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SmartNews: Breaking News Headlines

SmartNews, Inc.

Breaking News That Matters

4.3

356K+ Reviews 10M+ News & Magazines

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#1 in Best Apps for News in India
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4.3

356.2K+ Ratings

Editor’s Review

Award-winning news app downloaded over 25,000,000 times in over 100 countries
Condenses and delivers headlines from top news outlets: NBC, MSNBC, USA Today, TIME, Reuters, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, and more
“Browse headlines quickly, customize your channels, and read the news offline...an excellent free alternative to other popular news apps.” - CNET

Reviewed by Laura S on January 11, 2018

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SmartNews is the award-winning news app downloaded by 35+ million readers in 100+ countries!

SmartNews analyzes millions of articles every day to deliver the top trending news stories influencing the world right now.

SmartNews delivers high-quality news headlines and breaking news from top news publishers: NBC News, MSNBC, USA Today, TIME, The Huffington Post, Bleacher Report, Quartz, The Verge, VICE, VOX, AP, Reuters, Buzzfeed, Fast Company and more.

***

“Browse headlines quickly, customize your channels and read the news offline. SmartNews is an excellent free alternative to other popular news apps.”
- CNET

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Breaking News --
Notifications for breaking news headlines.

Smart Mode --
Readability mode for optimal news reading experience.

Offline News Reading --
Fetch trending news and read it offline.

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Awarded Best News App:
- Best App of the Year, 2013 (Japan) - Google

App Store

SmartNews is the award-winning news app downloaded by 35+ million readers in 100+ countries!

SmartNews analyzes millions of articles every day to deliver the top trending news stories influencing the world right now.

News From All Sides! SmartNews delivers high-quality news headlines and breaking news from top news publishers: NBC News, MSNBC, USA Today, TIME, The Huffington Post, Bleacher Report, Quartz, The Verge, VICE, VOX, AP, Reuters, Buzzfeed, Fast Company and more.

***
Reviews:
“Better than Feedly or Flipboard. Love it!” Jack C.
“Much better than the new version of Apple News.” - Polidoc
“Been using Google News but this is better. Much easier to share.” Eddie H.
“Literally one of the best news apps… It ranks with the likes of BBC News.” -lightspeed12

“Browse headlines quickly, customize your channels and read the news offline. SmartNews is an excellent free alternative to other popular news apps.”
- CNET

***
Features:
Breaking News
Notifications for breaking news stories.

Trusted News
300+ top US & World news publications.

Offline News
Fetch trending news and read news offline.

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Awards:
- Best of 2013 (Japan) - Apple
- Best App of the Year, 2013 (Japan) - Google

What’s New

Google Play

5.3.4
February 11, 2019 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include The Blast, CinemaBlend, The Daily Signal, and Above the Law.
5.3.3
January 28, 2019 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include Considerable and The Bulwark.
- Newly added cities to our local channels: Louisville and Tulsa.
5.3.2
January 14, 2019 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include ABC News, Inkstone, The Zoe Report, Field Level Media and several new local channels.
5.3.1
December 26, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include The Epoch Times, Abacus, Atlas Obscura, and Christian News.
- Newly added cities to our local channels: Columbus, Austin, Hartford-New Haven, and Raleigh-Durham.
5.2.5
December 10, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include Foreign Policy, TooFab, and POPSUGAR.
5.2.4
November 27, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include Boxing News and Views and TooFab.
5.2.3
November 13, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Electrek, Knowhere News, POPSUGAR.
5.2.2
October 29, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include MMA, Truth Watch, Stylecaster, Artsy, and The Cut.
5.2.1
October 14, 2018 - Introducing a new way to quickly navigate through your channels! Try the new button in the lower right corner.
- Fixed a problem where users can’t launch the app on some specific old devices.
- New channels include MMA, Stylecaster, MamasLatinas, Artsy, and The Cut.
5.2.0
October 14, 2018 - Introducing a new way to quickly navigate through your channels! Try the new button in the lower right corner.
- New channels include MMA, Stylecaster, MamasLatinas, Artsy, and The Cut.

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App Store

6.0.6
February 5, 2019 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include The Daily Signal, The Bulwark, Considerable, Above the Law and several new local channels.
6.0.5
January 23, 2019 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include ABC News, Inkstone, The Zoe Report, Field Level Media and several new local channels.
6.0.4
December 22, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New publisher channels include The Epoch Times, Abacus and Atlas Obscura.
- New local channels include Columbus, Austin, and Raleigh-Durham.
6.0.3
December 5, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include Foreign Policy, TooFab, and POPSUGAR.
6.0.2
November 21, 2018 - A special message for our iOS 9 users. We are aware of a serious crash issue affecting iOS 9.0, 9.1, and 9.2 devices. Please consider updating your iOS version to 9.3 or later to resolve this issue. Thank you for your understanding.
- New channels include Boxing News and Views, TooFab and POPSUGAR.
6.0.1
November 6, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Electrek, Knowhere News, and Truth Watch.
6.0.0
October 22, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include Stylecaster, MamasLatinas, MMA, Artsy, and The Cut.
5.2.3
October 2, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New channels include CafeMom, FactCheck.org, Public Interest, AFP and LittleThings.
5.2.2
August 31, 2018 - General improvements to make sure we provide the news that matters to you.
- New publisher channels include Garage, Free, Best Life, The Forward, The Weekly Standard, AFP and Eat This, Not That!
5.2.1
August 29, 2018 - Introducing a new way to quickly navigate through your channels! Try the new button in the lower right corner
- New publisher channels include Garage, Free, Best Life, The Forward, The Weekly Standard, AFP and Eat This, Not That!
5.2.0
August 13, 2018 - Introducing a new way to quickly navigate through your channels! Try the new button in the lower right corner.
- New publisher channels include CBS News, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, The Weekly Standard, Salon, and Allure.
5.1.8
July 23, 2018 - We're excited to add CBS News, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, Salon, CoinDesk, Allure and Grist to our list of publisher channels!
- As always, our mission is to bring the news that matters to you. We’ve fixed some bugs and made some improvements to the app to make sure we can deliver on that promise.
5.1.7
June 26, 2018 - To improve your experience, we’ve moved the "app settings" button to above the tabs.
- New channels: Bored Panda, dwell, InsideHook, CityLab
5.1.6
May 16, 2018 - iPad users rejoice! Split View is now added to SmartNews.
- New channels: NewsMax, The Penny Hoarder, Thought Catalog, The Outline, DBLTAP
5.1.5
May 10, 2018 - iPad users rejoice! Split View is now added to SmartNews.
- New channels: NewsMax, The Penny Hoarder, Thought Catalog, The Outline, DBLTAP
5.1.4
April 18, 2018 - General improvements
- New channels in “Discover”: Ladders, ClutchPoints, Outside Magazine, ThinkProgress, TheBlaze
5.1.3
April 10, 2018 - New “Discover” tab to find new and featured channels!
- We’ve fine-tuned our app and fixed more bugs to provide you a better breaking-news experience!
- New channels added: ThinkProgress, The Blaze, Curiosity, Hypekids, SPY
5.1.2
March 12, 2018 - We have fine-tuned our app to provide you a better breaking news experience.
- More bugs squashed, keep ’em coming!
- New publisher channels: NerdWallet, Self, World Economic Forum Agenda
5.1.1
March 5, 2018 - Update: Better, faster, smarter news
- New publisher channels: NerdWallet, Self, World Economic Forum Agenda
5.1.0
February 26, 2018 - Update: Better, faster, smarter news
- New publisher channels: Fashionista, MyModernMet, News Deeply, Reveal, Science News
5.0.14
February 7, 2018 - Update: Better, faster, smarter news
- New publisher channels: MyModernMet, News Deeply, Fashionista, Reveal
5.0.13
February 6, 2018 - Update: Better, faster, smarter news
- New publisher channels: MyModernMet, News Deeply, Fashionista, Reveal
5.0.12
January 30, 2018 - Update: Better, faster, smarter news
- New publisher channels: MyModernMet, News Deeply, Fashionista
5.0.11
December 12, 2017 - Update: Better, faster, smarter news (and fewer bugs, hooray!)
- New publisher channels: TheStreet, Domino, Pitchfork, Fatherly, The Texas Tribune
5.0.10
December 4, 2017 - General bug fixes and improvements
- New publisher channels: TheStreet, Domino, Pitchfork, Fatherly, The Texas Tribune
- New special-interest channels: 'The Last Jedi' News

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