BBC: World News & Stories

Much better than the former update: more text and less pictures.
The former update made BBC News into a tabloid, now it is more seriously.
The only reason for not giving five stars: the amount of trackers.
I don't need personalisation.

Personalization still lacking. Account prompts (sometimes twice!). Pictures not opening at times. Sad to see such a once-brilliant app turn into such a disappointing app

Interface is not attractive. Looks more like a website than an app. Lots of scrolling. Font not that easy to read. Cannot distinguish where articles end and next begins. Not a good upgrade.

Why fix something that isn’t broken? The way the app was before with the red background was much easier to use.

I don't understand. This was my beloved news app. It's nice red template and user friendly interface were just perfect. Everything worked well. So why fix something which isn't broken? This wasn't an upgrade. It was a downgrade! Now the app stalks you to register, doesn't allow you to zoom in on images and its user interface is a huge let down. Let alone the boring, schoolproject-like, unstructured layout of the app. What a disappointment!

been listening to the bbc since 1994 almost daily, reading since 2000 and mobile sites and apps since they existed on the 3rd iPhone
witnessed the rapid evolution of the app and then degrading to an okish app where it hovers…
some updates drop it 1 or 2 stars, others up it 1
somehow they keep screwing up vids quite a few years now, landscape isn’t even possible anymore.
this current version needs getting used to, it’s more chaotic than previously, also highly intrusive distracting ads mostly but oh well…

This is an improvement on the last version but once again the option to personalise your own news topics is missing.

Harder to navigate, and the app asks me to create an account every single time I open it. Super annoying.

Interface is not attractive. Looks more like a website than an app. Lots of scrolling. Fine not that easy to read. Cannot distinguish where articles end and next begins. Not a good upgrade.

The app gets worse with every update. Every time on start-up since this overhaul, I get prompted to register or sign in. Every. Time. I don’t want an account, however much you keep asking. Stop bothering me. And please, the push notifications get more ridiculous by the day. They used to be breaking news alerts only. Now I get notifications about featured stories, domestic news and downright click bait. I cannot change these settings, either I receive alerts or not. And why is there a separate ‘News’ section? I thought this was a news app in itself?

Not too bothered by the rest of the update but getting asked to log in with a pop up every time I open the new app is incredibly annoying.

Please bring back the old one. The only thing i want is “most read” on international news. Not interested in the rest. If you cannot do that, i will have to go elsewhere.

I particularly miss the most watched news tab. Old app in red background was perfect. Easier to read

Feels less like an app (more like website).
And now I am requested to sign in EVERY time I open app. Yawn

BBC News has been one of the first apps I opened every day for a decade. No more. I’m deleting it now. The interface is not appealing. Photos can not be zoomed in on. It’s not worth fishing around for news I can find elsewhere.

oh nooo layout changed to black and white. loosing BBC identity. now its just like any other news app. For the rest: great app.

Every time I launch the app I get a prompt to register an account. I’m trying to read news, not participate in social media. Stop this nonsense.
Also, the curated ‘news’ is ridiculous. I want to see real world news, but after 2-3 headlines the curated news is always about something ridiculous like ‘why this cat changed my life’ or ‘why this woman in India wears 12 earrings’.
You’re a news app, please fix these things so I can take you serious again.

Why does this app disconnect my WiFi connection on starting? This is unacceptable.