News Feed

The News Feed widget can display any data coming from any RSS Feed source.

Screenshot

News Feed Widget

News Feed Widget

Functionality

The News Feed widget has the following functionality:

  • Show News items based on RSS feed.
  • Choose amount of items to be displayed.
  • Show or hide RSS title.
  • Show or hide last updated since.
  • Display multiple items or only 1 item.

How to use

Simple use the Senses - Smart Mirror app to add the News Feed widget to your Smart Mirror and specify the RSS Feed URL.

Example: Apple News https://www.apple.com/newsroom/rss-feed.rss or Google News: https://news.google.com/rss

Configuration

SettingDescription
Widget TitleWidget header title
URLspecify the News Feed URL
IntervalSpecify the interval in which the widget will fetch for new items
Display amountSpecify the amount of items that should be displayed
Show RSS TitleToggle this option to show the RSS title
Show Last updated sinceToggle this option to show the last updated timestamp
Display only 1 itemToggle this option to display only 1 item.

All other configuration settings are explained here.