Aeon News updates

What’s new, clearly explained.

Follow new capabilities across the Aeon News platform and add-ons, with a clear explanation of the practical impact for your newsroom and existing setup.

Product area
Status
Platform 4.10
Available now

Steadier continuous reading and revenue surfaces

Continuous article reading is more dependable, with ad placements that remain reliable as readers move through loaded articles.

Why it matters

Longer reading sessions should feel more seamless for readers while preserving dependable inventory for the commercial side of the newsroom.

For existing customers

Available in Theme 4.10. Existing publishers can plan the update with their normal release window.

Platform 4.10
Available now

More ways to surface the work behind the headline

The 4.10 series brings advanced archive search, renewed author profiles and archives, a Latest News Wire, a more flexible ticker, design presets, a Draft Previewer role and stronger localisation.

Why it matters

Readers can find more of your reporting and understand who made it, while editors get clearer tools for presenting a living news product.

For existing customers

Available in the 4.10 series. Review the new editorial presentation options before enabling them in production.

Platform 4.10
Available now

More control around reading, privacy and editorial context

Theme 4.10 adds optional privacy consent and Matomo opt-in, an editorial image lightbox and built-in sticky widgets.

Why it matters

Publishers can make consent choices clearer while giving readers richer context and keeping key editorial modules in reach.

For existing customers

Available in Theme 4.10. Privacy consent is optional; assess it against your own privacy setup before activation.

Add-ons 1.11.2
Optional add-on

More considered AI reader polls

Editor-led AI reader polls now respect the site language, generate more reliably, offer more balanced response choices and recover results robustly on cached pages.

Why it matters

Reader questions can stay useful and on-brand without adding avoidable work or uncertainty to the editorial day.

For existing customers

Available as an optional add-on update. Existing customers should update the add-on to benefit from the stronger generation and result handling.

Add-ons 1.10
Optional add-on

A curated vertical video and YouTube Shorts slider

Editors can assemble a vertical video slider from manual selections, selected channels or curated sources, with deferred video loading for a lighter page experience.

Why it matters

It gives video a deliberate editorial home instead of making the front page depend on an unfiltered feed.

For existing customers

Available as an optional add-on. It can be configured around the channels and editorial selection process you already use.

Platform 4.6
Available now

News Cycle: the day’s news in chronological order

News Cycle gives readers a chronological overview of the publishing day, making fast-moving coverage easier to follow.

Why it matters

A clear timeline helps readers return to a developing story without losing the day’s editorial sequence.

For existing customers

Available now in Theme 4.6 and later. Existing customers can add News Cycle where a chronological overview suits their coverage.