News

News is an open-source Android application for reading RSS and Atom feeds. It is intended for people who want to subscribe to their preferred news sources and manage updates in one place. The app belongs to MirrorNest’s Internet category and is designed for use on Android devices.

Users can synchronize their feeds with a personal Miniflux or Nextcloud server. Although it is not an official Nextcloud News client, it fully supports Nextcloud. This allows the application to fit into workflows that already use either of these services for news synchronization.

The interface uses a modern, minimal Material Design style and supports both light and dark themes. News is designed to provide a smooth, responsive experience on older and less expensive Android devices. It can also fetch podcasts and pass them to external players, while high-resolution preview images can add visual context to news feeds.

MirrorNest mirrors the official Android build directly on its own storage. The mirrored file is scanned for malware before publication, giving users a checked distribution source for the open-source application. As an open-source tool, News is also described as respecting user privacy while providing its feed, synchronization, and podcast features.