24-10-2023, 10:08 PM
The BBC News app for international audiences got updated for me on Google Play this evening with the new layout and BBC Reith logo.
However there are some errors contained in the release.
The first one is the BBC News logo in Reith
It is only seen when you see it as an icon on the Google Play Store or when you open the app's home page on your phone. The old BBC News logo is seen on the Android home screen. The name of the updated app was also changed to BBC GNL. When you are in the app's home screen; the BBC Reith logo is only seen on light mode. Switching the app to dark mode will give you the old logo.
When you open the app settings. The BBC News Mundo logo in Reith appears at the bottom of the app.
The layout of the app is good. There is also less news stories contained in it overall especially when covering general news stories from England. I can however get a roundup of stories from Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales in the app which is fine. All of these stories from the other UK nations are contained in the Explore section of the app.
There is no also widgets contained in the BBC News app from BBC Studios Limited anymore.
They have dropped them like the recently updated BBC Sport app on Android.
However there are some errors contained in the release.
The first one is the BBC News logo in Reith
It is only seen when you see it as an icon on the Google Play Store or when you open the app's home page on your phone. The old BBC News logo is seen on the Android home screen. The name of the updated app was also changed to BBC GNL. When you are in the app's home screen; the BBC Reith logo is only seen on light mode. Switching the app to dark mode will give you the old logo.
When you open the app settings. The BBC News Mundo logo in Reith appears at the bottom of the app.
The layout of the app is good. There is also less news stories contained in it overall especially when covering general news stories from England. I can however get a roundup of stories from Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales in the app which is fine. All of these stories from the other UK nations are contained in the Explore section of the app.
There is no also widgets contained in the BBC News app from BBC Studios Limited anymore.
They have dropped them like the recently updated BBC Sport app on Android.