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⚙️ How do I change my preferences?

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You can update your preferences from the Settings screen, which can be accessed in two ways depending on your device:

🧭 Where to Find Settings

  • On some TV Devices: From the Top of the Screen

    • Look for the gear icon (⚙️) at the top corner of the screen.

    • Hover over it to reveal the label “My Account”.

    • Click it to open the My Settings screen.

  • On other Devices: From the Bottom of the Home Screen

    • On some TV platforms, scroll to the bottom of all playlists.

    • Select “Settings” to open the preferences menu.

📍 Set Your Location

To receive news that's relevant to where you live:

🔗 Follow this guide:
👉 How can I change my location?


📰 Configure My Headlines

Want to update your favorite categories and sources? Here's how:

  1. Tap "Configure My Headlines" in the app.

  2. 🗂️ Categories screen appears first.
    👉 Tap the categories you want to favorite (a ✅ checkmark will appear).

  3. Tap "Next" ➡️ to go to the Recommended Sources screen.

  4. 📰 Tap on the sources you’d like to favorite.

  5. 📍 You can also update your location on this screen.

  6. ✅ Tap "Done" to save your preferences.


🖥️ Auto Full-Screen

This feature makes videos or images automatically expand to full-screen after a few seconds.

🕒 Default time: 20 seconds

✨ Customize it:

  1. Go to Settings ⚙️

  2. Select "Auto Full-Screen"

  3. Choose a time that fits your style (e.g., 20s, 40s, or disable it completely)

📴 To disable auto full-screen:
Select the Off option in the same settings menu.

✋ Even if it's off, you can still manually zoom using a pinch gesture 🤏.


▶️ Autoplay (available on select platforms)

Autoplay controls whether the first video starts playing automatically when you open the app.

  • 🔛 ON – The video will play automatically

  • 🔴 OFF – The video will start paused

To toggle this setting:

  1. Go to Settings ⚙️

  2. Select "Autoplay"

  3. Choose ON or OFF, based on your preference

This gives you control over how your news experience begins each time you launch the app.


🌡️ Temperature (available on select platforms)

You can choose how temperature is displayed in the weather widget on your home screen:

  • 🌡️ Celsius (°C)

  • 🌡️ Fahrenheit (°F)

To change this:

  1. Go to Settings ⚙️

  2. Tap on "Temperature Unit"

  3. Select Celsius or Fahrenheit

Your weather widget will now show temperatures using your chosen unit.


Need more help? We're here for you! 😊
📬 Contact Support anytime via the app or Haystack Help Center

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