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⚠️ Most reported problems ⚠️

Not working
42.3%

Crashes
35.6%

Connection
14.3%

Something else
3.6%

problems reported in the last 24 hours

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Summary of SmartNews Problems 😠👌🔥

- Annoying commercials interrupt reading

- App freezes up after a few minutes of use

- Full screen ads with hidden dismiss buttons

- Has a noticeable political bias

- Trump/Republican bashing articles on the front page

  138 Reported Issues: 😵🆘🛟🚨📢

Carlla Cato
2023-01-14

When I click on story an advertisement for apple games pops up . You have to wait for entire ad for game to play before you can return to smart news

Leslie Simon
2023-01-08

Articles won't open

Alan Cornett
2023-01-04

When I click on smart news I cant get the article to open it just spins it wont let me read the article

Ronald Rittle
2023-01-02

How can I share News Stories from my iPad to my wife’s iPhone using the Smart News app?

Renee
2022-12-28

I just purchased an iPhone 14. The notifications for this App are not working. I have tried EVERYTHING. Was working fine on the iPhone X that I had previously.

Renee Becker
2022-12-28

I just purchased an iPhone 14. The notifications for this App are not working. I have tried EVERYTHING. Was working fine on the iPhone X that I had previously.

Mark Haas
2022-12-25

For two months, most pages load slowly (can take 30 seconds). Other safari and chrome pages load immediately. Have cleared cache and redownloaded app. iPhone 12 Pro Max, new SIM card.

Melita
2022-12-24

On new iPhone (SE 2022) the app does not send notifications. When both old and new operational, notifications were going to the old one. Erased the old but still noting comes to the new. This is a second time this happens. Had two phones operational at the same time before and only one was getting notifications. If it matters, the one getting notifications was an iPhone 8 the ones not getting were an iPhone SE 2020 and an iPhone SE 2022. Just to dispel the SE issue, the first phone I had that as getting notifications fine, was an iPhone SE 2015.

Volney Boswell
2022-12-24

I am unable to view and read articles as it just keeps buffering.

Mario Inchausti
2022-12-15

I've been using smartness for a while but suddenly I can't read the news on my desktop. Every article leads with a demand that I scaredn a QR code with my phone & read it there. Kind of pointless.

Mary Horosco
2022-12-13

My last message and this page Poofed! back to my home page...Every Smart News article gives me endless buffer circle--really frustrating. Please fix issues! This just started happening a couple weeks ago.

Steven Shattuck
2022-12-07

Will Smartnews never again be able to be accessed on a pc or is this a temporary issue?

Craig Biegen
2022-12-06

On my IPad Air 1st gen, I cannot look at articles in SmartNews. I can only look at headlines. I used to be able to read articles but have not been able to for quite some time now.

Pete
2022-12-04

"SmartNews for desktop/PC stopped allowing the ability to read news articles. When clicking on a news article it now says to "To continue reading....scan-icon" Where is the app for the desktop???

Flash Bazbo, Space Explorer
2022-12-03

Ditto this from DrP on 12/1/22: "SmartNews for desktop/PC stopped allowing the ability to read news articles. If users click on a news article it now says to *download the app*...This is Not possible on a business desktop!"

DrP
2022-12-01

SmartNews for desktop/PC stopped allowing the ability to read news articles. If users click on a news article it now says to *download the app*...This is Not possible on a business desktop!

Stephanie Kumble
2022-11-18

An ad popped up on my smart news app - can’t get rid of it and can’t get any smart news.

H
2022-11-04

My iPhone becomes blazing hot when running the smartnews app. I measured temps up to 115 degrees on back of phone - Apple says it’s the app

H
2022-11-04

My iPhone becomes blazing hot when running the smartnews app. I measured temps up to 115 degrees on back of phone - Apple says it’s the app

H
2022-11-04

My iPhone becomes blazing hot when running the smartnews app. I measured temps up to 115 degrees on back of phone - Apple says it’s the app

Jeffrey L Southwick
2022-10-02

I love Smart News but many times it will either crash or when trying to load an article it just spins, I reinstall it and sometimes it works again and sometimes not. This happens most times and I use it every day. Very frustrating. Works great on my phone

Jeff Wade
2022-10-01

Smartnews articles won't open. Just spins and does not open.

Bill
2022-09-29

App keeps buffering when open news stories but works if you open in browser. Very annoying

Anne
2022-09-09

When I open articles it keeps buffering! So incredibly annoying. You would think this would have been addressed by now.

Tim Holzrichter
2022-09-05

I can no longer read comments people leave.

James Silva
2022-09-04

I post something on Facebook and my phone screen freezes at ‘shared to facebook’

Lindsay Scott
2022-09-03

Constant buffering, browser mode is 20x faster

Leslie Simon
2022-08-31

Buffers when I try to open news articles frequently

Mike
2022-08-24

Half of articles I try to open just stays a black screen. Happening the last 4 or 5 days and very frustrating

Mike
2022-08-24

Half of articles I try to open just stays a black screen. Happening the last 4 or 5 days and very frustrating

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