The BBC is an institution and has been reporting from around the world since at least the 1920s. It is a widely trusted and impartial source of information and the news of record for millions of people worldwide.
You can now have this global news reporting workforce at your disposal via the BBC News app.
The BBC has quite rightly an excellent reputation outside the UK for its news reporting. Since it is effectively a state broadcaster, it does not rely so heavily on chasing cheap ratings. Its news coverage is professional and balanced and does not buy into conspiracy theories like many US news outlets.
With a few notable exceptions, the news in the US is usually a bunch of talking heads offering their two cents' worth on the story of the day. It's not `the news,' it's clickbait TV where ax-grinding gets ratings.
So if you want a refreshing change from the usual news fodder coming out of American news studios, download the BBC News app and see what you're missing.
● Live streaming of the BBC World Service
● Personalization and social features
● Top stories and breaking news from the BBC and its global network of journalists
● Follow stories and topics
● Find local content
● Search by news index category
In addition to being able to keep up to the minute with breaking news from around the world, the BBC News app has lots of tools to craft your newsfeed to your own tastes. You can set priority and select all the topics you want to see first. It's news, but precisely in the running order, you want based on your interests and preferences.
The BBC News is a trusted name everywhere, so whatever you consume, you can do so in the knowledge that's reliable. And that you aren't missing out on any of the day's big stories due to politically-driven editorial agendas. The 360-degree news content is supported by a full range of audio, video, photo galleries, and full-screen images to put you as deeply as possible into the picture.
Several other exciting features are worth flagging up. These include:
● Push notifications for the latest news
● Video over WiFi and 3G
● You can download news stories to read later
● Share interesting news stories via social media, email, or SMS
● Adjust the font size to suit
● Delve deeper into the news with related stories
● It's free
● Not geo-restricted
● Supports multiple languages
● Reliable and informative source of news without the spin
● The BBC isn't US-centric
● There are no in-app purchases required
● If you lap up conspiracy theories, this isn't the news app for you
● Ad-supported but not heavily so
The BBC News app is downloadable from Google Play and Apple's App Store. The Android version's requirements vary by device, while iOS users need to have 96.4 MB of free storage space and run iOS 11.0 or later.
Android and iOS users are broadly in agreement, assigning the app 4.5 and 4.6 out of five, respectively.
