is one of the [best feed reader apps for Linux](https://itsfoss.com/feed-reader-apps-linux/) desktop.

With NewsFlash 3.0 upgrade, there are many important improvements to the app.

## 🆕 NewsFlash 3.0: What's New?

![a screenshot of newsflash 3.0](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/09/NewsFlash_3.0_1.jpg)

NewsFlash features **a tweaked interface layout** with the use of libadwaita 1.4's 'split views' and 'toolbar views'. 

This has resulted in **a borderless header bar**, with **3 columns slightly differing in appearance**. The re-sizing behavior has also improved for the sidebar and article list. 

Similarly, the **article list has been improved** with the use of GTK 4.12's 'listview' sections, and the articles are now grouped by day/date.

However, those are not the only highlights of this release, here are some notable ones:

- **Better Performance**
- **Improved Thumbnails**
- **Drag and Drop Functionality**
- **Image Viewer**

### Better Performance

NewsFlash 3.0 is **a lot faster now,** thanks to the implementation of the [Tokio runtime](https://tokio.rs/tokio/tutorial?ref=itsfoss.com), this has allowed for asynchronous processing on a single Tokio runtime instance.

In simple words, the app is snappier, as it handles requests in a more optimized manner. So, actions like syncing, marking articles as read, and scraping full article content are now much faster.

### Improved Thumbnails

![a screenshot of newsflash 3.0 improved thumbnails](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/09/NewsFlash_3.0_2.jpg)

A **heuristic process** has been added to NewsFlash that now handles the generation of thumbnails from the articles on the feed.

It is supposed to gather a “relevant” image from the article's HTML code, and use that as a thumbnail. 

However, as you can see with our [Element X](https://itsfoss.com/element-x-matrix-2/) news article, it grabbed an image from within the article, instead of getting the featured image. This should get better with future updates.

**Suggested Read** 📖

[7 Best Feed Reader Apps for Linux Desktop \[2023\]Extensively use RSS feeds to stay updated with your favorite websites? Take a look at the best feed reader applications for Linux.![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/android-chrome-192x192.png)It's FOSSAbhishek Prakash![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/09/RSS-feeders-apps-for-linux-1.png)](https://itsfoss.com/feed-reader-apps-linux/)

### Drag and Drop Functionality

You can now drag/drop elements on the sidebar to move a feed from one category to another and reorder the list.

### Image Viewer

![a screenshot of the image viewer on newsflash 3.0](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/09/NewsFlash_3.0_3.jpg)

With NewsFlash 3.0 you can now click on images in an article to view them in a **dedicated image viewing window**. The same is used to display image attachments of articles.

### 🛠️ Other Changes and Improvements

As for the other changes, here are some technical refinements:

- Added support for [Commafeed](https://www.commafeed.com/?ref=itsfoss.com).
- Subscribing to feed on mobile has been improved.
- NewsFlash now remembers the window state on app restart.
- The “edit” dialog has been improved with better support for special characters and symbols.

You can go through the [official blog post](https://blogs.gnome.org/jangernert/2023/09/22/newsflash-3-0/?ref=itsfoss.com) by the developer to explore some technical details for this release.

## 📥 Download NewsFlash 3.0

You can head over to the [Flathub store](https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.news%5Fflash.NewsFlash?ref=itsfoss.com) to grab the latest release of NewsFlash.

It is also available as a [Snap](https://snapcraft.io/newsflash?ref=itsfoss.com). But, at the time of writing, it was not updated to the latest version.

[NewsFlash (Flathub)](https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.news%5Fflash.NewsFlash?ref=itsfoss.com)

*💬 Have you tried NewsFlash before? What feed reader do you prefer to use? Share your thoughts in the comments below.*