Briefing

Contains ads
3.2
749K reviews
1B+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

Briefing for Samsung puts what’s important at your fingertips. Swipe left on your home screen to quickly access the latest news and stories. Select all your favorite topics and get full coverage and perspectives from the world’s most credible sources.

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Briefing provides a great summary of personalized news in a beautiful package. Invest in yourself, stay informed, and feel like you’ve spent your time well. Focus on what matters to you, not the random posts of other people’s lives.

You can disable Briefing by pinch zooming out on the home screen, then swipe to locate Briefing. Uncheck the box at the top, then tap to return to your home screen. If you have questions or need help, please select Contact at https://about.flipboard.com/help-center/.
Updated on
May 16, 2025

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
App info and performance and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.2
714K reviews
A Google user
April 14, 2019
"less than 1 star" rating based on annoyance. I kept getting random & annoying "ping" alerts from "Briefing", but couldnt figure out what app was causing it. Occasionally woke me up at night (even with 'do not disturb" turned on). Finally figured out it was Flipboard's Briefing. Didnt know it was there, dont want it, can't uninstall. The movie line, "Terminate with extreme prejudice" comes to mind ...
289 people found this review helpful
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Flipboard
April 14, 2019
You can disable the app entirely by locating “Briefing” in your device App Manager, selecting “Disable” and confirming. Click the Contact button at flip.it/help for help.
A Google user
November 30, 2018
I don't remember having this app when I bought it brand new. All of the sudden early morning when I reboot my phone it began downloading it's own in front of my two eyes. Wow. Talking about security. Whenever they feel like installing something to your phone, you have no fighting chance. Stop doing this for goodness sake. Stop wasting our data and memories.
10 people found this review helpful
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Flipboard
December 1, 2018
Because Briefing is considered a system app, any system updates will update the app as well. You will need to disable it once more. Just open your device Settings, locate Briefing, then choose the disable option. For help, click the Contact button at flip.it/help.
A Google user
December 13, 2018
I always had to delete or worse yet open then close a "briefing" or whatever to get it out of my way. I guess it was bloatware shipped with the note5. I wasn't able to delete it completely it still has the original version taking up storage space. I use this note 5 as a ground station for several unmanned aerial systems. I don't need no stinking briefings.
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Flipboard
December 13, 2018
Briefing is preinstalled on certain Samsung devices and cannot be uninstalled. However, you can disable it in your app manager. If you have questions or need help, click the Contact button at flip.it/help.

What’s new

Briefing is now more customizable. In addition to the content you could choose from before, you can now also choose from the entire range of topics of Flipboard!

We would love to know what you think of this new version. Please give us feedback via the play store feedback option.