Yahoo releases updated iPhone app with Summly integration

The new app is currently only available in the US, offering users toggles to select news that they are interested in. It relies on the same natural language processing and algorithms once used in Summly’s iOS app — before it was shut down — picking out and delivering the most important parts of lengthy news articles, making them easier to digest on a smartphone. Article pages have been refreshed and now mimic Yahoo’s new weather and mail iOS apps, sporting more visual design that the company hopes will generate interest across its entire line of mobile products. The app also boasts improved search features, saving preferences between mobile and the web while offering better results for video and images. At the time of the acquisition, Yahoo said it would work to get Summly’s technology into its existing mobile experiences as quickly as possible, suggesting the Yahoo! iOS app is just the beginning of its mission to “deliver the best of the web.”