diff --git a/lawnchair/res/values/config.xml b/lawnchair/res/values/config.xml
index d68ef4a8bf..5068dacf2e 100644
--- a/lawnchair/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/lawnchair/res/values/config.xml
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
     <bool name="config_default_smartspace_show_date">true</bool>
     <bool name="config_default_smartspace_show_time">false</bool>
     <bool name="config_default_perform_wide_search">true</bool>
+    <bool name="config_default_live_information_enabled">true</bool>
+    <bool name="config_default_live_information_show_announcements">true</bool>
     <bool name="config_default_enable_dot_pagination">true</bool>
     <bool name="config_default_enable_material_u_popup">true</bool>
 
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/components/AnnouncementPreference.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/components/AnnouncementPreference.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..934b8c8614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/components/AnnouncementPreference.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components
+
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.net.Uri
+import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.offset
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.rounded.Close
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.rounded.Launch
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.rounded.NewReleases
+import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
+import androidx.compose.material3.IconButton
+import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
+import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
+import androidx.compose.material3.Text
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
+import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.Preview
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import app.lawnchair.preferences2.asState
+import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.layout.ExpandAndShrink
+import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.layout.PreferenceTemplate
+import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo.liveInformationManager
+import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo.model.Announcement
+import app.lawnchair.ui.util.addIf
+import com.android.launcher3.BuildConfig
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.ImmutableList
+
+@Composable
+fun AnnouncementPreference() {
+    val liveInformationManager = liveInformationManager()
+
+    val enabled by liveInformationManager.enabled.asState()
+    val showAnnouncements by liveInformationManager.showAnnouncements.asState()
+    val liveInformation by liveInformationManager.liveInformation.asState()
+
+    if (enabled && showAnnouncements) {
+        AnnouncementPreference(
+            announcements = liveInformation.announcementsImmutable,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun AnnouncementPreference(
+    announcements: ImmutableList<Announcement>,
+) {
+    Column {
+        announcements.forEach { announcement ->
+            AnnouncementItem(announcement)
+            Spacer(modifier = Modifier.height(16.dp))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun AnnouncementItem(
+    announcement: Announcement,
+) {
+    var show by remember { mutableStateOf(true) }
+
+    ExpandAndShrink(
+        visible = show && announcement.active &&
+            announcement.text.isNotBlank() &&
+            (!announcement.test || BuildConfig.DEBUG),
+    ) {
+        AnnouncementItemContent(
+            text = announcement.text,
+            url = announcement.url,
+            onClose = { show = false },
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun AnnouncementItemContent(
+    text: String,
+    url: String?,
+    onClose: () -> Unit,
+) {
+    Surface(
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .padding(16.dp, 0.dp, 16.dp, 0.dp),
+        shape = MaterialTheme.shapes.large,
+        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant,
+    ) {
+        AnnouncementPreferenceItemContent(text = text, url = url, onClose = onClose)
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun AnnouncementPreferenceItemContent(
+    text: String,
+    url: String?,
+    onClose: (() -> Unit)?,
+) {
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val hasLink = !url.isNullOrBlank()
+
+    PreferenceTemplate(
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .fillMaxWidth()
+            .addIf(hasLink) {
+                clickable {
+                    val webpage = Uri.parse(url)
+                    val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, webpage)
+                    if (intent.resolveActivity(context.packageManager) != null) {
+                        context.startActivity(intent)
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+        title = {},
+        description = {
+            Text(
+                modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
+                text = text,
+                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
+                textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
+            )
+        },
+        startWidget = {
+            Icon(
+                imageVector = Icons.Rounded.NewReleases,
+                tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
+                contentDescription = null,
+            )
+        },
+        endWidget = {
+            Row(
+                verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+                horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.End,
+            ) {
+                if (hasLink) {
+                    Icon(
+                        imageVector = Icons.Rounded.Launch,
+                        tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
+                        contentDescription = null,
+                    )
+                }
+
+                Spacer(modifier = Modifier.width(8.dp))
+
+                if (onClose != null) {
+                    IconButton(
+                        onClick = onClose,
+                        modifier = Modifier.size(16.dp).offset(x = (8).dp, y = (-16).dp),
+                    ) {
+                        Icon(
+                            imageVector = Icons.Rounded.Close,
+                            tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceTint,
+                            contentDescription = null,
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+    )
+}
+
+@Preview
+@Composable
+private fun InfoPreferenceWithoutLinkPreview() {
+    AnnouncementPreferenceItemContent(
+        text = "Very important announcement ",
+        url = "",
+        onClose = null,
+    )
+}
+
+@Preview
+@Composable
+private fun InfoPreferenceWithLinkPreview() {
+    AnnouncementPreferenceItemContent(
+        text = "Very important announcement with a very important link",
+        url = "https://lawnchair.app/",
+        onClose = null,
+    )
+}
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationManager.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationManager.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2913db7bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationManager.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo
+
+import android.content.Context
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.booleanPreferencesKey
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.stringPreferencesKey
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.preferencesDataStore
+import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo.model.LiveInformation
+import com.android.launcher3.R
+import com.android.launcher3.util.MainThreadInitializedObject
+import com.patrykmichalik.opto.core.PreferenceManager
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+
+class LiveInformationManager private constructor(context: Context) : PreferenceManager {
+
+    companion object {
+        private val Context.preferencesDataStore by preferencesDataStore(
+            name = "live-information",
+        )
+
+        @JvmField
+        val INSTANCE = MainThreadInitializedObject(::LiveInformationManager)
+
+        @JvmStatic
+        fun getInstance(context: Context) = INSTANCE.get(context)!!
+    }
+
+    override val preferencesDataStore = context.preferencesDataStore
+
+    val enabled = preference(
+        key = booleanPreferencesKey(name = "enabled"),
+        defaultValue = context.resources.getBoolean(R.bool.config_default_live_information_enabled),
+    )
+
+    val showAnnouncements = preference(
+        key = booleanPreferencesKey(name = "show_announcements"),
+        defaultValue = context.resources.getBoolean(R.bool.config_default_live_information_show_announcements),
+    )
+
+    val liveInformation = preference(
+        key = stringPreferencesKey(name = "live_information"),
+        defaultValue = LiveInformation.default,
+        parse = { Json.decodeFromString<LiveInformation>(it) },
+        save = { Json.encodeToString(LiveInformation.serializer(), it) },
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun liveInformationManager() = LiveInformationManager.getInstance(LocalContext.current)
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationRequest.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationRequest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bdba5ae0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationRequest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo
+
+import android.util.Log
+import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo.model.LiveInformation
+import app.lawnchair.util.kotlinxJson
+import com.jakewharton.retrofit2.converter.kotlinx.serialization.asConverterFactory
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
+import okhttp3.ResponseBody
+import retrofit2.Response
+import retrofit2.Retrofit
+import retrofit2.create
+
+private val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder()
+    .baseUrl("https://lawnchair.app/")
+    .addConverterFactory(kotlinxJson.asConverterFactory("application/json".toMediaType()))
+    .build()
+
+val liveInformationService: LiveInformationService = retrofit.create()
+
+suspend fun getLiveInformation(): LiveInformation? = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+    try {
+        val response: Response<ResponseBody> = liveInformationService.getLiveInformation()
+
+        if (response.isSuccessful) {
+            val responseBody = response.body()?.string() ?: return@withContext null
+
+            val liveInformation = Json.decodeFromString<LiveInformation>(responseBody)
+            Log.v("LiveInformation", "getLiveInformation: $liveInformation")
+
+            return@withContext liveInformation
+        } else {
+            Log.d("LiveInformation", "getLiveInformation: response code ${response.code()}")
+            return@withContext null
+        }
+    } catch (e: Exception) {
+        Log.e("LiveInformation", "getLiveInformation: Error during news retrieval: ${e.message}")
+        return@withContext null
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationService.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationService.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4eea50eea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/LiveInformationService.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo
+
+import okhttp3.ResponseBody
+import retrofit2.Response
+import retrofit2.http.GET
+
+interface LiveInformationService {
+
+    @GET("live-information.json")
+    suspend fun getLiveInformation(): Response<ResponseBody>
+}
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/SyncLiveInformation.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/SyncLiveInformation.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fcc58368e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/SyncLiveInformation.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo
+
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import app.lawnchair.preferences2.asState
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+
+@Composable
+fun SyncLiveInformation(
+    liveInformationManager: LiveInformationManager = liveInformationManager(),
+) {
+    val enabled by liveInformationManager.enabled.asState()
+
+    LaunchedEffect(enabled) {
+        if (enabled) {
+            CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
+                getLiveInformation()?.let { liveInformation ->
+                    liveInformationManager.liveInformation.set(liveInformation)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/model/Announcement.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/model/Announcement.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93abe43754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/model/Announcement.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo.model
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
+data class Announcement(
+    val text: String,
+    val url: String? = null,
+    val active: Boolean = true,
+    val test: Boolean = false,
+)
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/model/LiveInformation.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/model/LiveInformation.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b119399315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/data/liveinfo/model/LiveInformation.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo.model
+
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.ImmutableList
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.toImmutableList
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
+data class LiveInformation(
+    private val announcements: List<Announcement>,
+) {
+
+    val announcementsImmutable: ImmutableList<Announcement>
+        get() = announcements.toImmutableList()
+
+    companion object {
+        val default = LiveInformation(
+            announcements = emptyList(),
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/destinations/PreferencesDashboard.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/destinations/PreferencesDashboard.kt
index cac7196fab..3ead3f778e 100644
--- a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/destinations/PreferencesDashboard.kt
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/ui/preferences/destinations/PreferencesDashboard.kt
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ import app.lawnchair.preferences.preferenceManager
 import app.lawnchair.ui.OverflowMenu
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.LocalNavController
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.Routes
+import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.AnnouncementPreference
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.controls.WarningPreference
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.layout.ClickableIcon
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.layout.PreferenceCategory
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.layout.PreferenceDivider
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.layout.PreferenceLayout
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.components.layout.PreferenceTemplate
+import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.data.liveinfo.SyncLiveInformation
 import app.lawnchair.ui.preferences.subRoute
 import app.lawnchair.util.isDefaultLauncher
 import app.lawnchair.util.restartLauncher
@@ -51,12 +53,16 @@ import com.android.launcher3.R
 @Composable
 fun PreferencesDashboard() {
     val context = LocalContext.current
+    SyncLiveInformation()
+
     PreferenceLayout(
         label = stringResource(id = R.string.settings),
         verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Top,
         backArrowVisible = false,
         actions = { PreferencesOverflowMenu() },
     ) {
+        AnnouncementPreference()
+
         if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) PreferencesDebugWarning()
 
         if (!context.isDefaultLauncher()) {
@@ -189,7 +195,7 @@ fun PreferencesDebugWarning() {
     ) {
         WarningPreference(
             // Don't move to strings.xml, no need to translate this warning
-            text = "Warning: You are currently using a development build. These builds WILL contain bugs, broken features, and unexpected crashes. Use at your own risk!",
+            text = "You are currently using a development build. Use at your own risk!",
         )
     }
 }