- Free
- Category: News
- First released: December 8, 2011
- Versions: 12 archived
- Installable: 1 of 12
- Availability: Still on the App Store ↗
- Seller: Google, Inc.
- com.google.GoogleDigitalEditions
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueGoogle News is a personalized news aggregator that organizes and highlights what’s happening in the world so you can quickly catch up and discover more about the stories that matter to you.
With Google News, you’ll find:
YOUR BRIEFING: It can be nearly impossible to keep up with every story you care about, Your Briefing makes it easy to stay in the know about what’s important and relevant in your world. It updates throughout the day to bring you the top local, national, and world headlines, plus personalized news tailored to your interests.
LOCAL NEWS: Explore your community through stories and articles from news outlets in your local area. Customize and choose multiple locations so you can know what’s happening near you or wherever home is.
FULL COVERAGE: Dive deeper into a story with multiple perspectives. The Full Coverage feature organizes everything online about a story, surfacing and highlighting coverage from different outlets and mediums. With just a tap, you’ll uncover how the story is unfolding and how everyone is reporting on it.
STORIES FOR YOU: The For You section delivers personalized news related to your interests. Take control and customize the articles you see by following the topics and sources you care about.
ACCESS FROM ANY DEVICE: Stay up to date on the news no matter where you are. Pair the Google News mobile app with our Desktop website, news.google.com, and enjoy your personalized content across all your devices.
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 23 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2011 | — | — | 503 | Free |
| January 7, 2012 | — | — | 946 | Free |
| July 11, 2012 | 1.1.2 | ★ 3.5 | 1,670 | Free |
| January 21, 2013 | — | — | 1,847 | Free |
| August 27, 2014 | 2.1 | ★ 3.0 | 2,164 | Free |
| November 25, 2015 | 3.4 | — | 2,487 | Free |
| November 25, 2015 | 3.4 | — | 2,486 | Free |
| December 14, 2018 | — | ★ 4.4 | 64,060 | Free |
| December 17, 2018 | — | ★ 4.4 | 32,775 | Free |
| December 11, 2019 | — | ★ 4.5 | 123,142 | Free |
| December 2, 2020 | — | ★ 4.6 | 178,236 | Free |
| December 3, 2020 | — | ★ 4.6 | 178,354 | Free |
| November 29, 2021 | 5.41 | ★ 4.6 | 216,597 | Free |
| December 5, 2021 | 5.42 | ★ 4.6 | 217,360 | Free |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 15You get 1/3 of the way through an article, and it crashes. Almost every time. Do better!
This app is horrible. Every time I click the thumbs down “fewer articles like this,” it puts an article in the down-rated article’s place that had the same headline, only from a different outlet.
The app seems to have some pretty major bugs. I regularly will have the article I’m reading disappear half way through due to an unexpected error.
Since the last update Google news app is no longer showing my sports teams games and scores which really pisses me off. Please fix this problem immediately ❗❗❗❗
The world news section is an embarrassment. Maybe 10 articles at most, that’s it. Other sections may have twice as much, but as far as world news goes, it’s a joke. This is Google, not a myopic high school news paper
Been using google news for a long time. It’s honestly a good source for headlines but the use stops there. Yes some articles are free and others cost money which is understandable. What isn’t understandable is why when you do hit a paywall your entire app is locked down. You can’t go back. You have to close the app. I don’t believe an app should be allowed to lock your phone down like that into a pay trap - I won’t call it a paywall because you can turn back from a wall. Also the app is full of clickbait and advertising that hijacks your phone screen. It would be easy for Google to fix this but money is more important to them and they will never do anything.
If you like being disappointed on a daily basis, this is the app for you. Clearly very little Google investment going on here otherwise the “There was an error displaying this content” problem would have been fixed years ago. Great at organizing all the world’s information; not so great at showing it.
This platform seems to pick the articles with the most ads. Why does every news place suck now or sell your info? Please clean up your shhhh or be deleted like the rest.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.