SmartNews: Breaking News

Contains adsIn-app purchases
3.7
693K reviews
50M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

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.

Discover top 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.

Local
-Get informative stories from premium publishers based on your location.
-See the latest local news on government, traffic, weather, politics, school boards, and more.
-Read news about local cultural events, hidden gems, restaurants, family-friendly activities, and your summer farmer’s market.

Travel
-Discover the best spots wherever you go with location-based news and updates.
-Learn about top travel tips from your favorite publishers.
-Plan your next vacation with trending news on the best destinations, travel hacks, and flight deals before you depart.

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 standards.
- 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.

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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SMARTNEWS 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

Winner of the 2025 May Award Contest - Best Mobile App
Best Mobile App 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/
Updated on
Nov 7, 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
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.7
639K reviews
Samuel Clemons
June 29, 2025
So piss poor anymore. It's the dumb little things...the app will automatically go to the top of an article as you are reading it. When you try to scroll past one of the infinite ads, it will stutter and pause and make it real easy to actually click on the ad. When you read an article and go back to the main page, it will autoscroll you to the top. Again, dumb little things. I'm done with it.
218 people found this review helpful
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SmartNews, Inc.
June 30, 2025
Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re sorry for the frustration with the app jumping to the top and ad interruptions. Our team is aware of these issues and is working on improvements. Your feedback really helps us know where to focus—thank you for taking the time to let us know.
Andrew Raymond Crawford
July 6, 2025
It's an excellent aggregate news source. Occasional clickbait articles, but you get those everywhere. What I'd really like is the ability to hide any stories about motorsports since I follow those sports and can't always watch the races live - no matter how many times I try to hide F1 stories and results, it shows me a lot of them, frequently spoiling the results. Some sort of a "no spoiler stories" filter would be good, then I could browse the app more frequently without concern.
188 people found this review helpful
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SmartNews, Inc.
July 15, 2025
Thanks for the great feedback. We're glad you're enjoying the app overall! A "no spoilers" option is an interesting idea, thank you for sharing it. Appreciate you sticking with us and hopefully we can continue to deliver good stories for you!
Doug Barnes
June 29, 2025
Good app for news, but when you can't even read half the article or they are unable to get you to the article that they linked, it's of no use! I'm deleting the app right now! 10/2021 Got a different phone and app got reinstalled. I gave it another chance and it's doing very nicely, thank you. update in June 2025. The one thing I have issue with this app is that it often updates right in the middle of reading an article and goes right back to the top. That's rather annoying.
132 people found this review helpful
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SmartNews, Inc.
June 30, 2025
Thanks for giving SmartNews another try and for your honest feedback. We’re aware of the issue with the app updating and jumping to the top while you’re reading. Our team is working on improvements. We appreciate your patience and support!

What’s new

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