Microsoft Start: News & more

One major flaw is that if you to swipe the images I a story, the images alone open up and you can't read the article. This error exists in desktop view also and in all browsers. But otherwise it is great that this is available for Android users also. We are used to the desktop news and now same functions are available on the mobile.

I enjoy Microsoft News more than any other available online resource. They gather all of the headline news and general news from top media sources and make them available in one location. It is easy to navigate. You control the category that appeals to you. Most of all you are not marketed to and profiled and then constantly interruppted by ads, based on subject content you read. I recommend the app frequently to others! Love It!

The app serves its purpose to inform based on customised preferences - but what other such apps don't do the same? I would be happy to change my rating to 5 stars if I had the possibility to select and search text. The BBC allows it, the Guardian allows it, why not Microsoft? This feature is essential for me, for easy cross referencing with language dictionaries and other 3rd party apps.

It's regularly showing articles for a looooong time, one time it always showed me an article about the Deutsche Bank for 5 weeks. Also it doesn't show that much topics, some topics don't get covered by the app. Some sections are overlapping. I don't see much of a difference between "Top News", "Top Stories", "News", and "World News". I still like and use the app because the view of the articles rendered inside the app is very good and fast.

Pretty easy to set up and use. The articles have mostly been clear and easy to read. The app seems to get the content from the sites and shows it nearly on the app. It's free, there's a share function, good amount of topics, and dark mode. Biggest issue though, is the sponsored articles. The thumbnail and app layout makes the article look exactly like the rest of the actual news stuff. But the sponsored articles just open your default browser and sends you to a click bait article.