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October 10, 2021 03:34 pm

Chrome Attempts to Resurrect RSS With a New-Tab Feature That 'Follows' Your Favorite Sites

It's kind of like an RSS feed — and kind of not. Google now lets you "follow" your favorite web sites with Android versions of Chrome, reports Gizmodo:The feature has a similar effect to following an account on Twitter or Instagram, except you get content updates through Chrome on the new tab page. The ability is widely available to anyone on Android running the latest version of Chrome 94 that was pushed out to the Play Store at the end of September. Google introduced the ability earlier this year through the experimental Canary version of Chrome on Android. A Google spokesperson said at the time that the company planned to return to surfacing content through RSS feeds so that it could populate the aforementioned Following section for its users. The ability shows up in the overflow menu on the stable version of Chrome for Android. But since it's still rolling out, you might need to enable it manually. In Chrome for Android, type in chrome://flags in the link bar to reveal the browser's hidden settings. Then, search for web feed and select the singular enabled option to turn it on.... Chrome's director of engineering Adrienne Porter Felt tweeted on Friday that iOS users should expect the feature sometime next year.

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