# Simple News Reader

> ★ Minimalistic yet powerful news reader with text to speech capability ★

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/livio.rssreader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/livio.rssreader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `livio.rssreader`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Livio
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 20,885
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-16
- **First published:** 2026-06-16
- **Publisher country:** IT
- **Size:** 3.87 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.rssreader)
- **Website:** [https://thesaurus.altervista.org/newsreader-help](https://thesaurus.altervista.org/newsreader-help)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thesaurus.altervista.org/android-privacy-policy.html](https://thesaurus.altervista.org/android-privacy-policy.html)

## Description

**Simple News Reader** is a minimalistic yet powerful RSS news reader designed for an effortless news browsing experience. Featuring support for multiple languages including German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian, it brings you a wide variety of news categories such as technology, science, sports, and more.

Key features include easy addition of personal feeds and OPML import, a handy mini widget for latest headlines, backup and restore capabilities, theme customization, and efficient performance optimized for speed and low battery consumption. With integrated text to speech functionality, users can listen to the news hands-free. This beta version also supports setting the language of news feeds directly in the settings menu, making it a versatile tool for multilingual users.

## Rankings

- #427,036 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `livio.rssreader.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/livio.rssreader)