Discover a world of news with the SBS News app. From Australian news to world news, find key news headlines, context and perspectives that matter to you and your community. Whether it's politics, culture, or current affairs, access accurate and reliable information effortlessly. Get real-time notifications for breaking news and stay ahead of the curve. Join us for a seamless news experience that keeps you connected.
- Global News: Discover the latest news from Australia and around the world
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- Live Streams: Video live streaming of news events; SBS World News
- Personalised Access: Dark Mode, iOS 14 Widget, and 3D Touch for a tailored experience
- In-Depth Exploration: Dive into explainers, related stories and trending topics
- Curated Newsletters: Subscribe for a customised news briefing at your preferred time
- Seamless Sharing: Share stories with friends via social networks, email, or SMS
- Trusted Journalism: Explore unbiased, diverse perspectives
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Is SBS News free?
Yes, SBS News is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
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⚠️ The SBS News app has poor ratings and negative feedback. Users seem unsatisfied with its performance or features.
I cannot simply scroll through news stories without the interface “jumping” and defeating my efforts to actually preview news stories. Drives me mad, I eventually give up trying. I’d say it’s due to attempts to load advertising that’s causing this. Any updates to fix this in the foreseeable future?
Unusable
Impossible to read- if you try to scroll through stories, the page goes blank, reloads, flickers, jumps around on the page, reloads again..
don’t even bother
Can do better
Take a leaf from the ABC NEWS app or even copy it as it's far too cumbersome to go to another news story with the SBS app.
App
SBS news app is no way as good a look or feel as other main news feeds.
Look is very important, and relevant updated news events are essential. Needs an overhaul.
I would give 5 stars except…
I think it would be a really great idea for the developers to consider allowing readers to save articles they want to read for later! Is that possible?
Update me to death.
How about saving all the little updates until there is a bunch. Seems like every time i open the app it wants an update. I just go to another news app while it does it. Maybe come back.
Old old news
Why is so much of this app populated by news that is days, and sometimes weeks old. It’s in the name, stupid: NEWs. I don’t want archival news, I want to find out what’s happening now, not what happened a week ago! Mongrel of an app: doesn’t know what it is!
Notifications
Serious, ongoing issues with notifications: sending multiple times, in the wrong language, against preference in app.
Getting only Chinese notifications, no English
For some reason, the notifications are all in Chinese, leading to Chinese articles. I downloaded this app primarily for news notifications, so it’s basically useless for my use case.
Can’t see any area to change the language and SBS mandarin news notifications are turned off.
SBS news alerts changed to Chinese
My news alerts have automatically changed into Mandarin for some reason. When I go into the app everything is still in English. I can’t seem to change it
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