We’re sad to hear that Huxe is shutting down.
At BeFreed, we continue to believe deeply in the future of personalized, interactive audio experiences.
Over the past year, beFreed has grown to hundreds of thousands of users. We’re now launching a new version that gives users full control over voice, narration style, and length — whether it’s AI updates delivered with a Gossip Girl vibe or recent news explained through immersive cinematic storytelling tailored to you.
The new version is currently available on TestFlight.
Comment “audio” if you’d like an invite.
You can’t fast-forward a lecture, a meeting, or a conversation in real life.
But you can definitely feel the urge to. This is just a mirror of that feeling—when your brain is already in 2026, but the system is still running in 1996.
Time to try BeFreed: https://t.co/nAxtvkyxbO
I spend about two hours every day texting with our users.
People keep asking how to build community for a consumer product—because everyone knows if you truly have the community, you win.
My biggest learning so far: communication >> community.
Streaming text conversations have been our most informative, highest-density user research channel.
Letting users text us directly has become one of the best features we’ve ever shipped.
HUGE Internet outage!!
Major apps down —
Befreed,
Snapchat,
Ring,
Roblox,
Canva,
Amazon,
Amazon Web Services,
Amazon Music,
Prime Video,
Fortnite,
Wordle,
Duolingo,
Coinbase,
HMRC,
Vodafone,
PlayStation,
Pokémon Go.