BBC: World News & Stories

Live, Breaking, Sport & Video

BBC: World News & Stories

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By: BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Users: 33,946,163

15.45K

Rating: 3.96

(436,925)

12 new ratings

Version: 8.0.7.2 (Last updated: 2024-11-25)

Creation date: 2011-06-09

Email: co*****@bbc.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Phone: read phone status and identity

Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections

Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity

Other:

receive data from Internet
view network connections
full network access
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping

Ranking

# 3,687 ▼ 7

Other rankings

#54 in News and magazines (Free) ▼ 5 #13 in news keyword 87 ▼ 1 #16 in medium keyword 79 ▲

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App summary

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THE BBC APP: News, stories, videos and live coverage from our trusted global network of journalists.

BBC STORIES: The latest, breaking news headlines, articles and videos, including coverage of world News, UK News, elections, BBC Verify, and more. More stories and videos covering business, innovation, culture, travel, Earth, and much more.

LIVE COVERAGE: Follow live news updates and live global sport in our Live section.

BBC VIDEOS: Watch BBC News videos, BBC Sport videos, and video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment, and history.

BREAKING NEWS ALERTS: Sign up for breaking news notification alerts from BBC News, delivered straight to your mobile device.

FEATURES:
• Log into your BBC Account to save articles and videos for later on the app and BBC.com
• Watch videos over both cellular and wifi
• Increase your font size for readability
• Choose dark mode for a dark-background reading experience
• Share stories and videos to social platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, and send to friends via SMS and email
• Opt-in or opt-out of breaking news push notifications, you decide

ADDITIONAL INFO:
If you choose to receive push notifications, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. You can choose to unsubscribe from push notifications from BBC in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.

Our data processor AppsFlyer collects information on behalf of the BBC for attribution and analysis purposes. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their ‘Forget My Device’ form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout

The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. To read BBC’s Privacy Policy go to https://www.bbc.com/usingthebbc/privacy/

If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms

User reviews

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Pros

BBC is recognized as a reliable news source worldwide.
The app features a dark mode.
The content quality and articles are generally well-received.

Cons

The app frequently crashes and runs slowly.
The new design makes finding articles more difficult and is less customizable.
Users are often required to create an account, leading to frustration.
The offline reading feature has been removed.
Ads have become more intrusive and disrupt the reading experience.

Most mentioned

The recent app overhaul has led to significant user dissatisfaction.
Issues with functionality such as scrolling and accessing articles.
Increased requests to create an account that annoy users.

User reviews

App used to be great, but with the recent overhaul it is easier to just use a web browser. Can no longer swipe between articles or open and enlarge the pictures within them. I finally gave up and just uninstalled the standalone app. I'll watch to see if it ever gets some of those features back - then I might consider it again.

B Ja, 2024-10-12

Since the update, having an account takes priority over functionality. I don't want an account and I don't want to be asked to make one every single time I open the app. Offline reading is also gone now. What's the point of having this app when its new design is such a turn off? After an additional update, the app now also refuses to respect orientation lock. I lock the phone to portrait mode but the app wants to be in landscape sometimes.

Luke Myers, 2024-10-10

As a news agency, the BBC remains one of the most reliable sources worldwide, and that combined with the release of a dark mode are the only reasons this review isn't a single star. It's certainly the only reason I put up with this app. There are several changes to the app that didn't seem to need to happen, and user experience suffers for it. Hopefully, you sort it soon.