Opera News: Breaking & Local

Name: Opera News: Breaking & Local
Rating: 4.8 (28205 reviews)
Author: Opera Norway AS

Local News & Headlines

Free · Designed for iPad

28K Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

News
Developer

Opera Norway AS
Language

EN
+ 6 More
Size

81.8
MB

Opera News is a personalized news aggregator that lets you stay informed on national and international breaking headlines. It highlights the latest news and provides the stories that matter to you! Opera News is enjoyed and trusted by over 350 million global users. • International & Local News: Daily news stories from over 500 trusted publishers give you the best local, national, and international news. Make sure you never miss the most important headlines locally and from all over the world, including tech news, business news, travel news, health news, and national and international news. • Breaking and Trending Headlines: Be the first to get all the breaking local news in your area and the latest highlights from around the world—all delivered from top local and global media outlets. • Personalized News: Select news categories and your favorite topics to see relevant news personalized just for you. You can even follow your favorite stories from around the world. • Data Saving Mode: Save up to 80% of your mobile data with our data saving mode featuring a unique advanced compression technology, letting you read the best news using less data! • News Notifications: Receive important breaking news alerts directly to your phone and stay updated on what’s happening around you. • Save Your Favorite Stories: Bookmark your favorite articles and stories to read later—even when offline! Terms & Conditions: By downloading this application, you are agreeing to the End User License Agreement at https://legal.apexnews.com/eula

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

28K Ratings

Informative and up to the minute
05/30/2022

Husoldier64
Love when journalists work to release information and facts .. journalists are supposed to be the “ watchers and gatherers of information . They are supposed to report The who, what, when, where, and why… they are not supposed to sit above the people, but report to the people. It’s nice to have another place to gather information and seek truth in reporting
Informative and up to the minute
05/30/2022

Husoldier64

Love when journalists work to release information and facts .. journalists are supposed to be the “ watchers and gatherers of information . They are supposed to report The who, what, when, where, and why… they are not supposed to sit above the people, but report to the people. It’s nice to have another place to gather information and seek truth in reporting
Clickbait aggregator with news facade
08/07/2024

BusyPM
Let’s be honest - ads are required for a news feed to survive if you don’t pay them real money. However, in exchange, I expect not to be served an endless feed of auto-generated pseudo-articles that lead you into clickbait sites. This is by far the biggest downside to the app - hey have zero interest in providing a high quality news feed. They do allow you to specify which sources you want to follow, then inject pure garbage into your feed. You can opt to dislike an article or block a source, but both respond with we’ll show you less of that. The layout is also horrendous. The app was designed for an iPhone & only supports portrait format when landscape is often better scrolling at the top level. It doesn’t matter in this app though since they serve up a mix of half and quarter-screen stories rather than a tidy collection of titled thumbnails. The designs of Apple News and SmartNews are vastly better than this app. However, the former offers fewer feed choices and the latter injects so many adds that the app eventually freezes and requires force-quitting AND turning off your device WiFi to kill it. Still looking for a clean news reader.
Clickbait aggregator with news facade
08/07/2024

BusyPM

Let’s be honest - ads are required for a news feed to survive if you don’t pay them real money. However, in exchange, I expect not to be served an endless feed of auto-generated pseudo-articles that lead you into clickbait sites. This is by far the biggest downside to the app - hey have zero interest in providing a high quality news feed. They do allow you to specify which sources you want to follow, then inject pure garbage into your feed. You can opt to dislike an article or block a source, but both respond with we’ll show you less of that. The layout is also horrendous. The app was designed for an iPhone & only supports portrait format when landscape is often better scrolling at the top level. It doesn’t matter in this app though since they serve up a mix of half and quarter-screen stories rather than a tidy collection of titled thumbnails. The designs of Apple News and SmartNews are vastly better than this app. However, the former offers fewer feed choices and the latter injects so many adds that the app eventually freezes and requires force-quitting AND turning off your device WiFi to kill it. Still looking for a clean news reader.
Whole articles & photos do not appear!
05/26/2021

c44gl
Just got the app yesterday. This morning, none of the articles can be read in the app, and only a partial photo appears! I try opening it and I still can't see the whole article.Plus, I really dislike that I cannot read this in 'Landscape' mode on my iPad! I'll give it a couple of days to be fixed, and then I will be deleting it...too bad, because I was starting to enjoy it.
Whole articles & photos do not appear!
05/26/2021

c44gl

Just got the app yesterday. This morning, none of the articles can be read in the app, and only a partial photo appears! I try opening it and I still can't see the whole article.Plus, I really dislike that I cannot read this in 'Landscape' mode on my iPad! I'll give it a couple of days to be fixed, and then I will be deleting it...too bad, because I was starting to enjoy it.
Hounds you stuff you don’t want to see
11/28/2020

Musclebiker
This app hounds you over and over to reveal your city. Once you do, just to stop that, it hounds you with endless local crap. There is a “Local” tab, but local stories pop up everywhere. I’m sick of seeing stories about Houston murders, crimes, etc. There is no way to stop it, or to opt out of them.The app also sends tons of sensationalistic crap from a myriad of sources: Local TV, entertainment mags, obscure rags of all kinds. Between the local crap and the sensationalistic stupid crap, it is hard to find anyone worth reading. I finally deleted the app. Don’t waste your time!
Hounds you stuff you don’t want to see
11/28/2020

Musclebiker

This app hounds you over and over to reveal your city. Once you do, just to stop that, it hounds you with endless local crap. There is a “Local” tab, but local stories pop up everywhere. I’m sick of seeing stories about Houston murders, crimes, etc. There is no way to stop it, or to opt out of them.The app also sends tons of sensationalistic crap from a myriad of sources: Local TV, entertainment mags, obscure rags of all kinds. Between the local crap and the sensationalistic stupid crap, it is hard to find anyone worth reading. I finally deleted the app. Don’t waste your time!

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 8.4.0

Oct 21

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