Google Reader has fed its last feed. The Big G is shutting the popular RSS reader this summer, so we've rounded up five alternatives to Google Reader for keeping up with your favourite websites.
I use Google Reader every day, not just for technology news but also to keep up with my bestest blogs, webcomics and news, even keeping track of mentions of my favourite keywords -- including my name, natch -- with Google Alerts. So which service should I switch my feeds to?
Feedly is a popular choice, with the added bonus of a seamless switch-over from Reader. Taptu and Pulse both offer a visual layout to swipe through your stories and posts with big pictures.
On your tablet or phone, Flipboard puts your stories in a beautiful magazine-like layout.
Then there's Google Currents, which is another mobile app that reads RSS feeds and much more. Perhaps now Google Reader is going by the board, Currents will become more popular, but now we've had our fingers burned with Reader can we ever trust Google again?
Google closes the book on Reader on 1 July, but you can translate your feeds using Google Takeout.
- In the meantime, take a look at these suggestions for Reader replacements from our sister site CNET.com to see which is best for you.
How will you replace Google Reader? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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anonymous 14 March, 2013 12:01
News Republic is also a good alternative.
anonymous 14 March, 2013 12:24
Agree. Google Currents will become the new RSS reader. I'm not sure what the big deal is. Personally I tried out Google Reader but felt in terms of functionality and lack of a holo theme, It wasn't particularly that good. Google currents is so much better. It's very slick and user friendly. There are some tweaks that need to be done but I'm sure they will come in time.
anonymous 14 March, 2013 13:12
I think the issue here isn't really the loss of Google Reader itself. It's the loss of the API and servers that it ran on. Reader was the single easiest way to sync your feeds between devices and without it the options are looking pretty threadbare. Feedly is switching over to it's own backend so that's an option, but it's not likely to allow third party applications to access it. Frankly the options are so mediocre at the moment that I'm seriously considering setting up a server just for syncing up.
Tim Acheson 14 March, 2013 13:50
Google arrogantly expected us all to move to Google+ instead. Google also failed to take Reader competitors seriously. FAIL!
anonymous 14 March, 2013 20:51
I actually really don't like Flipboard. It's not an alternative to Reader at all in my experience. Lovely UI but doesn't play well with RSS feeds.
Pulse is about as good as anything I've found, though I'm about to try Feedly.
In all honesty though, I'm a massive fan of Reader (the awful UI suggests that it was always on borrowed time though), and I will miss it. It's just the simplest option. Mostly because it's so simple to set up an RSS feed on and sync across devices. I've not seen anything else come close.
anonymous 14 March, 2013 20:53
I don't see how Google Reader and Google+ relate? They're totally different services.
I hope Currents does take over as it's a lovely app. But, like I said a second ago, it's nowhere near as easy to set up RSS feeds on and doesn't sync to desktop. I'm amazed that it doesn't have a Chrome app.
anonymous 10 May, 2013 22:25
Try this one, it is very good Google Reader alternative (g2reader.com) http://goo.gl/MoVg3