BBC: World News & Stories

4.2
436K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone 10+
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About this app

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
Updated on
Mar 22, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
399K reviews
Dhineshkumar Muthu
March 22, 2024
I've used the BBC app for about a decade, it's quality content is top. I understand the need to refresh the app (workflow, layout) about a year or two ago and got accustomed to it. My biggest frustration has been the lack of offline support. In the past, I've launched the app, waited for content to load and was able to read individual articles/news esp. those I accessed previously. Sadly, my usage has reduced dramatically since I read most during train commutes.
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Leaning Towards
January 8, 2024
The new layout is awful, looks like it was designed by someone in the marketing/advertising department instead of an experienced UX designer. The list of topics has disappeared, there's no longer the ability to choose what you want to read, the spacing is wasteful. Please revert to the previous version while you sort out the problems. Now open it once a day instead of multiple times and force stop it after closing because there's so much tracking. Not updating the Sport app.
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Leland Bebee
December 30, 2023
I made the mistake of updating the app after having been thoroughly satisfied with the features in the earlier versions. Now, it has almost none of its previous capabilities. For example, I can't tailor content to my interests. Unless the older version is restored, I will probably discontinue my use of it after MANY years of it being my main source of high-quality, verified online news.
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What's new

We aim to release regular improvements to the BBC News app. Recently we've been working on enhancing some fundamental elements of the app, which should help us to add some exciting features in the future.