4.4 out of 5
2,455 ratings in Switzerland
Not sure who approved the recent redesign. The new layout makes no sense, the "browser" interface takes up too much space, especially when watching live videos. The previous app was solid, this one is wonky and feels fiddly.
I agree with other negative reviews - this is now less engaging to use for news. Why can’t I swipe back and not have to click the top left back option. Why can’t I click into an article with a video without auto playing the video. Why can’t I select the topic areas I’m interested to see rather than have to scroll through topics I’m not interested in
You lost 2 stars for requesting account creation, not once, but every time I launch the app. In the beginning (likely due to a bug), it was even twice. Stop this please...
Asks to create an account and login Harder to identify interesting articles Ads everywhere hard to separate from text Fewer relevant non-ad-related images Swiping to go back no longer works I’ll just use another news service
Worst update ever. Did the developer use it? It’s awful. Unmanageable. Unergonomic. A chaos of stuff. I switch to another provider of news now.
Ruined the news app. Clunky scrolling, can’t zoom pics, can’t select text. Rubbish
On iPhone the old version was much easier to use and worked to some extent offline, the new version isn't as usable.
What a shame. Not sure what the product team was thinking or whether they have done any user testing but this app is a massive downgrade from the previous one. Makes me less engaged. Started to switch over to the FT a lot more! Terrible UI/IX, difficult to handle and not genuine for reading news.
The new update took everything that pleasant from the previous version and left it in the passed. Extremely unfriendly to scroll through multi-topic headlines and find the one that interests you. App is a lot more video oriented than before, which is a shame because using this app was an escape from the video inundated media we are exposed to everywhere now. Quite annoying login screen every time the app is opened requires an extra tap to get to the news; making the BBC seem desperate to capitalise on non-anonymous user data. It seems that the new app is trying to compete with the rest of news platforms in features instead of being the out-stander that it was when it came to UX. I am not against change, but this seems to be more of a business decision than one deem of a state owned informer.
This used to be my daily news app. You’ve broken a number of things with your “overhauled” version: - Can’t swipe to go back anymore. This is a standard iOS gesture. - Can’t select text anymore, so can’t look up, pronounce, copy… seriously bad decision. - Links inside an article open in Safari, and then the web page offers to open the BBC app. 🤦🏽♂️ - Many other usability and accessibility issues. Please keep it simple. And native.
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CNN: Breaking US & World News
Daily Headlines, Live Video
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106
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4 days ago | |
The Guardian - Live World News
Get breaking stories & sport
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111
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4 days ago | |
DW - Breaking World News
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5
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2 months ago | |
Euronews - Tagesnachrichten
News aus Europa, live TV video
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84
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3 days ago | |
CGTN - China Global TV Network
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1
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4 months ago | |
Al Jazeera
Global News, One App
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20
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4 days ago | |
POLITICO
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3
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1 month ago | |
Reuters News
Unmatched global news source
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6
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2 days ago | |
BBC World Service
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12
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1 month ago | |
South China Morning Post
Breaking HK, China & Asia news
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3
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1 week ago |
