Microsoft is letting developers create apps for its Band fitness tracker that convey information pulled from RSS feeds and display it on the device’s screen.

The apps, which Microsoft calls Web tiles, work best at relaying “glanceable” information, like stock quotes or weather reports, the company said Thursday.

Creating an app is a quick and straightforward, according to Microsoft. First, developers visit a Microsoft website where they provide an icon file and link to an RSS feed.

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