# NEAR -NewsEAR- — Get the Internet News by Ear

> Get the Internet News by Ear (iPhone/iPad app by Ehime University.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/near/id1456090347 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ehime University](https://appshunter.io/developer/1239255777)
- Category: News
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 120 MB
- Languages: English, Japanese
- Released: 2020-03-07
- Data updated: 2025-03-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/near/id1456090347/reviews.md

## What is NEAR?

NEAR -News EAR- learns your interests and offers recommended news.

It supports news reading aloud, and you can listen to the news anytime by combining with Apple Watch and earphones.

Just subscribe to the RSS of your favorite news site and read the news, NEAR will automatically learn your interests.

It is safe because the learning data is never sent to the outside.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.6 — 2022-08-18

Fixed UI bug.

### 1.1.5 — 2021-08-04

Fixed a bug that voice reading stopped unintentionally.

### 1.1.4 — 2021-01-21

Bug fixes.

### 1.1.3 — 2020-10-21

Adjusted the UI.
Bug Fixes.

### 1.1.2 — 2020-09-09

Improved the speech function.
Adjusted the UI.
Fixed a minor bug.

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