Chrome’s new RSS feature is now available for Android users

It hasn’t been an easy time for Android users who prefer to read and consume instead of doing other things. But if you are a Google Chrome user, there is a feature that you need to know that can help you track your favorite sites in the browser without worrying about a third-party service like Feedly.

Google now allows you to “follow” sites in its mobile browser. The feature has a similar effect to following an account on Twitter or Instagram, except that you get content updates through Chrome on the new tab page. The capability is widely available to anyone on Android running the latest version of Chrome 94 that has been pushed towards the Play at the store end of September.

Google introduced capacity earlier this year through experimentation canary version from Chrome on Android. A Google spokesperson said at the time that the company plans to return to surface content via RSS feeds so that it can complete the aforementioned next section for its users.

The ability appears in the overflow menu on the stable version of Chrome for Android. But since it’s still being deployed, you might need to activate it manually. In Chrome for Android, type chrome: // flags in the link bar to reveal hidden browser settings. Then search web feed and select the singular activated possibility of activating it. Chrome will advise you to restart. You can follow the screenshots below for visual reference.

When you start adding sites to your directory, you will see them appear in the Following section each time you launch a new tab. However, the more sources you add, the more sections of content to follow, with each area separated into its small area.

This functionality does not replace the traditional RSS feed of yesteryear. But it makes it easier to track the sites you visit regularly. without having to deal with Google’s sometimes offbeat Discover algorithm, which aggregates links to articles based on your activity on Google.

Chromium Director of Engineering Adrienne Porter Felt tweeted Friday that iOS users should expect this feature next year.