How to Cycle Through News Feeds Automatically in Chrome

If you follow several news sites, a screen that cycles through them on its own saves clicking from tab to tab. It works for a newsroom or office wall screen, a trading desk, or a second monitor that keeps you up to date while you work.

1. Gather the pages in one folder

1. Open each news page you want to show, such as a homepage, a section page or a live blog.
2. Bookmark each into a new folder, for example "News rotation".
3. Put them in the order you want, or plan to shuffle them.

2. Rotate them automatically

AutoBrowser opens the bookmarks in a folder one after another in a single tab, staying on each for the time you set, from 1 second to 5 minutes, and loops back to the start. Choose your news folder, set a time such as 30 seconds, and press start. Turn on random order if you'd rather not see the same sequence each time.

Each page is loaded fresh when it comes round, so you see the latest headlines.

3. Make it easy to read

• Press F11 for full screen.
• Zoom in with Ctrl + + for a screen viewed from across a room.
• Use section pages or live blogs, which show headlines more clearly than busy homepages.
• For a dedicated screen, see setting up a browser display.

4. Deal with pop-ups

• Cookie banners: accept or reject them once on each site in the same browser profile, and your choice is remembered. Cookie Auto-Reject can click "Reject all" automatically on many sites.
• Sign-in prompts and paywalls: sign in once if you subscribe, or choose free sources.
• Auto-playing video: mute the tab by right-clicking it.

When to use an RSS reader instead

A rotating screen is good for a glance, but it can miss stories that come and go between visits. To see every new article:

• Use a feed reader such as Feedly or Inoreader. Many news sites still publish RSS feeds.
• Set up Google Alerts for specific topics or names.
• Use the "Following" or topic features in Google News.

Build a full dashboard

For a mix of news, charts and social feeds, see building a news monitoring dashboard and auto-refresh extensions compared.