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Highlight capture, spaced review and a read-later app for saved articles

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Readwise splits its bundle into Reader-only and Highlights-only plans and renames its first app.

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◆Current state
Readwise posts a weekly changelog. The October 23 release changes packaging: the original app is now Readwise Highlights, and users can subscribe to Reader or Highlights alone instead of the full bundle, switching plans themselves. The same week adds 38 Lifelike beta voices in 14 languages, rebuilds Daily Review audio on those voices, and makes YouTube transcripts twice as fast without filler words.
◆Where it's heading
Reader has been the main product thread for months (TTS, Ghostreader on GPT-6 Luna, video transcripts), and the plan split lets it be sold on its own. Lifelike voices are spreading from Reader's Listen into Highlights' Daily Review, so the two apps now share an audio layer while being priced separately.
◆Prediction
Expect follow-up fixes around plan switching and more Lifelike voice tuning; Lifelike leaving beta is the most supported next feature step.

◆Recent moves

  1. 6d ago

    Readwise unbundles: Reader-only and Highlights-only plans

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    After months of Reader feature work, Readwise unbundles: Reader and Highlights can now be bought separately, and the original app is renamed to match. Lifelike voices also reach 14 more languages and the Daily Review audio.

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  2. 13d ago

    Reader fixes: Listen start point, mobile rendering, 3D Secure

    A fixes-only week: Listen starting from the right spot continues the TTS cleanup, and most other items are iPhone and iPad rendering and gesture bugs. The 3D Secure checkout fix matters commercially, since those upgrades failed every time before.

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  3. 20d ago

    Lifelike voices get steadier pacing as TTS stalls are fixed

    A week after Lifelike Voices launched in beta, Readwise retuned their pacing and fixed TTS stalls on stylized text and long RSS articles. Fixing playback this soon shows listening is a core Reader mode now, not a side feature. A parser fallback for truncated articles and a batch of mobile reading fixes fill out the release.

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  4. 27d ago

    Lifelike TTS voices, reading themes and a faster Reader launch

    Text-to-speech gets 16 new beta voices with previews, a floating mobile player, and footnote markers skipped when read aloud. Reading themes and a faster app launch round out a release focused on the mobile Reader experience after the 2.0 rebuild.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Ghostreader defaults to GPT-6 Luna; homepage redesign

    Automatic summaries and document tagging now run on GPT-6 Luna by default, included in the existing subscription. It keeps Ghostreader's baseline quality moving without a pricing change, following the Global Ghostreader launch in August.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Redesigned review emails and Reader API highlight creation

    Developers can now create anchored highlights through the Reader API, and Daily Review emails get the 2.0 design. The API change matters most for third-party tools that sync highlights into Reader.

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