Google now cards vs rss feed readers

[eric002]

Just as the title suggests, who uses Google now cards instead of an rss feed readers? I it pretty mom takes the place of the old rss feeds don't you think?

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[SpookDroid]

Not exactly... RSS Feed readers got every single article and item 'published' by the sources you subscribed to. With Google Now, you only get some highlights from recent searches, visits, and topics you've looked for recently (if enabled, even e-mails!). So with an RSS Feed, you get all-you-can-eat from all the places you choose, but with Google Now, the skimming and selection is done for you and you are only presented with a 'curated meal' of information.

Flipboard would be closer to RSS Feeds with a 'touch' of curating.

 

[eric002]

Not exactly... RSS Feed readers got every single article and item 'published' by the sources you subscribed to. With Google Now, you only get some highlights from recent searches, visits, and topics you've looked for recently (if enabled, even e-mails!). So with an RSS Feed, you get all-you-can-eat from all the places you choose, but with Google Now, the skimming and selection is done for you and you are only presented with a 'curated meal' of information.

Flipboard would be closer to RSS Feeds with a 'touch' of curating.

Mmm I see. I just find feed readers to eat battery alot more so though.

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[SpookDroid]

It depends on how you configure them. If you set the RSS Feed readers to fetch news every X minutes, then yeah, they'll eat up more battery. But if you set them to fetch new stories upon app open or manual refresh, shouldn't be much different than Google.