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By: The Washington Post

Users: 3,223,757

3.43K

Rating: 4.50

(89,394)

39 new ratings

Version: 6.72.2 (Last updated: 2024-12-02)

Creation date: 2011-10-02

Email: he*****@washpost.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Identity: find accounts on the device, add or remove accounts

Contacts: find accounts on the device

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

Camera: take pictures and videos

Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections

Other:

receive data from Internet
view network connections
create accounts and set passwords
full network access
read sync settings
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping
toggle sync on and off

Ranking

# 28,263 ▼ 46

Other rankings

#9 in News and magazines (Gross) ▼ 2 #45 in News and magazines (Free) ▲ 5 #5 in post keyword 37 ▼ 2 #16 in news keyword 87 ▲ 1

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The app is free to download and keeps you informed with expert coverage from Post journalists.

PRODUCT FEATURES
• Stay informed with the 24/7 feed of today’s news.
• Wake up with The 7, a better morning briefing on the day’s most important and interesting stories.
• Customize your alerts to be the first to know when news is breaking.
• Catch up with today’s stories by listening to original podcasts and audio articles.
• Discover something new in My Post, a curated feed with recommendations just for you.
• Dive deeper into Post journalism with innovative graphics, video, and augmented reality exclusives.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Good news content and reporting
Easy to use navigation for reading articles
Notification alerts for breaking news

Cons

Frequent navigation issues that lose users' reading positions
Excessive ads, even for paid subscribers
Poor layout and design compared to previous versions of the app
Inability to access certain features like the Print Edition consistently
Problems with story retrieval and app crashes

Most mentioned

Navigation problems causing loss of reading positions
Increased ad presence regardless of paid subscription
Desire for a better layout and experience compared to the old app
Unusability and crashing issues after updates

User reviews

When you swipe to a side, even slightly, the app will navigate to a different page. This is doubly frustrating because it will return to the start of whatever you were reading if you hit back, not where you left off. The games section needs an overhaul too. The side swipe issue mentioned above is a problem here. But so are the enormous banners and paragraphs of explanatory text on every game. You constantly have to scroll up and down to keep your crossword or whatever in view.

Matthew Gifford, 2024-09-11

The latest update ruined what has until now been a stellar app. Now, unfortunately, whenever you hit the back button after reading an article, the app brings you back to the top of the feed, losing your place every time as you are perusing articles if interest. It's every bit as annoying as a constantly updating Facebook feed. Very disappointing!

Matt Abell, 2024-09-07

The only way to read the Print Edition of the Washington Post is in the App on my cell phone. It is extremely difficult to do so given the small size of the text. From time to time, like today, the Print Edition is not available through the App because the button for it has disappeared from the menu bar. This is truly frustrating. OK after dev reply. Still need to develop a Windows and MAC OS app that will allow the Print Edition to be viewed on a laptop or desktop computer.