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Ways of adding content on HTC BlinkFeed

Personalize HTC BlinkFeed to show articles and status updates from your favorite news sources and apps.

Adding sources to HTC BlinkFeed

Add news sources such as News Republic® to select from a wide variety of news services.
  1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
  2. Tap , and then select the sources you want to add.

Selecting feeds

Discover stories and articles on HTC BlinkFeed.
Important: You need to add a news source before you can select feeds.
  1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
  2. Next to News Republic, tap > Add topics.
  3. Swipe across the screen to browse the categories.
  4. Select one or more feeds.

Showing content from your apps and social networks

See your friends' posts in social networks or show content from your HTC apps right on HTC BlinkFeed.
Important:
  • You need to sign in to your social networks before you can post a status update from HTC BlinkFeed.
  • When adding a social network to HTC BlinkFeed, you need to give HTC Sense permission to access it.
  1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
  2. Tap , and then select the apps and social networks you like.

Searching and adding a topic of interest

Looking for a more specific topic? Search for and select topics of interest to display them on HTC BlinkFeed.
  1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
  2. Next to News Republic, tap > Add topics.
  3. Tap , and then tap Search topics and providers and enter keywords of what you're looking for.
  4. Tap a result to add it to My topics in the News Republic app. You can also tap Show feeds from RSS providers to see RSS feeds related to the topic. If you don't see the tile, scroll up.

Subscribing to foreign news sources

Want to keep up to date on current events in more than one region? You can have news sources from different countries appear on HTC BlinkFeed.
  1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
  2. Next to News Republic, tap > Add topics.
  3. Tap next to the name of the local or region, and then select another one.
  4. Select the feeds to add.

Making reading more convenient

Make reading HTC BlinkFeed content more convenient with resizable fonts or night reading mode.
  1. On HTC BlinkFeed, tap an article to open it in News Republic.
  2. Tap , and do one of the following:
    • Tap Night mode to switch to night reading mode.
    • Tap Font size, and then select a font size.
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