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March 26, 2019
September 17, 2026
2.8.2
iOS 16.4+
4+
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104.94MB
iPhone, iPad
13 hours ago
American English

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Access Australia's leading news source for breaking stories and trending topics. Stay informed on politics, pop culture, finance, sports, and more with a personalized feed and offline reading capabilities. Receive timely notifications for important updates.

✓Breaking news alerts

✓Trending stories

✓Personalized news feed

✓Offline reading

✓Politics, sport, entertainment coverage

✓Weather updates

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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of news.com.au. Based on 177 reviews and a 2.7/5 average, it highlights the 6 positives and 14 negatives reviewers mention most about this News app.

Positive things

📰Free news app with no paywall
🎬Video content and watch tab available
📱Wide range of topics covered
⚡Fast news alerts and notifications
🎨Improved app design and layout
📊Good mix of entertainment and news

Negative things

🐛Frequent app crashes and freezing
📢Excessive and intrusive advertisements
✍️Numerous spelling and grammar errors
📄Clickbait headlines and sensationalism
🔄Content duplication and story repetition
⚙️Poor app performance and lag
🎮Aggressive game advertisements
📱Tablet compatibility issues
🔊Auto-playing videos interrupt music
📰Low-quality journalism and fact-checking
🎯Algorithm-driven content lacks transparency
⬆️Page jumping due to ad placement
🔋High CPU/GPU usage and battery drain
🎬Long unskippable video ads

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What's New in news.com.au

2.8.2

September 17, 2026

We’ve made improvements under the hood to deliver a smoother, more reliable app experience: * Performance Boost: Faster loading times across all article pages. * Video Fixes: Resolved an issue causing video pausing on the Watch tab, * General Maintenance: Misc bug fixes and stability enhancements.

User reviews

The app drains the battery alot

Use alot of battery when using the app and even closing it. Need to actually quit the app to avoid this.

stking

11 days ago

I don’t know what news it shows

I am never updated to a right news. Always showing celebrities or random news. I changed the priorities. I don’t know how to remove such news

asi002

12 days ago

Old news on the app

Recently I’ve noticed the app is not refreshing daily. The same headlines and news article are on the app for 3 days. This was my go to news app, now I’m going elsewhere. If it doesn’t resolve soon I’m deleting the app.

angelsparkl

13 days ago

Frivolous stories

I’m sure many people want to hear about the British royals but every day is just too much. Also all the gossip about actors, singers & sports people. I just flick thru quickly & then go to News24.

ChaslyBar

15 days ago

Great service

Very interesting and informative

py 1961

16 days ago

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