BBC News

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Developer
BBC Studios Limited
Size
34.99 MB
Category
News_and_magazines

BBC News brings you news from both the BBC and our global network. You can also access the BBC World Service Radio streaming live, social features, and personalisation.

The key features


Top Stories

Our trusted global network of journalists brings you the most recent, breaking news.

My News

This feature allows you to personalize your news content. To quickly get to the stories that matter, add topics where you see the + icon. Stories based on topics you have added will be displayed in your account.

My News Feed personalized

. Here you can

Order stories by topic or by time

Use the following:

Manage Topics

Keep up-to-date with the latest news by using screen

Fast content discovery

You can use the app to suggest topics based upon your location, recent news stories and what’s hot. You can also quickly search for content and topics of interest using the app

Search

. You can choose from the standard BBC News indexes like Politics, Business and Entertainment, or you can search for your subjects of interest, whether they are people, places or things.

Get more of the news that matters to you

Now, we offer a wider selection of newsroom stories including:

Popular

. Stay up-to-date with the latest news and videos from the BBC. The site is updated daily.

BBC World Service Radio Live

The Live tab offers insight and expertise from our journalists, which are available 24 hours a day. They can be listened to as you browse.

BBC correspondents

Access to the entire range of our products

Video and audio



Photo galleries

And

full-screen images


Additional features:



Push notifications

For the most recent news stories, –

My News

Follow the topics that interest you and locate them in the My News tab.

Video

Over 3G and wifi – Improved

offline experience

. You can download the most recent stories whenever you have signal. Then, you can read them at your own pace.

Update in the background



Stories to share

Send it to your social media networks or send an email/SMS friend

Font controls

You can adjust the text size of your story to fit your needs.

Similar stories and topics

. You can dive deeper into a storyline by receiving suggestions for further reading or viewing, and a variety of topics that relate to each story. If you opt to receive push notifications, an unique identifier relating your device will be kept by Airship on behalf the BBC in order to provide the service. In ‘Settings”, you can unsubscribe to BBC News push notifications. You will not be able to provide any other personal data (email address or username) about yourself. According to the BBC’s Privacy & Cookies Policy, the BBC will protect your data and not share it. Go to the BBC Privacy Policy for more information.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy

You agree to the BBC Terms and Use when you install this app

http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms

In the settings screen, you can unsubscribe to push notifications.

We aim to release regular improvements to the BBC News app.
This release makes enhancements to our ad targeting, improving the relevance of adverts shown to you.

How to install BBC News?

Step 1:

Click on the official app store link above.

Step 2:

Tap "Install" to download BBC News from within Google Play Store or Apple App Store.