Used to be great
This app used to be one of the best but these new updates ruined it…
BBC: World News & Stories
Published by:
BBC Studios Distribution
Description
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. 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, save & download episodes to your mobile device or tablet
• Download and listen to podcast episodes offline
• 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
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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. 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, save & download episodes to your mobile device or tablet
• Download and listen to podcast episodes offline
• 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
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User Rating
4.46 out of 5
3,856 ratings in France
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BBC: World News & Stories Reviews
No live available anymore
It’s a nightmare ro ger the live feed
Terrible update
So disappointed with this update. Many pages don’t load when you click on them You can’t zoom in on a picture The news is badly sorted and doesn’t seem to refresh very often. Can’t wait for the next update
Bug fix
Thanks for fixing the video not playing in Landscape bug. Was annoying x
Sélection texte
Il n’est plus possible de sélectionner le texte pour le traduire. C’est ainsi que j’améliorais mon anglais Bye bye BBC
Just a small problem
App’s great just one small problem is that often hyperlinks inside of an article opens in the navigator instead of the app itself.
Update
The recent update is a disgrace and just rubbish I’m deleting the app after 15 years - good riddance
Latest upgrade is awful
I have used the BBC app for years and love the content but the latest upgrade delivers a substandard experience with article links often redirecting to the web. Pictures and photos not clickable for details and categories badly organised. Please Beeb, fix it! 🙏
Used to be great
Used to be a great app, recent update is terrible
Poor content, even worse new app design
I used to trust the BBC, Radio4 was my go to source back in the 90s, then on the internet, then this app ; but no longer, since they’ve become slaves to the government and popular opinion. However, their world news used to be fairly reliable. The new layout of the app is the nail in the coffin. Not worth looking at anymore.
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Keywords
c news
the guardian
the new york times
english news
the washington post
journal anglais
story
magazines
google news
sky news
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App Info
- Category
- News
- Publisher
- BBC Studios Distribution
- Languages
- English
- Recent release
- 2025.8.2 (3 weeks ago )
- Released on
- Apr 1, 2010 (15 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, Canada, Australia, China, India, New Zealand, France, Japan, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR China, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brazil, Denmark, Türkiye, Vietnam, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, South Korea, Philippines, Portugal, Ghana, Russia, Poland, Kenya, Austria, Finland, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Nigeria, Colombia, Romania, Czechia, Egypt, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Chile, Israel, Cyprus, Argentina, Uganda, Ukraine, Mauritius, Qatar, Oman, Nepal, Kuwait, Peru, Lebanon, Bahrain, Jamaica, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, Jordan, Panama, Namibia, Latvia, Ecuador, Macao SAR China, Estonia, Uruguay, Bermuda, Iceland, Dominican Republic, Azerbaijan, Cayman Islands, Senegal, Angola, Belarus, Grenada, Brunei, Algeria, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Tunisia, Belize, Paraguay, North Macedonia, Mali, Madagascar, Suriname
- Last Updated
- 3 days ago
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