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Renewed Tab 1.24: RSS feed picker, feed cards, and widget previews
Renewed Tab 1.24 adds a feed picker with 90+ suggested RSS feeds, a cards layout for news feeds, a redesigned Create Widget dialog, and faster feed loading.
Renewed Tab 1.23: custom website icons and multiple backgrounds
Renewed Tab 1.23 lets you upload custom website icons, pick which bookmarks folder to show, and rotate between multiple background images on your new tab page.
Renewed Tab 1.22: quote categories, faster loading, and in-app feedback
Renewed Tab 1.22 adds quote categories and a refresh button, makes your new tab page load faster with more reliable storage, and lets you send feedback directly.
Renewed Tab 1.21: bookmark folders and Unsplash background search
Renewed Tab 1.21 lets you browse bookmark folders, search Unsplash for background photos, show a new background on every new tab, and loads website icons faster.
Introducing opt-in usage statistics
To help improve Renewed Tab, the next update adds opt-in, privacy-friendly usage statistics
Renewed Tab 2.0 is coming: multiple dashboards, sync and calendars
Renewed Tab 2.0 is a major update to the new tab page extension, adding multiple widget dashboards, sync, calendar and to-do list integrations, and a Plus membership.
Renewed Tab 1.20: faster backgrounds and new weather symbols
Renewed Tab 1.20 makes custom new tab backgrounds load faster and fit within storage limits, keeps website icons up to date, and adds new weather symbols.
How to translate Renewed Tab into your language
Help translate Renewed Tab, the new tab page extension, into your language using Weblate. No coding needed, just a free account.
How to import Feedly feeds into your new tab page using OPML
Export your subscriptions from Feedly, or any other RSS reader, as an OPML file and import them into Renewed Tab to read your feeds on your new tab page.
Renewed Tab 1.17: OPML import/export for RSS feeds
Renewed Tab 1.17 adds OPML import and export to the RSS feed widget, so you can bring your subscriptions from Feedly, plus Chrome Manifest V3 support.
Renewed Tab 1.16: clock time zones and a calendar preview
Renewed Tab 1.16 adds a time zone setting to the clock widget, so you can show the time anywhere in the world on your new tab page, plus a first look at calendars.
How to create custom widgets for Renewed Tab
Build your own new tab page widget with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Custom widgets in Renewed Tab run in a sandbox, isolated from the rest of the extension.How to add RSS feeds to your Chrome or Firefox new tab page
Show news from your favourite websites on your Chrome, Firefox, or Edge new tab page. A step-by-step guide to adding RSS, Atom and JSON feeds with Renewed Tab.
Why I created Renewed Tab, a new tab page with widgets
What led me to create a new tab page extension focused on rich widgets, a clean user experience and customisation, and the design requirements behind it.