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        The Economist: UK & World News

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        Stay up-to-date on global affairs with The Economist app.

        Download the free app to:

        - Enjoy three free articles a week, including the cover leader
        - Stay up to date on global issues, political developments, business and financial news
        - Get comprehensive economic reports, a regular briefing on current affairs, science and tech articles and news on cultural affairs
        - Enjoy the content of the weekly newspaper in an easy-to-use format
        - Save articles to read offline later
        - Save and share your favourite articles via email and social media
        -Get alerts when the new issue is available along with notifications on cover stories, breaking news and analysis.

        The Economist is an award-winning weekly international news and business publication, offering trusted reporting, commentary and analysis on global affairs, business, finance, science and technology, culture, society, media and the arts.

        Download the app now and have the latest international news, business reports, political commentary and financial analysis at your fingertips, as well as insight into the world of arts and cultural affairs.

        The app is free to download and includes free access to the Editor's picks—a weekly selection of articles from each week’s edition of The Economist.

        Haven’t made up your mind?

        Key sections and benefits include:

        • Each week’s issue available from 9pm London time every Thursday, with authoritative insight into the latest news about current affairs, from Brexit and the Trump administration, to big business mergers and driverless cars, and much more
        • Download each issue to your device and read offline. Wherever you are you can catch up on insightful news articles on current affairs from all around the world including the US, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas
        • Switch easily between reading and listening with The Economist in Audio. Download the audio edition to listen to each week’s issue of The Economist, read by professional broadcasters
        • Purchase single issues in the app for world-renowned business news and economy coverage, including economic and financial indicators, world GDP data plus much more
        • Store and access back issues
        • Subscribe from within the app for full access to The Economist and Economist.com on Android tablets, Android smartphones and the Chrome Web store
        • Share articles via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook
        • The app presents a great digital native reading experience for readers allowing for font size changes, Night Mode and other convenient user friendly qualities.

        What makes The Economist unique?

        The Economist offers unrivalled, trusted news commentary and political opinion with detailed coverage of national and global issues, in-depth reports, and analysis from an award winning team of journalists.

        Are you missing something?

        The Economist is not just a smart guide to global affairs. Readers can also enjoy a wide variety of analysis ranging from science and technology to arts and culture. Catch up on the latest on mergers and acquisitions in Silicon Valley, scientific discoveries and book recommendations each week via the app.

        With The Economist, you know you’re getting the full picture. In today’s changing world, the one thing that’s certain is uncertainty. Make sense of it all with The Economist app.

        SUPPORT

        Should you require any assistance using our app please visit http://www.economist.com/help/android for answers to frequently asked questions as well as ways to contact customer support.
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        4.1
        29,209 total
        5 16,456
        4 6,656
        3 2,062
        2 1,308
        1 2,727
        Alexandre OLEON
        Since the last update the app crashes every single time I start it. Also, I'm missing the possibility to change the audio speed like on the iOS version. The latest version is full of bugs and the navigation between articles is frustrating. It was better a few versions back, now even on the iOS it got worse...
        Russell Bunnell
        Absolute rubbish. Cancelling my subscription if they don't fix this mess. Constantly downloading. Doesn't save old issues. Doesn't remember where you left off and keeps restating at the beginning. Not understanding what was wrong with the previous version.
        Michael Adams
        What were they thinking? Old app was fine. This piece of garbage repeatedly locks up, does not remember what article I was on... what a mess. Someone should be fired
        Onan Gunoz
        The content is world-class. Yet the app is total rubbish. After the last update it crashes everytime I start it. It shuts down in the middle of listening to an article. You can't start reading an article and listen to it - the audio editon starts always at the first article of an issue. And the technical support is very feeble, as can be seen how all complaints here have been comprehensively ignored. Disappointing.
        Cosmin Bebu-Vîjianu
        The old version would remember where I left off with listening to the audio. This one doesn't even know what article I last listened. Stop making things prettier if it means losing functionality.
        Justin Alfaro
        I liked the old version better - don't know why they needed to change it to this more drab isometric one. Also, it's crashed a few times and I don't know why. Five stars for The Economist. Three for their app.

        User reviews

        Alexandre OLEON 11 July 2017
        Since the last update the app crashes every single time I start it. Also, I'm missing the possibility to change the audio speed like on the iOS version. The latest version is full of bugs and the navigation between articles is frustrating. It was better a few versions back, now even on the iOS it got worse...
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        Russell Bunnell 7 July 2017
        Absolute rubbish. Cancelling my subscription if they don't fix this mess. Constantly downloading. Doesn't save old issues. Doesn't remember where you left off and keeps restating at the beginning. Not understanding what was wrong with the previous version.
        Full Review
        Michael Adams 9 July 2017
        What were they thinking? Old app was fine. This piece of garbage repeatedly locks up, does not remember what article I was on... what a mess. Someone should be fired
        Full Review
        Onan Gunoz 19 July 2017
        The content is world-class. Yet the app is total rubbish. After the last update it crashes everytime I start it. It shuts down in the middle of listening to an article. You can't start reading an article and listen to it - the audio editon starts always at the first article of an issue. And the technical support is very feeble, as can be seen how all complaints here have been comprehensively ignored. Disappointing.
        Full Review
        Cosmin Bebu-Vîjianu 9 July 2017
        The old version would remember where I left off with listening to the audio. This one doesn't even know what article I last listened. Stop making things prettier if it means losing functionality.
        Full Review
        Justin Alfaro 8 July 2017
        I liked the old version better - don't know why they needed to change it to this more drab isometric one. Also, it's crashed a few times and I don't know why. Five stars for The Economist. Three for their app.
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        8 July 2017
        They new update has frozen screen in offline mode. Why download a magazine when I need the internet to always open it? Please change it. The font change and ability to copy snippets from an article is good.
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        Ankit Jain 13 July 2017
        Previous version was good. Bring it back. New version keeps freezing, audio doesn't start from where it was left off and there is no 'play current' option in the audio menu. Made it very hard to play the audio which is the only way I use this app.
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        14 July 2017
        The new app never opens on first attempt. Have to go back and reopen. Then it reopens on the last-read page and jumps back to the contents page immediately. Please sort out these bugs.
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        Laura Dick 6 July 2017
        I love this app, and use it constantly. But the newest overhaul has been a constant thorn in my side. When it's functioning, it's marginally comparable to the old app, but I have to find my article every time I open the app, after waiting through several screens which take an absurd amount of time to load (despite being fully downloaded) and crash at a minimum a third of the time. I want a clean way to read the content I subscribe for, not bells and whistles that are ill-executed and prevent me from using the app.
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        Lelouch He 6 July 2017
        the latest update is horrible. we need a consistent reading experience, not some fancy app feature that's hard or impossible to use. please give us back the traditional version. will uninstall this app until it gets correct.
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        Jeremy Watson 18 July 2017
        I love having the content on audio, but I think it needs more work. Update - does now respond to earphones stop/start button. It still needs a skip forward / back 10 seconds, IMO. Could do with a sleep timer, and the option to turn off the ditty at the beginning of each item. Still pleased to have the app tho, I use it every day now. Sometimes hangs on startup, have to kill & restart. Sometimes tries to notify of breaking news, but then hangs. Doesn't always remember which article I'm on. Android 7.1, one plus 5.
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        4 July 2017
        Latest version crashes frequently, rendering the audio feature near useless. Such a shame - I never had issues with the previous versions.
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        Nils Schinasi 13 July 2017
        Very unstable. Crashes every time if I wait a few hours before opening it. Would be great if audio could be accelerated
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        Riina Nikander 10 July 2017
        The latest update messed up the app. It keeps crashing and the audio version doesn't save your place when restarted. The new version takes much longer to load than the old one.
        Full Review
        Juan de Dios Roger Mattos 17 July 2017
        version has a better look and is easier to navigate. The best thing is that you have access to old issues, more than in the past.
        Full Review
        Luciano Lavagno 12 July 2017
        The new version has some problems again. I found the past issues (swipe left instead of right). But now it hangs frequently at startup.
        Full Review
        Sean Leung 6 July 2017
        The latest update always, always crashes: it doesn't remember the login nor save downloaded editions. I need to log in and download everyday!
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        A Google User 17 July 2017
        The problems associated with scrolling had me ready to return to just reading the hard copy. Odd how a newspaper with such high journalistic standards can't produce a decent app. Anyway, the problem has finally been fixed so 5 stars.
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        Stephen Blank 8 July 2017
        The drop down section menu seems to have disappeared. I really liked that feature. I read Economist mostly via this App now
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        Derek Pettigrew 4 July 2017
        Latest update isn't good. Now the app hangs on the loading screen and I need to close and reopen it to get to the content.
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        A Google User 12 July 2017
        The Economst's stellar reputation for content is marred by the execrable execution or this app. For shame.
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        Ricky Irizarry 15 July 2017
        I'm happy with the design of the app. Definitely intuitive and readable. However I wish the Android version of the app had the audio speed options the iPhone version has. The economist audio has really slow readers and 2x speed was just about right.
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        Peter Day 16 July 2017
        Serious shortcoming in the way bookmarks work. You can jump to the bookmark you've set, but the article is out of context and you can't swipe to go to the previous or next article.
        Full Review
        Daniel Shimmin 7 July 2017
        New update crashes my phone all the time . I have a Nexus 5x (standard no frills Google phone) if it can't work well on this phone then where will it work well??
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        Paul Johnson 16 July 2017
        New app hangs if app power saving is on and app not access for a while. Disabling app power saving for this app solves the problem.
        Full Review
        David Bunnell 15 July 2017
        Love the new format, (scrolling down) - having more problems resuming reading.
        Full Review
        Jatin Kukreja 15 July 2017
        The latest update is just plain awful. They took something that worked well and completely ruined it
        Full Review
        Mohamed Salem 12 July 2017
        It hangs on the first time you open the app. I have to close it and run it again
        Full Review
        Misha Obolonskyi 12 July 2017
        After last upgrade app started to crash everytime I am opening it. Dislike
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        Andrew Hood 3 July 2017
        Was quite good. Crashes systematically with latest update
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        Roland Hodson 17 July 2017
        If you really want to know what is going on in the world, then this is the most important weekly you can buy. Some of the best writing you will find anywhere.
        Full Review
        Elyse Coberly 7 July 2017
        Really like it, recent version has a habit of freezing on the loading page and then quitting
        Full Review
        A Google User 14 July 2017
        Great content. Still the occasional bug in the app.
        Full Review
        Declan Martin 13 July 2017
        Good content but the app oftentimes fails to load, requires restarting my phone
        Full Review
        Michael Berridge 19 July 2017
        Downloading sometimes problematic and sometimes late but once downloaded its good to read.
        Full Review
        15 July 2017
        I adore this magazine, and the app by extension. The caliber of this erudite publication is matched by that of the interface on the app.
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        Cholarit Keerati-kasikorn 9 July 2017
        Always crash.
        Full Review
        susan shore 19 July 2017
        Insightful articles with a global view. Very educational and thought provoking.
        Full Review
        Tom Berend 9 July 2017
        the essential world news, delivered by a delight-to-use app.
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