Microsoft Start 17+
Top stories, news & more
Microsoft Corporation
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
The Microsoft Start app is your one-stop app to stay informed, productive, entertained and inspired. Stay up to date with stories tailored to your interests and stay in the loop with important updates and timely notifications. Search the web, check the weather, shop for necessities– even groceries– all without leaving the app. With Microsoft Start you can explore the world around you. Find restaurants, discover places nearby and learn more about what your community has to offer. Have fun with hundreds of free Microsoft classic games, plus read the latest sports news and follow trending streamers. Sign in with your Microsoft account and sync your content and preferences across devices, wherever you go. Start now!
What’s New
Version 28.2.420417001
Stay up to date with breaking news and stories tailored to your interests from thousands of premium sources. Plus, get quick access to daily tasks, such as searching the web, checking the weather, shopping for necessities, and more.
Ratings and Reviews
I don’t like change, but I get used to it!
Update to my review below; review 2:
I have got used to the new version of this app, but I miss the old one.
Saying that, there are less issues with it.
When I click on a story, it is the story. Whereas before, sometimes I would click on a story, and it wouldn’t be that one! It would be the story before!
And it continued like it for the rest of the page. They couldn’t even make sure that the story and the title matched!
There are quite a few mistakes and misspellings still, but hey, everyone is a reporter now, not just the trained professionals.
Even I make mistakes, but then I’m not reporting to the world, professionally.
Review 1:
At least the pictures section has changed it’s pictures at last!
It’s been months!
I don’t like the new version. It’s not the app I’ve enjoyed for many years.
It’s too white, and the format is like it’s another app.
Stories lead on from stories rather than you going into each separate story.
I will give it time to get used to it, but I might just look for a more pleasing to the eye app instead!
Here’s some news and some ads. Lots of ads
Did you wake up today and think to yourself “hmmm I fancy some spam?” Well if so then this is the app for you. Do you miss seeing ads ever since you installed your ad-blocker? Well guess what just install this app and you can see lots of them again. Are you busy living your life and ever wondered what it would be like to have your attention interrupted by a random notification about some irrelevant news story which you’ll have to trawl through lots of ads just to be able to read. Then guess what? Microsoft Start has this and all of the above ready and waiting for you. Just download it and away you go. Be less productive. Be more distracted. Be lectured to by countless pointless advertising executives. Do it on your really expensive smartphone that you paid for and own. You know you want to.
Ok for what it is.
This seems to be an MSN News rebrand. I will have to see what it’s algorithms serve up but I am expecting a whole bunch of pointless celebrity drivel.
On the positive side the “nearby” option seems to a maps application which does what local scout used to do on my Windowsphone. I was hoping Microsoft might actually provide a full maps app so I work between my PC and iPhone more easily.
Seems to overlap with the Bing app.
App Privacy
The developer, Microsoft Corporation, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Microsoft Corporation
- Size
- 298.5 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2024 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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