2024.1.3
2024-03-25
Welcome to the new BBC app. You’ll still find the same BBC News you’ve grown to trust, and now we’ve added even more from the BBC — all inside a single app with an updated look.
MORE STORIES: The app still includes BBC News, with the latest news articles and videos from our trusted global network of journalists. We’ve added more BBC stories and videos covering business, innovation, culture, travel, Earth, and much more.
MORE LIVE COVERAGE: We’ve made it easier to find live news and sport updates in our new Live section.
MORE BBC VIDEOS: Newly added BBC video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment, and history.
MORE NEW APP FEATURES:
You can now log into your BBC Account to save articles and videos for later on the app and BBC.com.
2024.1.2
2024-03-21
Welcome to the new BBC app. You’ll still find the same BBC News you’ve grown to trust, and now we’ve added even more from the BBC — all inside a single app with an updated look.
MORE STORIES: The app still includes BBC News, with the latest news articles and videos from our trusted global network of journalists. We’ve added more BBC stories and videos covering business, innovation, culture, travel, Earth, and much more.
MORE LIVE COVERAGE: We’ve made it easier to find live news and sport updates in our new Live section.
MORE BBC VIDEOS: Newly added BBC video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment, and history.
MORE NEW APP FEATURES:
You can now log into your BBC Account to save articles and videos for later on the app and BBC.com.
2023.1.0
2023-10-26
This update includes some significant underlying technical improvements to the mobile app. We have also upgraded the look of the app with a new layout.
2023.0.0
2023-10-12
This update includes some significant underlying technical improvements to the mobile app. We have also upgraded the look of the app with a new layout.
2022.4.2
2022-10-05
We update the app regularly to improve your experience. This release brings some changes to underlying services within the app, as well as small bug fixes.
2022.4.1
2022-07-05
We aim to make regular improvements to the BBC News app.
This release includes a fix to resolve an issue with the BBC World News audio stream.
2022.4.0
2022-06-24
We aim to make regular improvements to the BBC News app.
This release includes an update to our branding and support for native advertising formats.
2022.3.0
2022-04-27
We aim to make regular improvements to the BBC News app.
This release includes enhancements to our ad targetting, improving the relevance of adverts shown to you.
2022.2.0
2022-03-31
We aim to make regular improvements to the BBC News app.
This release includes enhancements to our ad targetting, improving the relevance of adverts shown to you and optimisations to natively support the 6th generation iPad mini.
2022.1.0
2022-02-02
We aim to make regular updates to the BBC News app to improve performance.
This release includes changes to our article pages to optimise loading and integration of advertising
5.26.1
2021-11-08
We aim to make regular updates to the BBC News app to improve performance. This release includes fixes to address issues associated with advertising.
5.26.0
2021-09-27
We aim to make regular updates to the BBC News app to improve performance. This release includes fixes to address issues associated with advertising.
5.19
2020-09-08
This release introduces some changes to how you find content in the app. We have moved the most useful sections to the bottom of the main screen and made them more accessible.
Top Stories, My News, Popular, Video and Search now all have their own tab, and World Service Radio can be found in the top right corner via the Live button.
You can find all your previously followed topics inside the My News tab, and can swipe through to get the latest on all the news that interests you.
You can also find more topics in the Search tab, including BBC Future, Travel, Culture and Worklife, so you can browse through more of the most recent news and features. As always, you can add topics to My News using the + symbol at the top of the page.
5.18.0
2020-08-10
We aim to release regular improvements to the BBC News app.This release sees the results of some work we've done on our article pages, you should start seeing these changes in the coming weeks.
5.17.3
2020-07-16
We aim to release regular improvements to the BBC News app. Recently we've been working on enhancing some fundamental elements of the app, which should help us to add some exciting features in the future
5.16.0
2020-05-27
We aim to release regular improvements to the BBC News app. Recently we've been working on enhancing some fundamental elements of the app, which should help us to add some exciting features in the future.
5.15.1
2020-04-29
Minor update to resolve an advertising related issue causing some users' apps to crash
5.15.0
2020-04-14
We aim to release regular improvements to the BBC News app. Recently we've been working on enhancing some fundamental elements of the app, which should help us to add some exciting features in the future.
5.13.0
2020-02-20
We aim to release regular improvements to the BBC News app. Recently we've been working on enhancing some fundamental elements of the app, which should help us to add some exciting features in the future.
5.12.0
2020-01-20
We update the app regularly to enhance your experience. This release includes some improvements to underlying services within the app, as well as small bug fixes.
5.10.2
2019-10-23
We update the app regularly to enhance your experience. This release includes a fix to allow videos to rotate when being played. We have also included background changes in preparation for some performance improvements and the latest operating system update.
5.10.0
2019-10-10
This release includes a fix to allow videos to rotate when being played.
We have also included background changes in preparation for some performance improvements and the latest operating system update.
5.6.0
2019-04-30
We update the app regularly to enhance your experience. This release includes some improvements to underlying services within the app, as well as small bug fixes.
5.5.1
2019-03-21
We release regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance.
5.5.0.
2019-02-20
We update the app regularly to improve your experience. This release brings some changes to underlying services within the app, as well as small bug fixes.
5.4.1
2018-12-13
We aim to release regular improvements to the app. We have continued to work on some of the foundations of the app recently, to allow us to improve your experience in the future.
We've made some important changes to our Privacy and Cookies Policy and we want you to know what this means for you and your data. Find out more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/your-data-matters/.
5.2.0
2018-07-23
We release regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance.
We've made some important changes to our Privacy and Cookies Policy and we want you to know what this means for you and your data. Find out more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/your-data-matters/.
5.1
2018-06-26
We release regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance. This release is mainly about behind the scenes tweaks and maintenance.
We've made some important changes to our Privacy and Cookies Policy and we want you to know what this means for you and your data. Find out more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/your-data-matters/.
4.9
2018-03-26
Just like the world of news, sometimes we have a big story to tell you and sometimes it's lots of smaller ones. In this case, it's the smaller ones. So, here's all the news for today...
* You can now share videos from Videos of the Day and Stories
* We've made it quicker to access some feature content directly from Top Stories and your topics in My News
* We've fixed an issue with Videos of the Day on iPhone X, where the edges of the video was sometimes chopped off
4.7.1
2017-12-08
We release regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance.
4.7.0
2017-11-07
Support for iPhone X is here! This version also includes additional support for iOS 11, improvements to article content links as well as some fixes and performance enhancements.
4.6.1
2017-10-26
We release regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance.
4.6.0
2017-10-10
We release regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance.
4.5.0
2017-09-15
We are releasing regular updates to the BBC News app to optimize performance and enhance the user experience
• Introduction of skippable ads on videos
4.4.1
2017-08-25
Fix for a bug that was crashing the app for some users when tapping on images
4.4.0
2017-06-29
We are releasing regular updates to the BBC News app to optimize performance and enhance the user experience.
4.3.0
2017-05-17
Improvements and bug fixes for increased stability and performance of the BBC News App.
4.2.0
2017-05-11
Improvements and bug fixes for increased stability and performance of the BBC News App.
4.1.0
2017-04-03
Improvements and bug fixes to improve performance and stability of the BBC News App
4.0.0
2017-02-07
We are releasing regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance.
3.9.9
2016-12-06
We are releasing regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance.
What's new -
We have added a swipe through video experience from BBC Stories. Human stories which reveal the world you live in – the perfect complement to your daily news
3.9.8
2016-11-24
We are releasing regular updates to the BBC News app to fix issues and improve performance.
This release includes a brand new video feature in the mobile app that enables you to swipe through a curated list of “videos of the day”.
For the first time you will be able to watch full screen portrait video created for ease of use on mobile.
3.9.6
2016-11-03
Thank you for using BBC News. We are making monthly updates to improve performance and stability
3.9.4
2016-09-27
Fixes for iOS 10 notifications and bug fixes
3.9.3
2016-08-25
This update includes bug fixes, clears ups memory storage and a sizing issue for iPad Pro.
Thanks for your feedback!
3.9.1
2016-08-08
We have fixed a number of bugs including your feedback about refreshing and updating of indexes that could at times become stuck.
Thanks for your continued feedback!
3.7.1
2016-03-10
We are making monthly updates to improve performance and fix issues we identify from your feedback.