What's new: May 21, 2026

Connect once, start writing sooner

When you connect beehiiv, Kit, or a newsletter archive during setup, onboarding now finishes from that connection, and Voice Training starts right away.

When training succeeds, your AI Writer is ready to use without waiting for manual approval. You'll get a note when it is ready.

A wider story window

All active accounts now get the same 12-month story access window. Recent older stories no longer disappear behind plan-specific upgrade prompts as long as they are inside the 12-month storage horizon.

Content Desk keeps your edits

Adding a URL story is less brittle. If a page has thin metadata or extraction is partial, HeyNews keeps the title, details, tags, and content you entered.

You can also edit story titles and details after saving. Imported stories keep those edits for the current newsletter only, so shared story records do not get rewritten for your other newsletters.

Sources are easier to maintain

Fetch now is back for RSS feeds, social profiles, and shared sources.

Source names, descriptions, notes, and tags save as source details instead of overwriting the article or video titles attached to stories.

Fixes

  • ActiveCampaign public archives import the real issue URLs instead of treating archive index pages as issues.
  • Fresh Content Desk stories stay visible in Compose even before story scoring finishes.
  • Removing a source no longer leaves stale source groups in the current newsletter, and it does not hide the same story from your other newsletters.
  • Voice Training handles larger past-issue libraries more reliably during source discovery.
  • Cancel and save-offer choices are guarded against duplicate clicks and race conditions.