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the Smartnews app

By Troy B, 7 August, 2021

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When I swipe through the smartnews app lately there's an area right in the middle of the news stories titled topics, and since I haven't chosen any topics that area is blank and I have to swipe a little ways to get back to the stories. Also there used to be a tab called discover that I could open to add new news sources and that's not there now. I did uninstall the app for a short time and then I reinstalled and that's when I noticed these changes, has anybody else noticed this and is there a way to make the app act like it did before? If not is there another app available that works similarly to smartnews? Btw I tried google news and I didn't care much for it.

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Yes and no

By Bruce Harrell

2 years 3 months ago

Hi. I use the app and noticed the same thing. If you select your topics, they will appear in the list of tabs. When I get down to that new blank area, I go to my list of tabs and select one. That gives me a bunch of additional articles in the selected topic.

Sometimes I just keep swiping right until I get past the blank area. This doesn't always work, though.

Google news is actually pretty good if you have a specific user defined topic. Apple news plus isn't bad either if you don't mind swiping and swiping and swiping and swiping and swiping and swiping.

I also recommend AP news and reuters news and news wire, although I don't use them much. Nightly News is what my wife likes, but it is ABC pap, if you want non comprehensive.

Good luck!

Bruce

thanks

By Troy B

2 years 3 months ago

Thanks Bruce, at least I know it's not just me. I'll go in and investigate the topics and maybe there'll be something there I'm interested in.

I hate it when the format of some of the apps I like changes.

me too

By Dawn πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦―

2 years 3 months ago

Hi, Troy B.

I'm with you there. I hate it when formats change, because, usually, it's not for the better.

I have a couple alternatives you could look at. I personally like news agragators like Smart News, because they eliminate the need to have pages upon pages of news apps in a folder, or hogging up screen real estate. I follow and read many news sources, including Reuters, AP News, my local news stations you get the picture. Not only do I follow many different news sources, but, I also like to follow a lot of topics like lifestyle, health, tech and any sub-topics.

I recommend that you check out Microsoft News, as news agragators. Or, you could try an RSS feed reader. I have a couple, but, Lire is my favorite. It'll cost you $10 USD. but, it's worth it. The 2 apps I mentioned above, are free. Hope this helps.

Microsoft news

By Blackadder

2 years 3 months ago

Microsoft news was very very good but it’s no longer accessible unfortunately. And suggestions for anything else which is similar to that?

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