Washington Post: Live News

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About this app

The app is free to download and keeps you informed with expert coverage from Post journalists.

PRODUCT FEATURES
• Stay informed with the 24/7 feed of today’s news.
• Wake up with The 7, a better morning briefing on the day’s most important and interesting stories.
• Customize your alerts to be the first to know when news is breaking.
• Catch up with today’s stories by listening to original podcasts and audio articles.
• Discover something new in My Post, a curated feed with recommendations just for you.
• Dive deeper into Post journalism with innovative graphics, video, and augmented reality exclusives.

Ratings and reviews

Note: v7.7.0 still crashes. The app has become progressively worse over the last few versions. It now is crashing every 15 minutes or so. It also will frequently close an open article and return to the home page. The widget works for only a couple days before it has to be deleted and reinstalled. Nothing seems to help - clearing the cache, deleting all user data or reinstalling the app only serve as temporary fixes. I've made multiple reports to Wapo's support team, but they haven't found a fix.

Imagine paying for a newspaper subscription, but the app won't actually hold an article open for more than 10 seconds before going back to the homepage, eventually leading to the app crashing. It's updated and all. Don't feel like I'm getting my subscription's worth. Plus, with them consistently changing who does the Seven in the morning, and always changing the music is just annoying. I come to you for news. Not different personalities in a podcast or funky transition music. I want the news.

Good news source, but too easy to accidentally "tap" an article you don't want to read, which counts towards your 10 free articles a month. They ought to prompt you to verify that you want to read it, or give you a few seconds to back out without penalizing. For all the ads, I think they could do that. Or maybe have you watch ads in exchange for reading.

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.