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All Versions of SmartNews

24.6.40

June 24, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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24.6.30

June 17, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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24.6.21

June 13, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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24.6.20

June 11, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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24.6.10

June 3, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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24.5.40

May 27, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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24.5.30

May 20, 2024

We're always working to make your SmartNews experience more enjoyable. Our latest update removes the autoplay video ads setting to provide a more consistent and seamless viewing experience across the app.
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24.5.20

May 13, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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24.5.10

May 7, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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24.4.40

April 22, 2024

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.
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Description of SmartNews

SmartNews helps you discover balanced stories—for free. Connect with the world through editor curation and state-of-the-art algorithms. Whether it's politics, local, sports, or entertainment, feeling good about being informed has never been easier. Stay in the loop and explore your passions with news from top publishers: ABC News, CBS News, CNN, USA TODAY, FOX NEWS, Business Insider, The Associated Press, NPR, The Guardian, The Hill. SmartNews has 50 million downloads, 2+ million 5-star ratings, thousands of trusted publishers, and was the “Best Local News App” of 2022 according to BestApp.com. START YOUR DAY WITH SMARTTAKE Escape from misinformation and stress with SmartTake. A free daily digest of unique, interesting, lighthearted, and balanced information to help you feel good about being informed. Thoughtfully curated by award-winning editors, SmartTake is here to feed your brain—not your bias—with quality global, local, entertainment, sports, politics, and health. Take a mental break from doomscrolling, and unwind with news that enriches your mind. Balanced News - Get access to balanced stories—no paywalls ever. - See coverage from every angle, all sides, across the globe. -Discover balanced, non-partisan information you can trust. Political News - Get prepared for the polls with top stories from across the political spectrum. - See trusted political news for free with up-to-the-minute insights. - Understand candidates and elections in your area. Trusted Sources -We partner with thousands of trusted publishers for unbiased news from all sides. -Our award-winning journalists validate content to ensure it meets our high-quality requirements. - Read well-rounded, trustworthy breaking coverage for your area for free. Entertainment News -Get an inside look at entertainment in Hollywood with updates on celebrities from movie stars to reality TV. -Discover top movies or TV shows with your favorite actors. -Follow entertainment topics so you never miss a breaking celebrity story. -Read news about the Oscars, Hollywood, Movie Stars, Fashion Week, and more. Local News -Get informative local stories from top trusted publishers based on your location. -See the latest coverage in your hometown. -Discover local updates, traffic, events, local weather, new restaurants, family activities, and so much more. Sports News -Welcome to your spot for informative sports stories. -Get daily articles highlighting the latest games, teams, players, and sporting events. -Set notifications for your favorite teams. -See news about football, basketball, golf, tennis, soccer, and more. Health News -Discover the healthcare news that impacts you all in one free app. -See what experts say about wellness, aging, and mental health from top publishers. -Follow stories about pain relief updates, exercise trends, and home remedies. *** SmartNews in the News “Browse headlines quickly, customize your channels, and read the news offline. SmartNews is an excellent free alternative to other popular news apps.” - CNET *** SmartNews Awards Best Local News App, 2024 (US) Bestapp Best News Aggregator, 2023 (US) Lifewire Best Free News App, 2023 (US) MakeUseOf Best News App, 2023 (US) AndroidCentral *** Reviews “Better than Feedly or Flipboard. Love it!” Joe C. “Much better than the new version of Apple News.” - Donald B. “Been using Google News but this is better. Much easier to share.” Nikki H. “Literally, one of the best news apps… It ranks with the likes of BBC News.” -Lorraine C. *Terms of Service The SmartNews Terms of Service are linked below. Please read and confirm these terms before using our services. https://www.smartnews.com/terms/
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SmartNews: FAQ

Is SmartNews software compatible with iPad devices?

Yes, the SmartNews software is iPad-compatible.
SmartNews, Inc. developed the SmartNews app.
Your iOS device must be running iOS 15.0 or above.
SmartNews has a user rating of 4.6.
News Is The Primary Genre Of The Smartnews App.
24.6.40 is the current version of SmartNews.
The date of the last SmartNews update is June 30, 2024.
The SmartNews app was initially released on February 6, 2023.
The SmartNews app is rated SmartNews, Inc. and may contain instances of content that may not be suitable for children under the age of 12.
SmartNews currently features the following languages: English, Japanese.
No, SmartNews is not on Apple Arcade.
No, SmartNews does not integrate in-app purchases for users.
Unfortunately, SmartNews is not tailored for compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of SmartNews

  • SmartNews is sadly failing its user base!

    I have never written a review before, but felt driven to speak out about how poorly functioning my (heavily used) SmartNews app has become. I have been a user since the beginning and have been a great fan of the "all in one" curated news approach SmartNews used to bring to my fingertips. However, with articles now opening to blank/black screens, taking forever to open, sometimes locking up the app (requiring a forced app close and reopen), auto reloading articles before I'm done reading ones I already had my eye on, huge top of screen ad loads, in article scrolling issues where my reading progress simply locks up and half of the article never loads, offered articles wanting opened in a browser and then not allowing me to read said article, etc., I am now feeling like it may be time to drop SmartNews and begin to look for alternatives. Using SmartNews has, in my opinion, become an exercise in frustration and is failing users and its own original, previously great, user friendly functionality, design, and purpose! I completely understand the need to create revenue and that cash makes the world turn, but SmartNews has lost its way and strayed from its original purpose and goals (once again - my opinion). I am disappointed that one of my premiere apps is becoming virtually useless to me. I've held on update after update, but it's just seemingly becoming more and more broken.

    Developer Response

    Hello, This is not what we intended and so sorry for your experience. Please completely close the app on your device and clear the SmartNews app cache. If the issue hasn't been resolved yet, please reach out to us at: https://support.smartnews.com/hc/en-us by tapping on the Support Button. - SmartNews (USA Team)
  • Should call it Kardashian news service

    The main problem with SmartNews is the complete lack of customization or filtering of topics or sources. They also use a huge number of “repeater” sources that simply summarize an article from another site. They provide a button for “suggest less news like this” but it does absolutely nothing. They serve literally thousands of click-bait stories about the Kardashian clan, no matter how many hundred times one clicks the “less news like this” link. If world war 3 broke out, half the “top news” stories would still be about what kim kardashian had for lunch. Other big problem is the heavy reliance on non-US sources for their “USA Edition”… often using titled versions of British tabloids like “The US Sun” (for example). I guess they dont want to license content from legitimate US sources! Could be a decent aggregator if they would fix the customization problem and improve their source pool… and lose their obvious algorithmic obsession with the K-family. Their standard response is “we emphasize discovery over personalization” but think about that… what that really means is “we don’t care what content you do or don’t want… we prefer to keep ramming the content of OUR choice down your throat whether you like it or not. Here… have another 50 kardashian stories!” Is what you want more important than what customers want??

    Developer Response

    We’ve built SmartNews to emphasize discovery over personalization. We think there’s value in seeing what “the other side” has to say from time to time. Blocking/Muting is currently not an available feature, but I will pass your request along to our product team. If you want to see more from certain publishers, you can add them on the Discover tab.
  • New SmartNews, half ad, disguised as stories

    does APPLE know they are keeping our personal information against app store rules? i CAN NOT REMOVE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION,,, NO MATTER IF I DELETE THE APP FOR MONTHS,!!!! reporting to APPLE has not fixed this issue. it says your information will be removed after 30 days. This is not true if I delete everything and then reload the app all of my preferences and everything I've watched and everything I've read are still on the app.!!!! this is indirect violation of California consumer along and I'll be contacting Sacramento tomorrow to see who I need to talk to since Apple doesn't want to do anything about this when I delete an application and clear my cash. I expect that information to be deleted, not held on to be used for whatever in the nefarious reason. Is it against apples app rules to maintain data on someone when they remove your application SmartNews doesn't care about that evidently and it's a slap in the face of the people that are using this application who don't know their information is being kept forever basically
    this is in their privacy agreement pretty clear they are saying f-you when it comes to privacy
    “Do Not Track.” Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers when you visit our website.