Microsoft has re-designed its Microsoft News app for iOS & Android. The app, like Microsoft said, “is like having your own portable newsroom.”
Microsoft News is the new name for Microsoft’s news engine that powers familiar Sites like MSN.com, & the newly redesigned Microsoft News app for iOS & Android. Microsoft News also powers news on Microsoft Edge, the News app in Windows 10, Skype, Xbox & Outlook.com.
Microsoft News represents the way users are informed across the Web, phone & PC, using Microsoft’s long-tested approach of curating news via publishing partnerships, human editors, & Artificial Intelligence. In this regards, Microsoft works with over a 1000 premium publishers & more than 3,000 brands in all major global markets like USA Today, The New York Times, FOX News, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Le Monde, Die Welt, El País, BBC News, Kyodo News, to name a few.
Here are some of the app’s new features:
- New personalization upgrades, including the ability to tailor interests to follow in your news feed – such as World News, Personal Finance, Fitness & more
- Easy to configure ‘breaking news’ alerts
- A new dark theme, enabling better night reading
- Simplified access through seamless integration with iOS & Android widgets
- Continuous reading, for a smooth Content experience