PBS NEWSHOUR - Official APK

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Download the latest PBS NEWSHOUR - Official application, version 18.18.0.0, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free News & Magazines app is developed by NewsHour and is easy to download and install.

Previous versions, including 18.18.0.0, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.

Description

App permissions

PBS NEWSHOUR - Official 18.18.0.0 APK requires following permissions:

Allows an application to write to external storage.

Allows an app to access approximate location.

Allows an app to access precise location.

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Ratings and Reviews

Rating: 4.0/5 based on 6+ reviews

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3 ★ Liked it until I attempted to get full screen with a video segment. I touched the full screen icon (on my Samsung Galaxy J3 Luna Pro)and the screen went black and, despite my many attempts,same thing each time. So... the app is OK unless you want to expand video play to full screen. Hence my rating at 3 stars. Bummer. Please fix.

1 ★ Love PBS Newshour. Hate, and I mean hate this app. Does not work with Android 9 and 10. Needs all sort of phone permissions that are truly unacceptable. It wants access to photos, videos, calls and contacts. Why? Uninstalled the app, but will keep watching Judy every night. Please fix this app.

3 ★ Organization is ★★★★★, but app became disabled (Android 10) Apparently not ready, yet. {history} Had last two permissions in list are switched off. Can un/reinstall, but value my privacy. Don't want to burden Tor for video. No VPN, yet. ||| Just un/reinstalled; all permissions enabled. Did get warning about possible device incompat'y. {/history} Device is G. Pixel XL, which otherwise runs Android 10 jist fine. I'll be patient, but leave this posted.

2 ★ The app was working great until yesterday. It says it has been marked inactive and now it won't function at all. It seems that the app may need updated to work with Android! I use this app daily, so hopefully this gets worked out, as I see I'm not alone in this issue.

5 ★ You can choose deny for location and the app still works; an earlier person's 1 star rating I think did not try this when he gave it a low star rating. App has worked very well and as another person stated I appreciate the more balanced moderate reporting instead of giving opinions like so many of the cable stations do.

3 ★ News only goes back one week, no search function.

5 ★ Great app. But more importantly, great reporting and journalism. In a world where biased news is prominent, unbiased sources like PBS are essential. Keep up the unbiased reporting and the good work on this app!

1 ★ Skip, until the issue of laughable level of access permissions is resolved.

3 ★ Worked fine until a few days ago, then it started showing a blue DISABLED screen on my T-Mobile Galaxy S5 running Android version 6.0.1. I want my PBS Newshour app back!

1 ★ A news app should NOT DEMAND access to my Identity, Location, Camera and Call Information! Seriously? This app has been uninstalled and will remain so until the permission access requirements are more reasonable. My location can be determined by my IP address, what more do you require?

1 ★ Downloaded to android but app said ot is set to inactive. Could not make app work. Uninstalled app, there are other news apps. Adios.

1 ★ This app is intrusive, it requires all permissions, why should Newshour need to access my camera and microphone. This is not the behavior we expect from PBS. Shameful!

1 ★ Everytime I start the app I get two pop ups asking for additional permissions. I'm able to click cancel through both and still read the news, but can you please just give me a "don't ask again" option? I don't want your push notifications or extra nonsense, just give me the news.

1 ★ "App disabled" message received when app opened. Uninstall and reinstall resulted in no change. I'm going to uninstall and just use website.

1 ★ App has stopped updating. I havent received any new news updates in iver a week and manually refreshing does nothing. I had to uninstall and reinstall to get the latest updates. Seriously!?

Previous versions

PBS NEWSHOUR - Official 18.18.0.0 APK for Windows (#47, 23.4 MB)