44
poor
BBC News | unitQ Score
The unitQ score is the fraction of public feedback data (iOS & Android) that mentions quality issues.
100 = No Issues. 50 = Some Issues. 0 = All Issues
100 = No Issues. 50 = Some Issues. 0 = All Issues
-2 Points Past 30 Days
Category: News
30-Day Trend
Android unitQ Score
Android User Feedback
61%
Android
79 Reports
79 Reports
iOS unitQ Score
iOS User Feedback
39%
iOS
51 Reports
51 Reports
User Feedback
39%
iOS
51 Reports
51 Reports
61%
Android
79 Reports
79 Reports
BBC News - Latest Quality Issues
Android
Mar 28, 2025
Navigation is too sensitive and just terrible, I keep unintentionally moving to a different article when scrolling/reading. Also, I'm briefly seeing the sign-in screen every time I open the app. These issues are all very annoying!
iOS
Mar 28, 2025
Bring Back BBC Sounds
Removing BBC sounds cuts many expats off from news about their home cities. Local radio allowed me to support local charities, hear and buy music from local bands, buy BBC discs of programs I enjoyed and generally feel more connected. Reducing the choice to two stations will just make me delete the BBC altogether. They could have easily made it a subscription app which I would have been happy to buy. This app is no substitute and I will not install it.
Android
Mar 29, 2025
Cannot rotate screen to landscape. How the designers of this app expect user's to view landscape videos in portrait mode and see any detail I have no idea.
iOS
Mar 29, 2025
No radio 1
What a complete disgrace to end overseas access to radio 1 in spring 2025 and then not even offer a paid replacement. The bbc has no respect for its listeners.
iOS
Mar 30, 2025
No thanks
Disappointed in this update as all my favourite series and saved podcasts have disappeared as have virtually all stations bar radio 4. Guess this is because I'm not in the UK?
Android
Mar 30, 2025
Too many breaks in service and the unending loading screen.
Android
Mar 30, 2025
I'm in the UK using a VPN on a public network. Connected to a UK server and couldn't get past the sign-in screen. No error message though. I could log in via web browser whilst on VPN. Tried the app again with VPN switched off and got in straight away. Help page for technical issues suggested I reset my password. You need to feedback to user if VPN is an issue.
Android
Mar 30, 2025
frequent errors
Android
Apr 1, 2025
I just want to read the news on a browser, not the silly pop-up app, which doesn't display a URL.
BBC News - Product Description
The BBC News app brings you the latest, breaking news from our trusted global network of journalists. Personalise your news offering with My News Add topics wherever you see the + icon for a quick route straight to the stories you care about. Stories from topics you add will appear in your personalised My News feed. Here you can order stories by topic or time to stay on top of the news of the day. Topics can be added, removed or re-ordered using the Edit function. Find content fast The app can suggest topics based on stories you’ve recently viewed and what’s in the news now. And you can quickly find topics that interest you using the Search tab. Choose from the familiar list of BBC News indexes such as Business, Technology, Entertainment and Health, or search for your own subjects of interest, whether they’re people, places, things or themes. More of the news you care about We offer a full selection of stories from the newsroom, and many ways to read the best journalism from BBC correspondents, including: - Popular - keep on top of the most read stories and most watched videos from across the BBC - Video - One-minute World News summary and the latest video stories - Live - BBC World Service Radio. Expertise and insight from our journalists available 24-hours a day and ready to listen to in the background as you browse Other features: - Push notifications for important news stories - Video over cellular and wifi - Improved offline experience. Download the latest stories when you have a signal and then read them at your leisure - Viewing modes. On iPhone see more stories per index by choosing ‘Compact layout’ from the Settings screen - Settings to allow the app to automatically update in the background - Share stories to your social networks, or email/SMS to a friend - Support for dynamic text. Articles in the app will respect the font size in your device settings so you can increase or decrease the story text size as suits your preference - Related stories, related topics. Go deeper into a storyline with suggestions for further reading and viewing and a range of topics related to each story If you choose to receive push notifications, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. You can choose to unsubscribe from push notifications from BBC News in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen. No other personal data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed. The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. To read BBC’s Privacy Policy go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms
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