diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/drawable/app_widget_background.xml b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/drawable/app_widget_background.xml
index a00ec096b..2c1b7964c 100644
--- a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/drawable/app_widget_background.xml
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/drawable/app_widget_background.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:shape="rectangle">
-    <solid android:color="@color/half_black" />
+    <solid android:color="@color/white" />
     <corners
         android:bottomLeftRadius="4dp"
         android:bottomRightRadius="4dp"
diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_app_widget.xml b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_app_widget.xml
index 28f499d60..148a73a33 100644
--- a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_app_widget.xml
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_app_widget.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:orientation="vertical"
     android:background="@drawable/app_widget_background"
     android:clipChildren="false">
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
         android:paddingTop="9dp"
         android:paddingEnd="8dp"
         android:paddingBottom="9dp"
-        android:textColor="@color/white"
+        android:textColor="@color/black"
         android:textStyle="bold"
         tools:text="Coding Horror" />
 
@@ -23,10 +24,9 @@
         android:id="@+id/widget_list"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
-        android:layout_marginTop="46dp"
-        tools:listitem="@layout/view_widget_item" />
+        tools:listitem="@layout/view_widget_story_item" />
 
     <!--    Note that empty views must be siblings of the collection view
             for which the empty view represents empty state.-->
 
-</FrameLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
+</LinearLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_widget_item.xml b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_widget_item.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index aece96d52..000000000
--- a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_widget_item.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    android:id="@+id/view_widget_item"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="match_parent"
-    android:gravity="center_vertical"
-    android:orientation="horizontal">
-
-    <TextView
-        android:id="@+id/widget_item_title"
-        android:layout_width="0dp"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_weight="1"
-        android:ellipsize="end"
-        android:lines="1"
-        android:textColor="@color/white"
-        android:paddingStart="8dp"
-        android:paddingTop="7dp"
-        android:paddingEnd="8dp"
-        android:paddingBottom="7dp"
-        android:textSize="14sp"
-        android:textStyle="bold"
-        tools:text="The Next CEO of Stackoverflow" />
-
-    <TextView
-        android:textColor="@color/white"
-        android:id="@+id/widget_item_time"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:paddingEnd="8dp"
-        android:textSize="12sp"
-        tools:text="30 min ago" />
-</LinearLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_widget_story_item.xml b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_widget_story_item.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7865997bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/layout/view_widget_story_item.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
+
+    <RelativeLayout
+        android:id="@+id/view_widget_item"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent">
+
+        <ImageView
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_favicon_borderbar_1"
+            android:layout_width="5dp"
+            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
+
+        <ImageView
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_favicon_borderbar_2"
+            android:layout_width="5dp"
+            android:layout_height="match_parent"
+            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/story_item_favicon_borderbar_1" />
+
+        <ImageView
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_feedicon"
+            android:layout_width="18dp"
+            android:layout_height="18dp"
+            android:layout_marginStart="24dp"
+            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
+            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/story_item_favicon_borderbar_2" />
+
+        <TextView
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_feedtitle"
+            style="?storyFeedTitleText"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_marginLeft="6dp"
+            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/story_item_feedicon"
+            android:ellipsize="end"
+            android:singleLine="true"
+            android:textColor="@android:color/holo_orange_dark" />
+
+        <TextView
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_title"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_below="@id/story_item_feedicon"
+            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
+            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/story_item_favicon_borderbar_2"
+            android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/story_item_thumbnail"
+            android:ellipsize="end"
+            android:maxLines="2"
+            android:paddingTop="4dp"
+            android:paddingRight="4dp"
+            android:paddingBottom="4dp"
+            android:textColor="@color/tag_red" />
+
+        <TextView
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_content"
+            style="?storySnippetText"
+            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_below="@id/story_item_title"
+            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
+            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/story_item_favicon_borderbar_2"
+            android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/story_item_thumbnail"
+            android:ellipsize="end"
+            android:maxLines="2"
+            android:paddingRight="4dp"
+            android:paddingBottom="4dp"
+            android:textColor="@color/tag_green" />
+
+        <ImageView
+            android:src="@drawable/ic_arrow_back_gray46"
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_thumbnail"
+            android:layout_width="64dp"
+            android:layout_height="64dp"
+            android:layout_marginTop="1dp"
+            android:layout_marginBottom="1dp"
+            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
+            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
+            android:visibility="gone" />
+
+        <TextView
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_author"
+            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_below="@id/story_item_content"
+            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
+            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/story_item_favicon_borderbar_2"
+            android:ellipsize="end"
+            android:paddingBottom="2dp"
+            android:singleLine="true"
+            android:textColor="@color/story_author_text" />
+
+        <TextView
+            android:id="@+id/story_item_date"
+            style="?storyDateText"
+            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_below="@id/story_item_content"
+            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
+            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/story_item_author"
+            android:gravity="end"
+            android:maxLines="1"
+            android:paddingRight="8dp"
+            android:paddingBottom="2dp"
+            android:textColor="@color/facebook_blue" />
+
+    </RelativeLayout>
+</LinearLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/xml/newsblur_appwidget_info.xml b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/xml/newsblur_appwidget_info.xml
index e39f6f4e2..e154c1353 100644
--- a/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/xml/newsblur_appwidget_info.xml
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/res/xml/newsblur_appwidget_info.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     android:minHeight="100dp"
     android:minResizeWidth="100dp"
     android:minResizeHeight="60dp"
-    android:updatePeriodMillis="14400000"
+    android:updatePeriodMillis="3600000"
     android:initialLayout="@layout/view_app_widget"
     android:configure="com.newsblur.widget.WidgetConfigActivity"
     android:resizeMode="horizontal|vertical"
diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/widget/WidgetRemoteViews.java b/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/widget/WidgetRemoteViews.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e772a1d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/widget/WidgetRemoteViews.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.newsblur.widget;
+
+import android.os.Parcel;
+import android.support.annotation.ColorInt;
+import android.widget.RemoteViews;
+
+public class WidgetRemoteViews extends RemoteViews {
+
+    public WidgetRemoteViews(String packageName, int layoutId) {
+        super(packageName, layoutId);
+    }
+
+    public WidgetRemoteViews(RemoteViews landscape, RemoteViews portrait) {
+        super(landscape, portrait);
+    }
+
+    public WidgetRemoteViews(Parcel parcel) {
+        super(parcel);
+    }
+
+    public void setViewBackgroundColor(int viewId, @ColorInt int color) {
+        setInt(viewId, "setBackgroundColor", color);
+    }
+
+    public void getViewById(int viewId) {
+
+    }
+}