For a lot of people, news consumption has shifted from websites and newspapers to aggregator apps on smartphones. But finding the right one is surprisingly still quite a challenging process.
When picking the best news app, you need to look out for a lot of features, including smart algorithms, dark themes, offloading options, and more. To help you decide what to use, here are our picks of the best news apps for Android and iPhone.
1. Google News
You’re probably already familiar with this one. Google News is a straightforward news reader relying on several contextual frameworks to catch stories tailored to your interests.
You can specifically configure your Google News feed, or just use the app and Google News will figure out what you like on its own. In addition, Google News also allows you to read magazines and even sync your paid subscriptions.
What’s more, it can download articles for you to read later. There’s a dark mode as well; you can keep this enabled all the time or automatically trigger it when your phone goes into dark mode.
Google News has a bunch of other tools you might find helpful. One is a section called Your Briefing that brings relevant stories for you to consume in the morning. Tap individual stories to read more on the original topic if you’re interested.
Download: Google News for Android | iOS | Web (Free)
2. Microsoft Start
Microsoft’s take on news aggregation is similar to Google News in a lot of ways. It, too, learns from your reading habits to pick up on your interests and what sources you like. You can, of course, manually customize these topics and even search for particular ones.
Two main tabs display news: News