News in two minutes#
Add feeds
Open News, add a direct RSS/Atom URL or import an OPML file.
Tune the reader
Use source filters, local search, saved/read state, and notifications as needed.
Place the widget
Add the Kanarek news widget from the Android launcher and resize it to the layout you prefer.
A failed source is isolated from the rest, and the last known-good story set is kept instead of being replaced by an empty refresh.
Radio and IPTV#
Add stations
Search the Radio Browser directory, add a station manually, or import M3U/M3U8.
Organize
Use groups and favorites, and edit playlist entries when headers or metadata need correction.
Keep controls handy
Add the player widget or use Android's system media controls.
Optional backend#
Leave Backend URL blank for normal on-device feed parsing. Configure your own Worker only when you want Worker-backed feed merging, clean-reader extraction, discovery/scraping, or synchronized state.
If a stream works locally but fails through Cast, check whether it needs custom User-Agent or Referer headers. The default Cast receiver fetches media itself and does not inherit Kanarek's local request overrides.