BBC: World News & Stories

BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

3.9

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

BBC STORIES: The latest, breaking news headlines, articles, podcasts and videos, including coverage of world News, UK News, elections, BBC Verify, BBC In-Depth and more. Stories and videos covering business, innovation, culture, arts, travel, Earth, and much more.

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

BBC AUDIO: Listen to, save, and follow BBC podcasts such as The Global Story and World of Secrets. Browse schedules and live stream BBC Radio 4 or BBC World Service with option to live rewind. From news, politics and culture to true crime, history and science, you can find the latest episodes or dive into the BBC audio archive.

WATCH BBC NEWS: Users in the US and Australia can stream live breaking news from around the world 24 hours a day on the BBC News channel.

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, podcasts and videos for later on the app and BBC.com
• Watch videos and listen to audio over both cellular and wifi
• Follow podcasts and save episodes
• Choose your settings to allow the app to automatically update in the background
• Control audio playback with sleep timer and live rewind
• Increase your font size for improved readability
• Choose dark mode for a dark-background reading experience
• Share stories, podcasts, 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

Publisher Country	US
Country Release Date	2011-06-09
Categories	News & Magazines
Country / Regions	US
Developer Website	BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
Support URL	BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
Content Rating	Everyone 10+

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By Vincenzo Marsden
2025-02-20
Version 9.0.1.1
Love it
Just about perfect! After scouring the play store for a good news app, I'm happy to say that BBC News does it the way it should be done! Excellent, straightforward news from vetted, trusted journalists. There's even a Dark Mode! The only thing I'd like to see is a few more categories and perhaps some fun quizzes: like quizzes on well-known programs like Vicar of Dibley, Are You Being Served, Eastenders, Red Dwarf and Doctor Who. Otherwise it's fantastic! Well designed and actually free! Bravo!
By Michael Leonard
2024-12-27
Version 8.0.7.2
BugsHate itLove it
BBC's news itself is excellent, balanced in its coverage, and includes interesting stories not seen elsewhere. However, the app is terrible, constantly crashes, and is incredibly slow. It sometimes freezes up for 30-40 seconds before allowing me to scroll further down and continue reading. The only good thing about this app is that it clearly indicates which articles are videos so I can avoid them. I can read faster than a talking head can talk, and I don't want to waste my time on videos.
By A Google user
2025-01-09
Version 8.0.7.2
AdsBugsDeviceDifficultHate itLove itWaiting
A great source of information and news, but lately the app has been really buggy. Videos won't play after watching the ads. And it crashes and takes forever to load anything. I'm using the Samsung Galaxy S8+. Please fix this and I will happily give 5 stars. (edit) Not only have they not fixed the problems I mentioned, they have shoved so many ads into the articles now it's near impossible to read. Just another money hungry company. One star, I'd give zero if I could.