HTC 10 BlinkFeed

HTC 10 BlinkFeed - What is HTC 10 BlinkFeed? Get the latest news about your interests or status updates from your friends right on HTC BlinkFeed. Set up which social networks, news sources, and more will appear.

HTC 10 BlinkFeed

Read Here the HTC BlinkFeed from HTC 10 Manual :

1. Swipe up or down to browse stories on HTC BlinkFeed.
2. Tap a tile to view the content. If it's a video tile, you can watch the video in full screen, hear the audio, and control the playback.
3. While viewing a news article, swipe left or right to see more stories.
4. While in HTC BlinkFeed, you can press HOME or to scroll to the top.
5. Scroll to the top and pull down on the screen to manually refresh the stream.
6. Swipe right on HTC BlinkFeed to open the slideout menu where you can choose the type of feeds or add your custom topics to display.
7. You'll see the clock widget on HTC BlinkFeed if you've set HTC BlinkFeed as the main Home screen.

Turning HTC 10 BlinkFeed on or off
You can turn HTC BlinkFeed off when your Home screen layout is set to Classic.
1.On the Home screen, slide two fingers together.
2.Tap .
3.Do one of the following:§
To turn on HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right until you see BlinkFeed, then tap it.
To turn off HTC BlinkFeed, swipe to the thumbnail and then tap Remove.

Restaurant recommendations
Can't think of what to eat? Get recommendations for restaurants nearby in HTC BlinkFeed.
Make sure you've given HTC Sense Home permission to access your location.
Make sure you've added personalized content to HTC BlinkFeed.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap and make sure Mealtime recommendations is selected.
To get restaurant recommendations, you'll need to actively use HTC BlinkFeed daily. Restaurant recommendations will show up as a tile in HTC BlinkFeed and also on your lock screen.

Viewing restaurant recommendationsView photos of the restaurant, get directions to the restaurant, and more.
1. When you see a restaurant recommendation tile, tap it to view more information.
2. You can do the following:

• Tap the photo tile or View Photos to browse photos of the restaurant.
• Tap the map icon or address to see the location and get directions to the restaurant.
• If you see a phone number, tap the phone number to call the restaurant.
• If available, tap the dots at the bottom to see more options.Ways of adding content on HTC BlinkFeed Personalize HTC BlinkFeed to show articles and status updates from your favorite news sources and apps. 

Adding sources to HTC 10 BlinkFeed
Add news sources such as News Republic® to select from a wide variety of news services.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap , and then select the sources you want to add.

Selecting feedsDiscover stories and articles on HTC BlinkFeed.
You need to add a news source before you can select feeds.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Next to News Republic, tap Add topics.
3. Swipe across the screen to browse the categories.
4. Select one or more feeds.

Showing content from your apps and social networks
See your friends' posts in social networks or show content from your HTC apps right on HTC BlinkFeed.
You need to sign in to your social networks before you can post a status update from HTC BlinkFeed.
When adding a social network to HTC BlinkFeed, you need to give HTC Sense permission to access it.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap , and then select the apps and social networks you like.

Searching and adding a topic of interest
Looking for a more specific topic? Search for and select topics of interest to display them on HTC BlinkFeed.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Next to News Republic, tap Add topics.
3. Tap , and then tap Search topics and providers and enter keywords of what you're looking for.
4. Tap a result to add it to My topics in the News Republic app. You can also tap Show feeds from RSS providers to see RSS feeds related to the topic. If you don't see the tile, scroll up. Subscribing to foreign news sources

Want to keep up to date on current events in more than one region?
You can have news sources from different countries appear on HTC BlinkFeed.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Next to News Republic, tap Add topics.
3. Tap next to the name of the local or region, and then select another one.
4. Select the feeds to add.Making reading more convenient

Make reading HTC BlinkFeed content more convenient with resizable fonts or night reading mode.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, tap an article to open it in News Republic.
2. Tap , and do one of the following:§
Tap Night mode to switch to night reading mode.§
Tap Font size, and then select a font size.

Customizing the Highlights feed
The Highlights feed displays a mix of top trending articles and status updates from the feed sources you added. You can set the Highlights feed to only show items from your favorite news sources and apps.
1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap Settings Choose Highlights topics.
3. Select the feed sources you want to appear in Highlights.

Playing videos on HTC BlinkFeed
If you're connected to Wi-Fi and there's a news or social media post that contains a video, the video plays automatically on the tile.

1. Tap a video tile to play it in full screen. 
2. Tap the title of the video tile to open its article page.
3. While the video is playing, tap the screen to see the playback controls.
4. To turn off autoplay or if you want to autoplay videos while on mobile data, tap to open the slideout menu, and then tap Settings Videos play automatically. 
5. Tap the option you want.

Posting to your social networksYou can easily post a status update from HTC BlinkFeed.
You need to sign in to your social networks before you can post a status update from HTC BlinkFeed.
When adding a social network to HTC BlinkFeed, you need to give HTC Sense permission to access it.

1. On HTC BlinkFeed, swipe right to open the slideout menu.
2. Tap Compose, and then choose a social network.
3. Compose your status update and post it on your social network.

Removing content from HTC BlinkFeed
Whether it's a tile or an entire feed, you can remove content you don't want to see on HTC BlinkFeed.

1. To remove a tile, press and hold the tile you want to remove, and then tap Remove.
2. To remove a feed source, in the slideout menu, next to News Republic tap Add topics. Then tap any tile marked with to remove it.
3. To remove social networks or apps from HTC BlinkFeed, in the slideout menu, tap . Then uncheck the social networks or apps you want to hide from HTC BlinkFeed.