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Minimal News Feed Widget on Windows Pc

Developed By: Apps by Ken

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 6 votes

Last Updated: December 25, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.1
Size 2.4 MB
Release Date October 02, 16
Category News & Magazines Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (2)]

What's New:
Release 1.1- Bug fixes- More reliable with poor connectivity- Swapped out Google news for France 24 [see more]

Description from Developer:
There are many RSS and Atom news readers available for Android. This app is specifically designed to show feeds as a widget on your home screen. There are no advertisements, no l... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Minimal News Feed Widget and install on Windows PC. Minimal News Feed Widget is free News & Magazines app, developed by Apps by Ken. Latest version of Minimal News Feed Widget is 1.1, was released on 2016-10-02 (updated on 2023-12-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Minimal News Feed Widget is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 6 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 3 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Minimal News Feed Widget on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Minimal News Feed Widget on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Minimal News Feed Widget on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Minimal News Feed Widget using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Minimal News Feed Widget" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Minimal News Feed Widget on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Minimal News Feed Widget" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 1.1.

Download Minimal News Feed Widget 1.1 on Windows PC – 2.4 MB

There are many RSS and Atom news readers available for Android. This app is specifically designed to show feeds as a widget on your home screen. There are no advertisements, no logins, no accounts, no gimmicks, no user or content tracking, and nothing to see except your news feed content.

With the widget you can select from a few popular sites built-in or add your own Atom or RSS feed URLs. The widget has some basic visual customization and can show feed content from multiple sources within the same widget.

The widget comes with the following feed sources built-in:
* BBC Front Page
* CNN Top Stories
* Google News (US)
* Hacker News
* New York Times - Technology
* The Onion

This app is open source and hosted on Github. This allows people to verify there is no spying or other mischievous behavior going on and allow others to make improvements and fix bugs. The Github repository is here: https://github.com/kgilmer/Minimal-News-Feed-Reader-Widget.
Release 1.1
- Bug fixes
- More reliable with poor connectivity
- Swapped out Google news for France 24
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.