Pocket

We are thrilled to announce a new integration for Slack. If you already use Slack, you know that it’s the collaboration hub for the modern workplace.

Now with the new Pocket integration for Slack, you can capture and save all of the interesting articles, links, and videos your teammates share in Slack throughout the day—right to Pocket. When you’re ready to spend time with the content and unlock all of the great ideas, it’s there for you in Pocket on your phone, tablet, or computer.

To get started, ask your Slack administrator at your workplace to add Pocket to Slack. Once Pocket has been added, connecting your Pocket account is simple. Here’s how:

• To save a link that a teammate has shared, hover over the message and click the ••• More actions icon. Then select Save to Pocket.
• If it’s your first time saving, Pocket will send you a message offering to Connect Pocket to Slack.
• Sign in to Pocket, and connect your account. Now you’ll be able to save any link that’s been posted in Slack. (This action only works on external links, not on Slack messages.)

Have any questions about this exciting new integration? Learn more about saving to Pocket in Slack ›

Highlights are here for iPhone and iPad!

Last December, we launched highlights on Android and we’ve been hearing how much easier it is for Android users to mark and recall important passages in Pocket. This is why we’re thrilled to bring highlights to iOS devices today, so you can start highlighting and capturing ideas you read and want to remember, share, and revisit again and again.

Your highlights will sync automatically between Pocket on iOS and Android, so if you use both, we’ve got you covered!

For those of you who are new to highlights, creating them is easy! Just open an article and select text you want to remember. Then, select the “Highlight” action above the selection.

Once you’ve created several highlights in an article, you can tap on any of them to see all of your highlights in one place. Later on, when you’re viewing your list, you can use the Highlights filter to see all of the highlights that you’ve created in Pocket.

We’ve added some refinements in Pocket for Android as well! The overall highlights UI has been improved, and the Highlights filter has been reorganized and is now easier to read.

Please keep in mind: Highlighting is a freemium feature. Free accounts will be able to create up to 3 highlights per article, while Pocket Premium subscribers will be able to create an unlimited number of highlights.

We hope you’re as excited as we are, and can’t wait to hear what you think! Do you find yourself becoming a more focused, active reader? Are you able to more deeply engage with the ideas and insights you discover in Pocket? Please let us know by sending us an email, or help us spread the word by tweeting a screenshot of something interesting you highlighted today.

– Team Pocket

We know that deciding what to read on Pocket can sometimes feel challenging. Maybe even a little overwhelming. So many great stories, so little time. Which one to choose?

You’ve told us that it would be helpful to know how long it takes to start and finish each item in your list, and now you can! When you open Pocket on your phone or tablet, you’ll see time estimates for every article and video you’ve saved, right below the title.

So the next time you have 3 minutes waiting for an appointment, 10 minutes on your commute, or are unwinding on the couch after a long day, open up Pocket and find a story that suits your moment.

Time estimates are currently available on devices set to English. We will be adding support for additional languages and bringing this feature to Pocket for Web in the near future.

We’d love to know what you think. Is choosing what to read a little easier? Are you reading more? Either way, we hope that time estimates help you read and watch the things that matter to you.

– Team Pocket

Today, we’re excited to announce that Highlighting is available in Pocket for Android!

When reading an article in Pocket on your Android phone or tablet, you can now highlight passages along the way. This is the perfect way to remember passages that you find meaningful, want to share with friends, or revisit later on. All the while, you’ll be creating a treasure trove of excerpts that are important to you and accessible at a moment’s notice.

Here’s how it works:

Simply long-press on any text in Pocket to start your selection, and then expand to include the entire word, phrase, or section that you’d like to highlight. Then, tap the Highlight button.

Click here to learn more and get the most out of Highlighting in Pocket.

Highlighting in Pocket has two tiers: Free and Premium. All Pocket users will be able to create 3 highlights per article, and those who subscribe to Pocket Premium will be able to create an unlimited number of highlights.

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This has been one of Pocket’s most requested features ever, and we’re overjoyed to finally bring it to Pocket for Android. Highlighting in Pocket for iOS is coming next, and Highlighting support for our entire platform will happen in the future.

We always love hearing from you, our passionate users and fans. If you have any feedback, suggestions, or ideas about how we could make Pocket even more useful for you, please drop us a line.

Upgrade to the latest Pocket for Android and start Highlighting!

– Team Pocket

We’re excited to announce that Recommendations from Pocket are now part of the new tab experience in Firefox Quantum!

Not already on the amazingly fast, new Firefox Quantum? Get it here.

How it works:

When you open a new tab in Firefox, you’ll now see three recommended stories from Pocket. They’re curated from the millions of items being saved to Pocket every day, so they do a great job of representing what’s worth reading and watching on the web.

If you see a story that looks interesting, click it to jump right in! Or, move your mouse to the ●●● button at the top right corner to save it to Pocket and come back to it at a later time.

Below these stories, you’ll also find a set of popular topics. These links lead into Pocket Explore, where you can search and discover popular content on any topic that interests you.

Pocket Recommendations are updated throughout the day, so check back often to see new stories. They’re currently available in the new Firefox Quantum for users located in the United States, Canada, and Germany. If you’re interested in seeing recommendations in your country, please let us know!

Also in the new Firefox Quantum:

Also in Firefox Quantum, the Pocket button has been moved to a new location that’s easier to find. Now, when you’re viewing a page that can be saved, you’ll see a Pocket button on the right side of your Address Bar. In addition, you can click the new Library button to jump directly to your Pocket List to see everything you’ve saved.

What’s next for Pocket:

When we first announced our acquisition in February of this year, we promised:

Together we are going to continue expanding the reach of high-quality content, while staying true to the values that drive both Pocket and Mozilla alike: Protecting the openness of the web and creating a content platform built around trust and privacy.

With the launch of Recommendations from Pocket on the Firefox new tab, we’re excited to continue to move this mission forward, and will continue to iterate and improve how you connect with high-quality content on the web.

– Nate

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We’ve been experimenting with a new tab in Pocket called Home. Home is designed to be a front page to the best of your Pocket, helping you return to the stories you’ve saved, and find something interesting to read or watch whenever you open the app.

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We’ve just released a completely new version of Home to the Pocket Beta for iPhone!

Here’s the latest:

• Fresh new layouts that make it easier to browse and find something to read or watch.
• New topic sections that are personalized to what you’re saving, reading, and watching in Pocket. These sections will update throughout the day so be sure to check back often.
• Stories you’ve saved are being better incorporated into Home. With this latest release, you’ll see a story you’ve recently saved (but haven’t read) in the top slot of each topic section.

We hope this update makes it easier to find something interesting to read or watch whenever you open the Pocket app. Only you, our beloved users and fans, can let us know if we’re we’re on the right track! Please join our Beta if you haven’t done so already and drop us a line to let us know what you think at beta@getpocket.com!

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P.S. If you use Pocket on Android as well, we just launched a couple top requested features! Click here to read all about them.

Today, we’re excited to announce that two of our most requested features are landing in Pocket for Android: continuous playback for Listen, and the ability to highlight quotes and passages within Pocket.

You can check out the new Listen experience by updating to Pocket 6.6.3, and you can begin testing Highlights by joining the Android Beta.

A ton of new improvements for Listen:

First up, Listen / Text-to-Speech is getting a major upgrade. For those who haven’t discovered Listen yet, it lets you come back to the stories you’ve saved by having Pocket read them aloud to you, so you can keep your hands free for other tasks, like going for a run, driving into work, or making dinner.

In today’s update, Pocket will now continuously read articles out loud to you in a playlist format, so you can listen to stories one right after the other. You can also see what’s up next, and browse through Pocket while still in Listen mode. For devices with Android 5.0 or higher, we also now support all of Google’s voices, meaning you have several new high-quality voices to choose from!

Just tap the headphones button at the top of your List to get started, and turn everything in your Pocket into a podcast.

Highlights are now on Android Beta:

Second, we are thrilled to (finally) introduce Highlights! In the Android Beta, you can now highlight passages that you find meaningful, want to remember or share, and then come back to them all in a treasure trove of excerpts that are important to you.

Highlighting is pretty straightforward – just long press on the text you want to highlight and tap “Highlight” in the menu above. Tap on any highlight to see everything you’ve highlighted in that particular story, or see all of your highlights by filtering your List (see the menu below).

Joining the Android Beta gives you early access to features and the opportunity to give us feedback as we develop them. Here’s how you can join: https://help.getpocket.com/article/898-getting-started-with-pocket-for-android-beta

We are so excited for you to begin using these new features on Android! We love feedback, so please send us your questions, suggestions, and requests to support@getpocket.com.

Get Continuous Playback in Pocket 6.6.3

Start testing Highlights in Beta

– Team Pocket

At Pocket, we’re always working hard to deliver a stellar experience when reading content on any device. This is why we’re thrilled to introduce the Pocket Instant App for Android. Now, with the simple tap of a link, readers can instantly experience the benefits of Pocket, even if they don’t have the app installed on their phone.

Our Instant App includes two of Pocket’s best features, Article View and Related Recommendations, giving readers a seamless introduction into what can be unlocked by downloading our full app and signing up for a Pocket account.

Here’s how it works:

Normally on Android, tapping links shared from Pocket will open in your mobile browser. Depending on your Internet connection and the size of the article, it can be a long wait for the article to finish loading.

Now, when you open a link shared from Pocket, it will load in our Instant App for Android. The app loads quickly (they don’t call them “instant” for nothing!), and you can turn on Article View for a clean, focused, and distraction-free reading experience. Want to dive deeper? Tap the bottom of your screen to see a few recommendations related to the article that was shared. The best part is, this rich experience is delivered to you without needing to install the full Pocket app.

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Pocket is one of fifty new Instant Apps you can try out on your Android phone or tablet today. We can’t wait to hear what you think! If you’d like to learn more about Android Instant Apps, you can do so here. Have other questions about how to get started? The Pocket Support Team is here to help! Click here to get in touch.

– Team Pocket

iMessage apps are a fun and useful way to interact with your friends and family without ever leaving the Messages app. Now, with Pocket for iMessage, you can browse and search your saved items in Pocket and seamlessly share them without ever leaving the conversation.

Here’s how it works:

First, open an existing conversation or start a new one and add a recipient. Then, tap the Apps button and select Pocket.

(If you can’t find Pocket, you may need to enable the app first. Just open the iMessage App Store, then open the Manage tab, and enable Pocket. Here’s a helpful article from Apple explaining how this works: Use iMessage Apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch)

Once you’ve opened Pocket, you can scroll through your recent Pocket activity. Both newly saved items and Archived items will appear here. You can also use the Search box to search your Pocket account to find the article you’d like to share.

Tip: Tap the ⌃ button in the bottom right corner of the app to expand iMessage for easier browsing.

Finally, simply tap the item that you’d like to share, and it’ll be ready to share. The article title and preview image will load automatically in the message box, and you’ll have the option to add a comment or simply send it off!

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We hope you enjoy this fun new way to share articles in Pocket with your friends and family! Questions about how to get started? The Pocket Support Team is here to help! Click here to get in touch.

A letter from Pocket’s founder/CEO to Pocket users.

You may know Pocket as the app. The little button in your browser. The late-night reading companion. The reprieve from the noise. A place to find interesting content.

To us, the team building it, it means a mission that we care deeply about. One that might have begun with the simple goal of saving the articles you wanted to read later, but that today feels more pressing and relevant than ever before.

Pocket’s mission is to create a platform that enables people to save, share, and consume the content worthy of their time and attention. And by doing so, we hope to make it easier to spend time with more high-quality content, no matter how noisy it gets.

In a world where we are buried by content, where it’s become increasingly harder to find signal in the noise, truth from fiction, and even the value of our press and written word is being challenged, we need a platform where high-quality, thoughtful content and free speech can rise above the rest.

What matters most to us is our ability to make a real impact in the lives of our users and the world at large. That’s why we’re excited to announce that we’ve found a powerful new ally in helping us achieve our mission, while building a better, healthier, and more interesting Internet in the process.

As of today, Pocket is joining forces with Mozilla.

Pocket will continue on as a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of Mozilla Corporation. We’ll be staying in our office, and our name will still be on the wall. Our team isn’t changing and our existing roadmap has been reinforced and is clearer than ever. In fact, we have a few major updates up our sleeves that we are really excited to get into your hands in the coming months.

How does Mozilla fit into this equation? They’re adding fuel to our rocketship. We have worked closely with Mozilla as we partnered with their Firefox team, and established a deep trust with their team and vision.  They have extraordinary resources, global scale, and reach to put Pocket in more places, and help us build an even better product, faster.

Together we are going to continue expanding the reach of high-quality content, while staying true to the values that drive both Pocket and Mozilla alike: Protecting the openness of the web and creating a content platform built around trust and privacy.

When I sat down to write the first version of Pocket – which just so happened to be a Firefox add-on – I had no idea where it would lead. Now, as I reflect upon the last 9 and a half years, I struggle to find the words to describe it. What started out as a late-night hack project has since employed over 60 different people throughout its history. People who have spent countless days and nights thinking and working on how to make an amazing product. It’s moved people across countries and over oceans. It’s a button that has been clicked over 3 billion times, enabling trillions of words to be read that may not have been otherwise. It’s been the source of millions of articles and thoughts to be shared, sparking conversations that are important and so very necessary.

But above all else, it has made an impact on you, our users.

As we have continued to grow both as a product and as a company, one thing hasn’t changed: Our passion for building a product we love, and the respect we have for you, our users. We hope that each of you know that we wake up every day thinking about how to make Pocket better for you. And starting today, now under the Mozilla banner, we’ll be doing just the same, for a long time to come.

If you have any questions about the news, we encourage you to reach out to the Pocket Community team – our number one priority is you!

Looking forward to what’s next!
– Nate (Pocket CEO/Founder) and the entire Pocket team