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News – iPhone

The news app on iPhone will put together stories that you want to read from the websites that you want to read them from. You can also personalize your news with categories/channels like finance, food, science etc. The more you use the app and read articles, the more Siri will learn about what you want to read and you will start to get suggested stories and receive notifications for stories you may like so you can stay on top of breaking news geared towards your interests.

You can also subscribe to the Apple News + app to receive magazines and articles from popular publishers.

Customize Your News

When you follow a specific channel or topic you will get more news geared towards your interests. To do this:

  • Open the News app and click on the Following tab.
  • Then click on the Add (+) button to add a topic or channel you’re interested in.
  • If you want to get rid of a topic, long press on the channel and click either Unfollow Channel, Block Channel, or Stop Suggesting.
  • If you want to unblock a topic, click on Blocked Channels & Topics to view or remove them from being blocked.
  • If you want to discover more channels, scroll to the bottom of the Following tab and click on Discover Channels and choose which channels you want to follow.
  • If you want to search for a specific channel, click on Search in the bottom right corner and type in whatever channel you’re looking for.

View Recent Stories

To view recent stories, open the News App and at the bottom left hand corner click on Today.

News App Settings

Allow News To Access

Restrict Stories in Today

This will only allow stories from channels that you follow to appear in the Today section of your News App. Any other channels will be blocked in this tab.

Sync My Sports

When this is on, you will be able to follow your sports teams and other sports interests across Apple News, Apple TV and other Apple apps. Apple will collect data about the athletes, sports, teams, and leagues across all supported apps to customize your sports experience.

Automatic Downloads

Download Issues

This will automatically download magazine issues that you can read when you’re offline.

Download Audio

This will automatically download audio stories so you can listen to them while you’re offline. This requires an Apple News + subscription.

Reset Identifier

Reseting identifier basically resets your profile that advertisers have to refresh the content that is being advertised to you. 

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