Currents

Currents are smart collections that let you organize sources and filter your reading by context.

What Are Currents?

Think of Currents as different lenses through which to view your content. Instead of seeing everything mixed together, you can create focused views for different contexts:

• Tech: Technology news and development blogs
• News: Current events and journalism
• Reading List: Long-form essays and articles
• Design: Design blogs and inspiration

Each Current shows only the sources assigned to it, creating a focused river for that particular interest.

The Default River

The River Current is special. It's the union of all your sources and cannot be deleted. When you want to see everything, switch to River.

Creating a Current

1. Go to Settings → Sources & Currents
2. Tap Currents and Tap the Edit Icon
3. Give your Current a name
4. Select which sources to include
5. Tap Done to create

Managing Currents

Editing a Current

1. Go to Settings → Sources & Currents
2. Tap the Current you want to edit
3. Modify the name or source selection
4. Tap Done to save

Deleting a Current

1. Go to Settings → Sources & Currents
2. Swipe left on the Current
3. Tap Delete

Note: Deleting a Current doesn't delete the sources. They remain in your River.

Special Currents

Saved

The Saved Current is a virtual collection that shows only articles you've saved. It appears in your Currents bar when you have saved items.

Voices

When you mark sources as people in their settings, they appear in your Voices view. See Voices for more.

Reordering Currents

You can drag to reorder items in the Currents bar:

1. Within Currents Settings: Long-press and drag any item to reorder it
2. The Currents bar follows this order

Currents Bar

The Currents bar appears at the top of your River view:

• Tap any Current to switch to it
• The active Current is highlighted
• Swipe horizontally to scroll through your Currents

Tips for Using Currents

Context-based organization

Organize by when and why you read, not just by topic. A "Morning" Current might include quick news sources, while "Weekend" includes long essays.

Keep it simple

You don't need many Currents. Three to five is often ideal, enough to filter by context, but not so many that switching becomes a burden.

Use Focus for quick filtering

If you just want to see one source temporarily, you can long tap on any article and select "show more".

Let sources overlap

A source can belong to multiple Currents. Your favorite tech writer might appear in both "Tech" and "Reading List" Currents.