BBC News
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| News | Free | BBC Worldwide LTD | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Key features:
Top Stories brings you the latest, breaking news from our trusted global network of journalists.
My News is a newly introduced feature allowing you to personalise your news offering.
Add topics wherever you see the + icon for a quick route straight to the stories you care about.
Stories from topics you add will appear in your personalised My News feed. Here you can order stories by topic or time, and use the Manage Topics screen to stay on top of the news of the day.
You can also switch the My News by Topic screen to a more traditional carousel view from the Settings screen.
Find content fast
The app can suggest topics based on stories you’ve recently viewed and what’s in the news now.
And you can quickly find topics that interest you using the Topic Search. Choose from the familiar list of BBC News indexes such as Business, Technology, Entertainment and Health, or search for your own subjects of interest, whether they’re people, places, things or themes.
More of the news you care about
We now offer a fuller selection of stories from the newsroom, including:
- Most Read and Most Watched. Keep on top of popular stories across the BBC, regularly updated throughout the day
- Live BBC World Service Radio. Expertise and insight from our journalists available 24-hours a day and ready to listen to in the background as you browse
- Read the best journalism from BBC correspondents
- Access to our full range of video and audio
- Photo galleries and full-screen images
Apple Watch Support:
Story summaries, glanceable headlines and breaking news alerts delivered straight to your wrist
Other features:
- Push notifications for breaking news stories
- Video over cellular and wifi
- Improved offline experience. Download the latest stories when you have a signal and then read them at your leisure
- Viewing modes. On iPhone see more stories per index by choosing ‘Compact layout’ from the Settings screen
- Settings to allow the app to automatically update in the background
- Share stories to your social networks, or email/SMS to a friend
- Support for dynamic text. The app will respect the font size in your device settings so you can increase or decrease the story text size as suits your preference
- Related stories, related topics. Go deeper into a storyline with suggestions for further reading and viewing and a range of topics related to each story
If you choose to receive push notifications, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by ProcessOne on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service.
No other personal data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed. The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy, available at http://www.bbc.com/privacy/
You can choose to unsubscribe from push notifications from your device’s Notifications screen: locate the BBC News app icon from the list and turn off ‘Allow Notifications’.
Reviews
Poor session storing
Bizzy221234674157
When using the app it is frustrating that when I go to do something like check email for a moment the app goes back to beginning. By this I mean that it doesn’t retain where I am in the app even for a short time. I may have scrolled 3/4 down the page but am returned to the top and have to go find the articles that I was reviewing again. Otherwise the app is easy to use.
Needs better navigation
ajberrisfo
I wish it was easier to navigate to different sections as you can on the BBC news website; doesn't seem like a big ask but it's difficult to browse
Lies and more
/\/\/\ ALP /\/\/\
Forces US news on apps from US Apple store. Does not allow the “real” (UK) BBC news on this US app. UK government’s propaganda machine. Fake or biased news about Scotland (independence), EU (Brexit), Argentina (Falkland) for the reasons in brackets. The list of target countries goes on.
Bias and uneven-handed coverage
DAS-concerned global citizen
The BBC app was my main news source for a number of years. I felt like it provided broad and impartial coverage on a diverse range of topics. It was a good starting point to get an idea of the different events and issues unfolding around the globe. Unfortunately, BBC’s recent biased and uneven-handed coverage of Israel-Palestine (in favor of Israel) has opened my eyes to the fact that this news organization is driven and influenced by their own political leanings. Something as simple as using different language to describe the unacceptable loss of lives on both sides - Israeli are described as being killed while Palestinians as having died. And this is just a small example of an unnecessary yet deliberate choice of words that subtly influences opinion to value one human life over another. I can’t in good conscience rely on the BBC as a news source and risk learning about issues/events through a colored or politically motivated lens. I believe in the equality and justice for all peoples.
THE WORST NEWS APP!
sj-2020
This is by far the worst news app available. There is absolutely no control over notification sections. You have NO choice over what is important to you, bbc makes that choice for you!! This app is an enemy of the freedom and our liberties.
Biased on Palestine
Backpacktraveling
Bombarded with news on Hong Kong and Xinjiang but 0 news from the voices of Palestinian people. How come they say “tenants” and “evictions” when we know those homes were built by the UN and the Jordanian government and promised to the families that were kicked out of their homes.
Fake news
icewoard
Hard to believe that BBC keep making fake news by using disgusting ways. Shame on you.
