Artifact: Now Open to Everyone
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2 min readFeb 22, 2023
Starting today anyone can download and use Artifact — no more waitlist and no phone number required. It’s available for anyone to download on iOS or Android. You can download it here.
With the new version of our app, we’re also introducing new tools to help you personalize your experience, visualize your reading history, and see what’s popular in your network. Our hope is to provide control over what you see in Feed and a new lens into what you and your network are finding most interesting.
New Features
- See what’s popular in your network. You’re now able to connect your contacts and see articles that are popular in your network. By connecting your contacts, you’ll start seeing articles with a special badge when they’ve been read by at least several of your contacts.
- Visualize your reading history. After you read 10 articles, you’ll start seeing stats on what you read the most from your profile. We’ll show you your top categories, publishers and topics and keep it updated as you read.
- Tell us when you don’t like an article or publisher. On any article page, you now will see a thumbs down icon. By tapping it you can tell us why you don’t like an article or publisher and take actions to see fewer articles like it or less from that publisher.
- No phone number required. You can get started immediately using Artifact just by selecting your favorite interests. But if you’d like, you can now add a phone number from Profile which will save your preferences and history. Adding a phone number allows you to log in across devices or regain access if you get a new phone.
We hope you enjoy the updated app, and please let us know if you have any feedback through the settings menu on Profile. Thanks!
The Artifact Team