DW - Breaking World News

3.7
24.6K reviews
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Content rating
Everyone 10+
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About this app

New design, new navigation options, unlimited content, no ads, and no pop-ups. Receive independent news and analysis of the most important events from around the world on your smartphone, tablet, or Apple Watch — without ads and without pop-ups.

The free DW App keeps you up to date on the most important news of the day and offers analysis on politics, business, science, culture, and travel.

- Modern design
- No pop-ups
- Push Notifications for Breaking News
- Available in 32 languages

DW is Germany's international broadcaster and a reliable source of news and information. The DW App makes accessing international news easier still, by offering articles, audio, and video directly on your cellphone or tablet. DW's team of journalists is active in news rooms around Europe and the world.
Updated on
Dec 8, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity, and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit

Ratings and reviews

3.7
22.8K reviews
Murher Jimino
December 18, 2022
The latest English update stops the app from loading properly any content in any area. Live TV has never worked. It I want to see the news, I have to switch languages to Deutsch, which runs an older and more functional version of DW. I used to love seeing a Eurocentric news source with good funding and views, but unfortunately I cannot utilize it successfully any longer.
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C. F. H.
November 25, 2022
Nov 24, 2022: per develp'r. instructions,uninstalled and reinstalled - not worth a hoot! Video still stops completley; loads of aggravating ads. Uninstalling. Loaded Update of Nov. 14 and no longer plays correctly - videos stop, frequent breaks in the sound; nothing but problems now. Very frustrating; will remove app. Sad to end this channel. Nov. 19, 2022 Excellent news reporting. Wish it had an onscreen volume control and go-dark option for listening only in the dark and to save battery life.
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Deutsche Welle
November 21, 2022
Please try reinstalling the app. If the app does not work properly afterwards, please send an email to info@dw.com with these information: device, Android version, installed app version and, if you receive an error message, a screenshot of the message. The data will be passed on to the technical support. Please describe the errors that arise.
Alan High
November 21, 2022
There's an old adage that says, "If it isn't broken, don't fix it." This was an excellent app until the last two updates. Now it crashes frequently when accessing it, it's literally "jumpy", advancing to the next section or page as if by an unseen hand. It "freezes" for no apparent reason, and has to be rebooted. On one memorable occasion, I had to shut the phone down and restart it. This is a new phone, with only 10% of memory used. What was once an excellent app is now garbage.
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Deutsche Welle
November 22, 2022
Please try reinstalling the app. If the app does not work properly afterwards, please send an email to info@dw.com with these information: problems that occur, device, Android version, installed app version and, if you receive an error message, a screenshot of the message. The data will be passed on to the technical support.

What's new

We are gradually revamping our language offerings. With the new release, content on the redesigned languages can be saved to a bookmark list again. The bookmark list is accessible via an icon in the tab bar. Existing bookmarks are migrated to the new structure.