The Economist - News, Podcasts
Fact checked, data driven, unbiased journalism covering daily news
Fact checked, data driven, unbiased journalism covering daily news
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Description
We offer noise-cancelling journalism, deciphering the global news and trends beyond the headlines.
Choose from a variety of news topics: Politics, Business, Technology, Science and more. Find thorough reporting, analysis and informed opinion from our correspondents around the world.
Download The Economist news app today and join the people who know.
Key subscriber benefits
- Full access to The Economist app and economist.com - global and local news updated daily
- The World in Brief - a faster way to understand the stories behind the news
- Economist Podcasts+ - award-winning, noise-cancelling podcasts on a variety of global issues and news events
- Weekly edition - read online, listen to narrated articles or download to enjoy offline
- Audio queue to create a custom listening list of the news
- Bookmarks to save articles to read later
- Easy reading with adjustable text size and dark mode
Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economist.com/privacy
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Version History
Releasing updates every 21 days on average. Last update 2 days ago.
We've been working hard to make the app even better. This update includes:
- Article gifting: article gifting is back! You can one again share up to five articles per month with family, friends and colleagues.
- Play all audio from the weekly edition: We’ve made it easier to play the audio version of the weekly edition.
We've been working hard to make the app even better. This update includes:
- Improved audio build queue: We've fixed some minor issues with how the Build queue feature works.
We've been working hard to make the app even better. This update includes:
- Build your listening queue: Audiophiles rejoice! You can now create a queue of audio articles to listen to later.
- Smoother scrolling: We've made it easier to see which section you're in while scrolling through the weekly edition.
- Fixes for new subscribers: We've resolved an issue that affected some users when creating a new account.
This release includes general improvements and bug fixes.
This release includes general improvements and bug fixes.
Bug fixes and improvements
We have resolved an issue where the app was not launching correctly and was stuck on the splash screen for some users.
This release includes general improvements and bug fixes.
This release includes general improvements and bug fixes.
This release includes minor updates including a fix affecting the presentation of the compact audio player.
This release includes general improvements and bug fixes.
You will start to notice that our data visualisations will be integrated into the article screens which will enhance your experience.
You can now watch short-form videos directly from the Home tab for insightful analysis and concise explanations from our expert journalists.
This release includes general improvements and bug fixes.
This release contains updates to comply with regional consent laws in the US as well as minor bug fixes and improvements.
You can now listen to the latest podcast episodes directly from the Home tab. We’ve also made some general improvements and fixed some bugs.
We fixed an issue affecting audio tracks that continued playing after the miniplayer had already been closed.
You might have noticed that we've updated the app with new typefaces, making for a more enjoyable reading experience. You can also now listen to the latest podcast episodes directly from the Podcasts+ tab.
You will now be able to see if an article has been updated, plus we have made general improvements and fixed some bugs.
You can now download your audio queue and listen to it offline.
We've made it easier for you to find the podcasts you're looking for, and improved the performance of the audio player while implementing wider app enhancements and bug fixes.
We have resolved an issue with accessing downloaded weekly editions when offline plus some bug fixes.
This update resolves a problem that caused the app to crash in a small number of cases when visiting the Home tab
Performance improvements around audio playback
Podcast tab caching improvements
We fixed an issue that arose for some people when trying to download a Weekly Edition
Improved accessibility on paywall screens
This update resolves a problem that previously prevented the playback of audio articles directly from both the Home and Explore screens.
We have made improvements to the way we display immersive articles to ensure all content can be consumed as intended. Plus, we have resolved some defects and made performance enhancements.
This release incorporates improvements to the weekly edition download process, interactive articles, along with bug fixes and performance enhancements
We’ve made further improvements to Weekly Edition Downloads, and made it clearer which different content types you’re navigating to from the Home tab and section pages, such as The World Ahead.
- We’ve rewritten Edition downloads functionality, to make it faster and more stable.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
- We’ve made it easier to differentiate and navigate between different content types from the home and hub screens
- Improved performance of article swiping behaviour
- Improvements to text selection functionality
- Introduced ‘Pull down to refresh’ interface improvements across key areas
of the app
- Reliability improvements to audio queue function
- Accessibility improvements
- Fixed an issue which stopped iOS users from being able to highlight and look-up text
- Improved accessibility of links on iOS
- Fixed a crash affecting a small number of users on iOS 17 public beta
- New ‘tap tab’ action that allows you to go back up to the top of the screen on Home, Weekly, Saved and Explore tabs
- Design updates enabling better distinction between content types
- Fixed the audio play buttons in the ‘More from’ section
You can now access all of The Economist podcasts in one place. Tap on the “Podcasts” tab in your bottom navigation bar to explore and start listening.
• In this release we’ve made it easier to spot when content is from our 1843 magazine section
- We’ve introduced a new navigation method to make it easier to find your way around the sections in the weekly editions.
- We’ve also been working on some performance improvements - tabs will now load faster when you are switching between them.
- We’ve fixed an intermittent issue where an edition did not fully complete.
Fixed an issue that caused Buy a subscription as a gift link redirection to web view.
- Resolved issues with the audio player around incorrect tracklist information
- Improvements to the audio player interface
- Improved navigation by moving app settings to Home
- Fix for a crash issue in the previous release
- Fixed an issue whereby Editions were shown as partially downloaded after tracks were downloaded for offline listening
- Resolved a memory leak issue affecting a small number of users
- Improvements to App start up times
• Bug fixes and general improvements
Bug fixes and improvements
This release introduces a change in the Free trial term for our Monthly subscription
General improvements and bug fixes
General improvements and bug fixes
• Improved support for video playback in web based articles.
General improvements and bug fixes
General improvements and bug fixes.
• We've made some improvements to edition downloads, they will now download quicker
• Other general improvements and bug fixes
General improvements and bug fixes
General improvements and bug fixes
What have we been working on?
This update allows you to build a tracklist for narrated audio articles, adding tracks to the end of the existing list or the existing article.
You can build the queue from the ‘Weekly’ tab for individual articles, whole sections or the entire edition.
We’ve also fixed bugs and made small improvements.
• Fixed a bug in the search sorting function
• Various bug fixes and improvements
Bug fixes and improvements
• Regional optimisation of the background download of the weekly edition
• General improvements
• Fixed playback issue when skipping podcast tracks
• Fixed playback issue when reloading the app
• General improvements
• Improved audio reliability when switching from other media playing apps
• Improved OS notification controls stability
• Fixed an issue with long load times when playing audio from download
• A refresh of the navigation bar
• General bug fixes
This release contains various bug fixes and improvements.
• Stability improvements
• Better support for articles linking out to a web view
Article gifting is now available - subscribers can now give anyone free access to 5 stories every month
This update fixes an issue some users were experiencing with viewing articles
• Improvements to the home page
• Improvements to Light/Dark mode, you can now synchronise with device settings
• General improvements and bug fixes
This version contains a fix that addresses a crash some users may have been experiencing
In this release we have made improvements to the layout of the home screen and Explore pages that make it easier to find stories you like. We've also fixed some bugs and made some general improvements
In this release we have made some general improvements and bug fixes including:
• Fixed issue with wired and wireless audio controls not working properly
• Fixed audio reloads after losing network connectivity
• We now automatically clear up old editions from your device, saving device storage space and improving app performance
• Introduced new "The World in Brief" carousel, which replaces the morning briefing
• Fixed an issue with Android performance on start up
• Fixed an issue with access to searched articles when offline
• Fixed a crash when using the section shortcut button on weekly
New: "Explore" section with editorially-curated features and content from 1843 magazine
Improvements: performance enhancements for audio and downloads, visual bugfixes.
• Improvements and bug fixes for edition download mechanism
• Audio performance and stability improvements
• Improved stability and performance
• Updated weekly to show download progress
• Improved stability and performance
• Added download status to tracklist on audio player to show when a track has been downloaded
• Fixed issue where previous editions list couldn't be accessed offline
- General app performance improvements
- Audio performance and stability improvements
- Fixed an issue with audio progress being lost
- Fixed an issue with edition audio downloads
* Performance and stability improvements on Home and Weekly
* Fix for users getting logged out
* Improvement to audio stability when app is in background
Improvement:
• Fixed a bug with login
• Fixed some memory leaks
• More bug fixes coming iteratively
• Fixed a memory leak
• Fixed issues with audio and downloads
• Made some visual layout improvements
Improvements:
• Reinstated the Espresso morning briefing for some users
• Fixed an issue with ads displaying
• Fixed some minor display issues
New:
• Home: improved layout and labelling for the app landing page
• Visualisation of track listing in expanded audio player
• Ads between articles replace in-article ads in the Weekly section
Improvement:
• Refactored audio player for improved performance and stability
• Code improvements and bug fixes
- Background performance improvements.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Background bug fixes and visual improvements.
All subscribers can now access their Economist subscription from any device - users who don’t have an Economist account will be prompted to create one in the sign-in flow.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Bug fixes and improvements. Now you can filter and sort your search results.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Introducing the ability to search for articles.
Bug fixes for usability and battery life.
Fixed bug for some users with store subscriptions.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Audio Content
At The Economist, we’re prioritising the health and well-being of our staff which means there will be delay in publishing the audio edition to the app and website. We expect the audio content to be published, at the latest, by 10pm UK Time on Thursdays.
For more information, please see our regularly updated FAQs for COVID-19 in settings, FAQ
- Various bug fixes & performance improvements
- Various bug fixes & performance improvements
- Various bug fixes & performance improvements
- Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Bug Fixes & Enhancements
- Espresso, the morning briefing on the day ahead
- The Economist today, a handpicked collection of the best of the Economist’s journalism refreshed by the end of the day.
- The weekly edition, available from 9pm every Thursday evening London time
- Audio versions of the weekly edition read by professional broadcasters
- Access to previous weekly editions, to read or listen to on the go
- One of our podcasts each day, playable within the app
- Bug Fixes & Enhancements
- Espresso, the morning briefing on the day ahead
- The Economist today, a handpicked collection of the best of the Economist’s journalism refreshed by the end of the day.
- The weekly edition, available from 9pm every Thursday evening London time
- Audio versions of the weekly edition read by professional broadcasters
- Access to previous weekly editions, to read or listen to on the go
- One of our podcasts each day, playable within the app
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