A home on LW for Android users.
RULES
While this is s community focused on Android, some of us have devices from the Android, Apple, Windows and Linux worlds, etc. We may prefer Android, but overzealous and obsessive adherence to Android as some sort of infallible platform won't be tolerated long here.
That said, being critical of brands is fine. Android is frustrating in some ways, just like iOS and so forth. Let's be upfront about that.
Be thoughtful and helpful, even with 'stupid' questions. Otherwise, as ya mama said, say nothing at all. The world won't be made better or worse by snarky dudes schooling naive newcomers on Lemmy.
If you swipe left you get to Google News. Is it possible to replace this feed with another app? Maybe an independent news service?
If you can turn off swipe left to Google news, get a RSS feed reader, put a full screen widget on page one and all your apps on page 2. Make page 2 your default for home.
Yes, that's probably what it will come down to. Thanks.
Kinda miss the old Google logo, it reminds me of the pre-enshittification internet but that was never meant to last anyways...
Personally I use the news widgets from Stock Widget app. You cannot choose the news source but instead you can specify the topics you like by adding some keywords.
I think so. I mean, it depend what phone or more specifically what launcher you use.
That I need a launcher is clear to me. But which app then offers its own feed that I reach by swiping left?
Oh, I understand now. All I know is Google and Samsung but there surely are more. Sorry I don't know.
LibreChair launcher had that but its had no updates since 2019 or something
I'm unsure whether a drop-in replacement exists. I use Lawnchair. It doesn't have the newsfeed when swiping left, but if you're okay with changing your flow a bit it could be good (enough) for you. You could create something with widgets (or maybe plugins) that replicate what you currently have.
Interesting thought. I haven't thought of that yet.