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Flipboard just launched Surf, its new social app and feed reader

TechnologyApril 2, 2026
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Flipboard just launched Surf, its new social app and feed reader
Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It's sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe to almost any website, podcast, or YouTu
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A screenshot of a phone showing a social feed for the Vergecast. Surf’s main idea is about feeds. Everything is feeds. | Image: Flipboard

Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It's sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe to almost any website, podcast, or YouTube channel; and a tool for creating and following feeds of interesting content, a la Flipboard magazines. It's a browser for the fediverse, or for the open social web, if either of those phrases means anything to you. It's also one of the most compelling ideas you'll find about the future of the internet.

After well over a year in beta, Surf is officially launching on Thursday. Right now, the only public experience is on the web (there are mobi …

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