SmartNews: News That Matters

SmartNews, Inc.

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About this app

New year, new way to read the news. We combine the best of quality journalism with expert curation to help you stay informed—and feel good while doing it. With quality articles from trustworthy publishers, you can easily curate your feed based on your passions and topics that interest you most. The only question is…what will you discover today?

START YOUR DAY WITH SMARTTAKE
Unwind with SmartTake—a free daily digest of unique and quality information. Curated by our award-winning editors, SmartTake offers light-hearted and informative updates on global, local, entertainment, sports, politics, and health, helping you keep it light and feel good about being informed.

Discover personalized news from premium publishers: Bloomberg, The Atlantic, USA Today, TIME, The Huffington Post, Bleacher Report, Quartz, The Verge, LAT, VOX, AP, Reuters, Buzzfeed, Fast Company.

Politics
- Get prepared for the elections, polls, and debates with stories across the political spectrum from Democrat to Republican.
- Understand candidates, ballot measures, debates, results, and city council elections near you.
-Find voter information, campaign finance stories, verified election reports, and expert election analysis you can trust.

Quality
-We partner with thousands of trusted publishers for premium, balanced news.
-Our award-winning journalists validate content to ensure it meets our high-quality
requirements.
- Read trustworthy breaking coverage for your area for free.

Entertainment
-Get an inside look at entertainment.
-Discover top movies or TV shows with your favorite actors.
-Follow entertainment topics so you never miss a story.

Local
-Get informative stories from premium publishers based on your location.
-See the latest local government coverage in your hometown
-Discover local updates, traffic, events, new restaurants, family activities, politics, school boards, and more.

Sports
-Get daily articles highlighting the latest games, teams, players, and sporting events.
-Set notifications for your favorite teams.
-See breaking news about football, basketball, golf, tennis, soccer, and more.

Health
-Discover the healthcare news that impacts you all in one free app.
-See what experts say about wellness, aging, and mental health from top publishers.
-Follow stories about pain relief updates, exercise trends, and home remedies.

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IN THE PRESS

“Browse headlines quickly, customize your channels, and read the news offline. SmartNews is an excellent free alternative to other popular news apps.”
- CNET

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AWARDS

Best Local News App, 2024 (US)
Bestapp

Best News Aggregator, 2023 (US)
Lifewire

Best News App, 2023 (US)
AndroidCentral

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REVIEWS

“Better than Feedly or Flipboard. Love it!” Joe C.

“Much better than the new version of Apple News.” - Donald B.

“Been using Google News but this is better. Much easier to share.” Nikki H.

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Terms of Service
The SmartNews Terms of Service are linked below. Please read and confirm these terms before using our services.
https://www.smartnews.com/terms/

Ratings and reviews

Update January 2025- The app is showing the same stories for days, not updating. What's the point? Very buggy recently, freezes up. December update locked me out? Update 4/14- articles do fine for a time then mysteriously cut off about halfway through. No text at all below a certain point. While I appreciate the fast catch up on news the app provides, this is unacceptable.

HOW DOES THIS APP GET WORSE WITH EVERY UPDATE!? There's a new update at least once a week. Still, nothing improves. Articles might open after 30 seconds, if at all. Constantly crashes. Auto-start video ads that can't be muted unless you close the app. All external links, like YT, IG, and TT videos open in the SmartNews app, so none of the controls work correctly. Even an Amazon ad will open the Amazon app inside of SN. WHY? It's not useable. Also, way too much spam! I'm switching to Google News.

The app does a decent job of aggregating news that I'm interested in. The issue is the ad loading function. It interferes with the ability to read the articles in 3 key ways. 1) It intermittently freezes the page making scrolling difficult or impossible. 2) It repeatedly resets the page to the top while I'm trying to read, leaving me to try to scroll back to where I was reading. 3) It occasionally causes the app to crash and close. The ads didn't used to be the issue they have become.

What’s new

- Performance improvements and bug fixes to enhance your reading experience.