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Maybe Facebook giving Australia the big miss, GN is worth it
GN will be worth it, it also unclog FB. Still can’t believe FB kicked a leg from under the 4 legged FB Table, FB will now wobble. Congratulations to Google for doing the right thing. Maybe Google should do a better version of FB anyway?outbackaussie
Better than other news + apps
Compared to other news apps from well known, reputable developers, Google news does a much better job of presenting you with free content, supported by ads.
With some other news apps, 75% of the headlines I click on immediately present a pay wall for stories that aren’t exactly exclusives.D123456543212345
New widgets please.
Absolutely love Google News fantastic news app. I just wish you'd update your news widget to the new iOS 14 design. I personally think your new widgets on other applications such as Google Search are superb and they've certainly improved the UI experience.
I've still rated it at 5 stars as the application is still brilliant regardless, plus from previous experiences I do believe Google will sort this minor irritation quite promptlyShow lessgingernothenguy
Not recommended
Provides news yes but updates approx once every day and a half so only shows 5 news articles at a time. Very limited not very flexible ie generally shows click bait articles does not filter them very well. Disappointing considering it’s from google and their reach with information.Saltman79
Miss the old version, but this is what we’ve got!
Updated review Nov. 2020:
I have been able to customize so my preferred sources are more likely to appear first, but when I click on “Full Coverage”, I still see mostly stories from far-right garbage “news” sites. Guess if you pay them the $$$, your content gets on no matter if it’s totally false.
To Google’s credit, they do have more stories from local news sources; that’s important for stories in specific cities and states. So I still give it 3 stars - useful to a point.
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Original review:
I’m disappointed with this new iteration of Google News. It seems more focused on clickbait and less on topics I’m really interested in. And after carefully curating my news feed in the old version, it seems I’m back at square one and have to recreate my preferences. The old version is no longer available-a week or so ago, it deleted all my preferences, though it still showed news, so I reluctantly deleted it. As others have commented, I wish I could select my preferred and NOT preferred sources, but Google hasn’t allowed that for some time. I just ignore the stories from “Faux News”, though I wish there was a “thumbs down” or “show less” option to fine tune my stories. Ah well. Google is less interested in sharing information these days and more in selling ads. I have two main news feed apps and I just scroll both and hope for the best!Show lessterrilee_nc
Widget please
Good default recommendations better than apple news but really need a widget working on the screen please!ibenmoody
Random browser pop up
Love this app but it has a major bug that’s really annoying. For many of the articles I click, it opens the article but then also spawns an empty google.com browser tab and switches to the browser app. I have to switch back to the news app to read the article and then close the empty browser tab. After reading the news for a while I end up with a whole bunch of google search browser tabs open! Many people are reporting this, when will it be fixed?Show lessTophC
Better content than Apple news, but...
...the interface could do with some work, particularly when it comes to scrolling / swiping, I am regularly frustrated when the app mistakes my scroll for a swipe and moves me onto another article.
This is a long running issue, with each release I hope they might solve the sensitivity issue, but they never do. Furthermore I only experience the issue with this app, so pretty confident this isn’t an issue of “technique”.
Anyway, good content let down a little by the suboptimal UI execution.Show lessD4n93r M0u53
BUG- Articles open in Safari regardless of settings
Whenever I open any article, I am redirected to Safari where a new tab is opened to a new blank Google Search (it doesn’t even open the article). I have to constantly switch back to the Google News app in order to read any article. Very frustrating bug.
Within the Google News setting I have selected the default web browser as “Ask every time” and it still just opens a new Safari tab to nothing, regardless of what kind of article I open.
The UI and functionality of the app is great but this bug makes using the app pointless if I’m constantly having to navigate back to the app to read what I originally wanted to read.Show lessbds77
Better than Apple News App
A lot less ads compared to the Apple News app and I prefer the layout of the news articles on Google News. Overall I find this app easier to use and provides better news articles than Apple News.Souhen
