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Fun Visual Guide to the New Medium Updates, with Shakespeare.

Andy McNally
2 min readAug 26, 2022

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The medium team has been listening to user requests and recently announced some changes. You can read the full version here by Breana Jones.

An illustration of Shakespeare with a mobile phone in one hand and skull in the other.
Shakespeare editing a play on the go. Original illustration by Andy McNally.

Ye Old Mobile Editor

Medium is bringing back the mobile editor. It will be in the next version of the Android and iOS app, set to release next week. The mobile editor is the same as before, but there are future enhancements on the road map.

An illustration of Shakespeare picking a domain name on a laptop.
Shakespeare picking a domain name. Original illustration by Andy McNally.

Custom Domains

Custom domains were possible on Medium at several points over the last seven years. They were last removed in February 2021.

The Medium team says that even though there has been a lot of back and forth over the years, Custom Domains are here to stay.

An illustration of Shakespeare with a mobile phone trying to decide wether to follow another writer.
Shakespeare follows his contemporaries. Original illustration by Andy McNally.

Following Feed

Medium listened to the outpouring of requests for a chronological feed of the people you follow.

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Andy McNally
Andy McNally

Written by Andy McNally

Freelance Illustrator, Writer, & Cartoonist. Writing and drawing about technology, pop culture, sketchnotes, creative tech, and making a living as a creative.

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