Newsbeat iPhone App Review
Newsbeat app for iPhone lets you listen to the news, rather than reading it on your iPhone. The app hand-picks insightful news articles from a variety of reputed sources, and narrate them for your listening pleasure. You only got to choose the categories you’re interested in, and Newsbeat does the rest. You can download Newsbeat app for free of cost from iTunes App Store.
Features
If you are a news junkie that would like to catch up on some good news articles, especially while you drive/commute, this app is for you. In the process, Newsbeat app for iPhone replaces talk radio and traditional podcasts. Of course, you might not be interested in all sorts of news. So you got to choose categories and rate them to get more of the news you want. You can personalize the sections – World, National, Local, Technology, Sports, Business, Politics, Movies, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Health, and Celebrity – as you please.
Yes, you can control the news that is delivered to you. Open your app and get your audio daily digest. Each headline is read with a summary of the story. You have the options to pause, rewind, or forward to the next headline. But to read/listen to the full story, you got to go to the source. You can also set to receive alerts via push notifications or email. The app is also configured to be paired with your car speakers via Bluetooth or a wired connection. Such a hands free approach makes it easy to listen to the latest news podcasts while your drive, even though it is not advisable on a safety perspective.
Newsbeat iPhone app also features a sleep timer that you can set from five minutes to one hour. You can also mark your favourite stories, and share it with others via email or SNS. For access to premium news sources like Associated Press and unlimited listening with limited audio commercials, you can subscribe to News Beat Plus. As of now, Newsbeat app provides news from US sources only.
Conclusion
Newsbeat app for iPhone is perfect for people on the go. You can listen to news from chosen categories, and you can rewind, pause or move forward as you listen to a news story. The UI is well designed and easy to use. Sleep timer comes handy. For unlimited news listening and ad-free experience, however, you got to upgrade to News Beat Plus. We found the app to be stable as well. Overall, a nice news podcast app for those who got only limited time to catch up on daily news.
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