News widget for Windows
Headlines on your dashboard, with nothing to sign up for. It reads Google News out of the box: pick your country's edition, a topic like technology or sport, or a search of your own. Prefer particular outlets? Add their RSS or Atom feeds instead, or plug in a NewsAPI key if you already have one. Choose how many headlines you want and how often they refresh, show thumbnails and sources or keep it to a compact list. Clicking through opens in your real browser.
Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required
The real News widget, running live. Drag it around.
What News is good for
The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.
Skim headlines without opening a news site and losing twenty minutes
Follow one topic or search, such as your industry or your town
Read only the outlets you trust by adding their feeds
Every News setting
12 options, set per widget - so two copies of News on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.
Source
Any value you like · starts at google
Google edition
Any value you like
Google topic
Any value you like · starts at top
Google query
Any value you like
Custom feeds
Any value you like
Show thumbnails
Show source
Show description
Headlines count
Advanced
Refresh interval
minutes
Compact mode
Open in browser
Getting News on your desktop
- 01
Install
Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.
- 02
Add the widget
Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.
- 03
Make it yours
Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.
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News is one of 95 widgets
They all live on the same customizable dashboard, with themes, multiple screens, and native Windows notifications. Free.
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