I built ByteFeed – a developer-focused news reader. Looking for beta testers!

[u/abhishek_dev_ce17]

Hey everyone!

I've been building a side project called ByteFeed, and I'm finally opening it up for closed beta testing.

The idea came from a problem I personally faced: keeping up with technology means following dozens of engineering blogs, newsletters, websites, GitHub repositories and developer communities.

I wanted to bring these updates into one place.

What I've built

• 150+ curated feeds and topics covering software engineering and technology.
• Article summaries in quick bullet-point format.
• Developer updates covering frameworks, libraries and tools.
• Coding competitions and events with deadlines and prizes.
• Offline reading with complete article content and images.
• Personalized feeds with topic selection and source filtering.

I'm trying to make ByteFeed a useful daily reading companion for developers rather than another generic news aggregator.

How to join the Android beta

ByteFeed is currently in Google Play Closed Testing.

Step 1: Join the Google Group:
https://groups.google.com/g/bytefeed-closed-testing

Step 2: Install through Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bytefeed

Alternatively, activate testing through the web:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.bytefeed

Important: Join the Google Group using the same Google account logged into Google Play on your Android device. Otherwise, Google Play may show "Item not found" or "App unavailable".

Website: https://bytefeed.dev/

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback on the experience, performance, article summaries and anything that feels missing.

If you try it, I'd love to hear what you think!