diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AnnouncementsDisplay.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AnnouncementsDisplay.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6e6db1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AnnouncementsDisplay.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { DialogButton, Focusable, PanelSection } from '@decky/ui';
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { FaTimes } from 'react-icons/fa';
+
+import { Announcement, getAnnouncements } from '../store';
+import { useSetting } from '../utils/hooks/useSetting';
+
+const SEVERITIES = {
+  High: {
+    color: '#bb1414',
+    text: '#fff',
+  },
+  Medium: {
+    color: '#bbbb14',
+    text: '#fff',
+  },
+  Low: {
+    color: '#1488bb',
+    text: '#fff',
+  },
+};
+
+const welcomeAnnouncement: Announcement = {
+  id: 'welcomeAnnouncement',
+  title: 'Welcome to Decky!',
+  text: 'We hope you enjoy using Decky! If you have any questions or feedback, please let us know.',
+  created: Date.now().toString(),
+  updated: Date.now().toString(),
+};
+
+export function AnnouncementsDisplay() {
+  const [announcements, setAnnouncements] = useState<Announcement[]>([welcomeAnnouncement]);
+  // showWelcome will display a welcome motd, the welcome motd has an id of "welcome" and once that is saved to hiddenMotdId, it will not show again
+  const [hiddenAnnouncementIds, setHiddenAnnouncementIds] = useSetting<string[]>('hiddenAnnouncementIds', []);
+
+  function addAnnouncements(newAnnouncements: Announcement[]) {
+    // Removes any duplicates and sorts by created date
+    setAnnouncements((oldAnnouncements) => {
+      const newArr = [...oldAnnouncements, ...newAnnouncements];
+      const setOfIds = new Set(newArr.map((a) => a.id));
+      return (
+        (
+          Array.from(setOfIds)
+            .map((id) => newArr.find((a) => a.id === id))
+            // Typescript doesn't type filter(Boolean) correctly, so I have to assert this
+            .filter(Boolean) as Announcement[]
+        ).sort((a, b) => {
+          return new Date(b.created).getTime() - new Date(a.created).getTime();
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  async function fetchAnnouncement() {
+    const announcements = await getAnnouncements();
+    announcements && addAnnouncements(announcements);
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    void fetchAnnouncement();
+  }, []);
+
+  const currentlyDisplayingAnnouncement: Announcement | null = useMemo(() => {
+    return announcements.find((announcement) => !hiddenAnnouncementIds.includes(announcement.id)) || null;
+  }, [announcements, hiddenAnnouncementIds]);
+
+  function hideAnnouncement(id: string) {
+    setHiddenAnnouncementIds([...hiddenAnnouncementIds, id]);
+    void fetchAnnouncement();
+  }
+
+  if (!currentlyDisplayingAnnouncement) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  // Severity is not implemented in the API currently
+  const severity = SEVERITIES['Low'];
+
+  return (
+    <PanelSection>
+      <Focusable
+        style={{
+          // Transparency is 20% of the color
+          backgroundColor: `${severity.color}33`,
+          color: severity.text,
+          borderColor: severity.color,
+          borderWidth: '2px',
+          borderStyle: 'solid',
+          padding: '0.7rem',
+          display: 'flex',
+          flexDirection: 'column',
+          position: 'relative',
+        }}
+      >
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between' }}>
+          <span style={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>{currentlyDisplayingAnnouncement.title}</span>
+          <DialogButton
+            style={{
+              width: '1rem',
+              minWidth: '1rem',
+              height: '1rem',
+              padding: '0',
+              display: 'flex',
+              alignItems: 'center',
+              justifyContent: 'center',
+              position: 'absolute',
+              top: '.75rem',
+              right: '.75rem',
+            }}
+            onClick={() => hideAnnouncement(currentlyDisplayingAnnouncement.id)}
+          >
+            <FaTimes
+              style={{
+                height: '.75rem',
+              }}
+            />
+          </DialogButton>
+        </div>
+        <span style={{ fontSize: '0.75rem', whiteSpace: 'pre-line' }}>{currentlyDisplayingAnnouncement.text}</span>
+      </Focusable>
+    </PanelSection>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PluginView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PluginView.tsx
index 19afbca5f..88fe84f3d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PluginView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PluginView.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { FaEyeSlash } from 'react-icons/fa';
 
 import { Plugin } from '../plugin';
+import { AnnouncementsDisplay } from './AnnouncementsDisplay';
 import { useDeckyState } from './DeckyState';
 import NotificationBadge from './NotificationBadge';
 import { useQuickAccessVisible } from './QuickAccessVisibleState';
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ const PluginView: FC = () => {
           paddingTop: '16px',
         }}
       >
+        <AnnouncementsDisplay />
         <PanelSection>
           {pluginList
             .filter((p) => p.content)
diff --git a/frontend/src/store.tsx b/frontend/src/store.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from frontend/src/store.tsx
rename to frontend/src/store.ts
index 8ab8f50a3..7ce733358 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/store.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ export interface PluginInstallRequest {
   installType: InstallType;
 }
 
+export interface Announcement {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+  text: string;
+  created: string;
+  updated: string;
+}
+
 // name: version
 export type PluginUpdateMapping = Map<string, StorePluginVersion>;
 
@@ -47,6 +55,47 @@ export async function getStore(): Promise<Store> {
   return await getSetting<Store>('store', Store.Default);
 }
 
+export async function getAnnouncements(): Promise<Announcement[]> {
+  let version = await window.DeckyPluginLoader.updateVersion();
+  let store = await getSetting<Store | null>('store', null);
+  let customURL = await getSetting<string>(
+    'announcements-url',
+    'https://plugins.deckbrew.xyz/v1/announcements/-/current',
+  );
+
+  if (store === null) {
+    console.log('Could not get store, using Default.');
+    await setSetting('store', Store.Default);
+    store = Store.Default;
+  }
+
+  let resolvedURL;
+  switch (store) {
+    case Store.Default:
+      resolvedURL = 'https://plugins.deckbrew.xyz/v1/announcements/-/current';
+      break;
+    case Store.Testing:
+      resolvedURL = 'https://testing.deckbrew.xyz/v1/announcements/-/current';
+      break;
+    case Store.Custom:
+      resolvedURL = customURL;
+      break;
+    default:
+      console.error('Somehow you ended up without a standard URL, using the default URL.');
+      resolvedURL = 'https://plugins.deckbrew.xyz/v1/announcements/-/current';
+      break;
+  }
+  const res = await fetch(resolvedURL, {
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: {
+      'X-Decky-Version': version.current,
+    },
+  });
+  if (res.status !== 200) return [];
+  const json = await res.json();
+  return json ?? [];
+}
+
 export async function getPluginList(
   sort_by: SortOptions | null = null,
   sort_direction: SortDirections | null = null,