Washington Post: Live News

Name: Washington Post: Live News
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Rating: 4.401545524597168 (91032 reviews)
Author: The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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About this app

The app is free to download and keeps you informed with expert coverage from Post journalists.

PRODUCT FEATURES
• Stay informed with the 24/7 feed of today’s news.
• Wake up with The 7, a better morning briefing on the day’s most important and interesting stories.
• Customize your alerts to be the first to know when news is breaking.
• Catch up with today’s stories by listening to original podcasts and audio articles.
• Discover something new in My Post, a curated feed with recommendations just for you.
• Dive deeper into Post journalism with innovative graphics, video, and augmented reality exclusives.

Breaking News, Politics & Award-Winning Journalism

Updated on

Nov 9, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 7 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

81.9K reviews

Tomasz Kasperkiewicz

September 16, 2026

The app is mostly fine but has one but that is just unacceptable: I get the briefing email (The 7). Sometimes clicking the links attempts to launch the Samsung Internet Browser instead of the system default one (Brave). It used to try to launch Chrome belt I uninstalled it. It seems that they are trying to actively avoid using Brave, which again, is the system default. Totally unacceptable.

15 people found this review helpful

The Washington Post

September 17, 2026

We’re sorry for the frustration. The behavior you’re describing may be related to how links from The 7 are being handled on your Samsung device. Please email help@washpost.com with your device model, Android version, and a screenshot if possible. We’d be happy to investigate further.

A Google user

December 15, 2018

Good news source, but too easy to accidentally "tap" an article you don't want to read, which counts towards your 10 free articles a month. They ought to prompt you to verify that you want to read it, or give you a few seconds to back out without penalizing. For all the ads, I think they could do that. Or maybe have you watch ads in exchange for reading.

44 people found this review helpful

A Google user

August 3, 2019

App works great. Love the Post but to use this app you must have a subscription... so if that's the case, why the ads? If I'm paying for something I expect an ad free experience. Hence 3 stars. There's no way I'm renewing my subscription if they will continue to shove ads in my face. I'm not sure if the Times has ads in their app but I will be trying that app next.

93 people found this review helpful