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The Glasp app for iOS and Android has a Feed tab, and it exists to remove one small, repetitive chore: copying a link every time you want to read or watch something on your phone.
Copying works fine for a single video or article. It gets old when you regularly watch the same YouTube channels or read the same newsletters. Each new item means finding it elsewhere, copying its URL, returning to the app, and pasting it before you can start.
The simpler approach is to follow the source once. After that, new videos and posts arrive in the Feed on their own. You open the app, see what has been published, and choose what to read. The Feed has two segments: YouTube brings together uploads from the channels you follow, and Newsletters collects new posts from the newsletters and blogs you follow.
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Step 1: Follow YouTube channels
In the YouTube segment, the channels you follow sit in a row across the top of the screen. Scroll along that row to move between sources. At the end, the Add circle lets you follow another channel, so you can build the row around the creators you check regularly.
Below the channel row, the videos from all followed channels appear together in date order. A recent upload can therefore reach you even if you did not visit YouTube or remember to look at the channel. A New badge marks a video you have not opened, which makes it easy to see where to begin when several channels have published since your last visit.
Following changes the routine from collecting individual links to checking one current list. You still decide what deserves your time, but the new uploads are already waiting when you open the app.
Step 2: Follow newsletters and blogs
To add a publication, open the Newsletters segment and tap + in the control bar, or tap Add a source from an empty or management view.
Paste a website URL or a feed URL into the field. Its placeholder reads “https://example.com or a feed URL”. Tap Find feed, and Glasp checks the address for a feed it can follow. If it succeeds, you see a preview rather than subscribing immediately.
The preview shows the source title and its three most recent posts. Check that you have found the intended publication, then confirm with Subscribe. Its future posts will appear in the newsletter timeline.
Below the URL field, Suggested sources provides a curated starter pack. Tap the + beside any suggestion to follow it directly. Sources you already follow are hidden from this list, so it remains focused on publications you can still add.
If Glasp cannot detect a usable feed, it says “No feed found at that URL.” Try the publication’s feed URL if you first entered its home page. If the source cannot be accepted, the message is “That domain isn’t allowed.” In that case, the domain cannot be added to the Feed.
Step 3: Read what arrives
The newsletter timeline organizes posts under Today, Yesterday, and older dates. Each row gives you enough context to choose quickly: the source, publication date, title, and a short snippet. New posts from different publications share one chronological view, so there is no need to open every site to check for updates.
Use the control bar to change what you see. The All sources filter shows the combined timeline. Open it and use Search sources... to find one publication, then select that source when you want a narrower view. You can also switch among Recent, Popular, and Archived to see the newest posts, posts drawing more interest, or items you have cleared from the active list.
Every row includes a bookmark and an archive action. Bookmark something you intend to revisit, or archive it when it no longer needs space in your current reading list. Once no unread items remain in the selected view, Glasp says “You’re all caught up”. New posts will appear when followed sources publish again.
Step 4: Read the transcript, or let AI summarize
Tapping an item opens it in Glasp’s own Reader, not in a browser. This is where the Feed becomes more than an arrival list: you can move from noticing a new item to understanding it without changing apps.
For a YouTube video, you get Transcript, Summary, and Chat tabs. The transcript follows the video with timestamps, and a language selector lets you choose an available language. You can scan the text, jump to the part that matters, or use it when listening is inconvenient. The Summary tab writes an AI summary of the video. In Chat, you can ask about a claim, request the main lessons, clarify a term, or find where the speaker addresses a particular subject.
A newsletter post opens with the same bottom row: Highlight, Community, Reader, Summary, Chat, and More. Use Reader for a clean version of the article, generate an AI summary in Summary, or open Chat to ask questions grounded in the post. A Copy button puts the displayed text on your clipboard when you want to use it elsewhere.
This means a long video or a long newsletter can be understood in a minute without leaving the Feed. Start with the summary, ask a focused follow-up question, and return to the full transcript or article when a point deserves closer reading. The source, its latest item, the readable text, and the AI tools all stay in one workflow.
Step 5: Keep what matters
Highlight useful passages while you read. They land in your Glasp profile with the rest of your highlights, so something discovered through the Feed becomes part of the same collection as ideas you saved from other reading.
Use the bookmark when a post deserves another visit but you are not ready to finish it. Archive an item when you have read it or decided to move on. These actions serve different purposes: highlights preserve specific ideas, bookmarks preserve items for later, and the archive clears finished material from the active view.
(Optional) Manage your sources
Tap the sliders icon in the control bar to open Manage sources. Under Your sources, Glasp lists everything you currently follow and provides a delete action for each entry. The sheet also includes Add a source, giving you another way to follow something new.
A limit exists on how many sources you can follow. When you reach it, the app says “You’ve reached your source limit. Manage sources to free up a slot.” Open the source list, remove one you no longer want, and use the freed slot for the new channel, newsletter, or blog.
That is the whole idea behind the Feed: follow a channel or a newsletter once, and the new items come to you. From there, the transcript, an AI summary, and a question you can ask about what you are reading are all one tap away, without leaving the app.
If you have any questions, please refer to the FAQ or contact us.
See you next time,
Glasp team
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I like how the Feed turns “copying links” into “curating sources.” Centralizing YouTube channels and newsletters plus built in transcripts and summaries makes it much easier to actually engage with content instead of just collecting it.
Following takes one tap: a YouTube channel from the Add circle, a newsletter by pasting its URL, or anything from Suggested sources.
The part I did not expect to like: opening a video from the Feed and going straight to the transcript instead of watching. Half the time the answer I wanted was two paragraphs in. What would you follow first, a YouTube channel or a newsletter? I'll go first: Techmeme, because I was checking it manually every morning anyway.
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