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Flipboard: News For Any Topic for Android

By Flipboard Free Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff May 31, 2014

Flipboard: Your News Magazine compiles news, social updates, and all your favorite topics into a gorgeous, easy-to-flip-through magazine. This hugely popular app can change the way you read your favorite content, as well as encourage you to read more.

Pros

Fantastic design: Flipboard: Your News Magazine smartly arranges content into a stylish magazine-style format, so that using it feels like you're reading a sleek virtual magazine. You'll love the image-based front cover, the great flipping effect, and the effortless left-and-right swiping gestures for quick navigation.

Great reading experience: Enjoying your favorite sites and feeds through this beautiful, magazine-themed app is a lot more entertaining than using a standard RSS reader or manually visiting Web pages.

Lets you save favorites: You can save any article or news item and add it to a custom magazine, so that you can easily store all your favorite content in one place and easily review it later. For avid readers, this proves more effective than merely bookmarking content.

Cons

Ads within content: You won't catch any sign of banners or other ads at first, but once you start reading, you'll notice full-page ads integrated into the content, just like they would appear in a conventional magazine.

Requires online access: You can't view saved content or access any of the app's main features offline. Also, if you don't have a good connection, content retrieval (especially for image-based articles) can be slow.

Bottom Line

One of the most visually appealing apps in the Google Play store, Flipboard: Your News Magazine brings you a remarkable reading experience on your smartphone or tablet. You'll just love the way it looks and feels. If you enjoy reading -- whether you prefer news, tutorials and tips, or general articles -- this is a must-have app.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 4.0

  • Speed and performance enhancements throughout. Everything is just faster.
  • Dozens of bug fixes and detailed updates.

General

Release February 8, 2017
Date Added February 8, 2017
Version 4.0

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Android 4.0, Android 3.1, Android 3.0, Android, Android 2.2, Android 2.3.3 - Android 2.3.7, Android 2.3 - Android 2.3.2, Android 3.2
Additional Requirements Compatible with 2.2 and above.

Popularity

Total Downloads 3,109
Downloads Last Week 0
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Developer's Description

The all-new Flipboard organizes the world's stories, so you can get the best news for all your passions in one place.

Used by millions of people every day, the award-winning Flipboard has been completely redesigned to bring together news, popular stories and conversations around any interest or passion.

There's something for everyone--from photography to productivity, travel to technology, fashion to food. And with everything in one place, reading, collecting, and sharing stories has never been easier...or more beautiful.

Download the app, pick your passions, and Flipboard creates a Smart Magazine for each. Automatically filled with articles from across Flipboard, Smart Magazines blend expert voices, curated sources, and recommended stories to create a beautiful, easy way to keep up on all the news around your interests and passions.

You can also make Custom Magazines. Create a personal or group magazine where you add all your favorite stories or make a Smart Magazine that's customized to include the best content from any source, person, publication, or even hashtag.

As you discover people who share your passions, follow them on Flipboard to see more of what they like or share. All your comments, shares, and likes make Flipboard better for everyone.

Download Flipboard and get started today--it's free!

WITH FLIPBOARD YOU CAN:

  • NEW: Get quick access your top 9 Smart Magazines in the redesigned Home carousel.
  • NEW: Create custom Smart Magazines by bundling together sources, people, and even hashtags.
  • NEW: Read topically related tweets from top Twitter influencers directly from your Smart Magazines.
  • Read, like, and share stories about thousands of topics.
  • Keep up with the news every day with a roundup of important stories hand-picked by our editorial team.
  • Engage with other Flipboard community members that share your passions.
  • Collect stories around specific themes and add them to personal magazines.
  • Read stories from The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, Forbes, Wired, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, and many more top publications from around the world.
  • Enjoy Flipboard in 25 local editions, including versions for Australia, Brazil, Turkey, India, and China.

TOP PUBLISHERS ON FLIPBOARD

Your favorite publishers are included on Flipboard across a variety of categories like:

  • News & Politics: The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, POLITICO
  • Technology & Science: TechCrunch, Wired, Fast Company, Popular Science, National Geographic, ReCode
  • Business & Entrepreneurship: The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur
  • Wellness & Lifestyle: Brit + Co., Self, Greatist, Prevention, Women's Health, Men's Health
  • Entertainment: People, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, PopSugar, Refinery29, Hollywood Reporter, Variety
  • Food & Cooking: Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Food52, Serious Eats, Eater
  • Travel: National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Cond? Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, Budget Travel
  • Sports: ESPN, CBS Sports, Fox Sports, SB Nation, Bleacher Report
  • Home & Gardening: ELLE DECOR, House Beautiful, Dwell, Remodelista, Gardenista
  • Style: Vogue, W Magazine, GQ, Elle, Glamour, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar
  • Outdoor Adventure: Outside, Bicycling Magazine, Runner's World, Snowboarder Magazine, Powder Magazine, Canoe & Kayak

And many, many more...

Keep up with Flipboard

For product updates and the latest from our blog, including tips on how to use Flipboard and interviews with actors, writers, musicians, and more. Follow us on:

www.twitter.com/@flipboard

www.facebook.com/Flipboard

https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipboard-inc-

For videos on how to use Flipboard, visit https://about.flipboard.com/tutorials/.

We'd love to hear what you think about the all-new Flipboard. Reach out to our support team under Settings > Help & Feedback. For any other technical issues or questions, contact us at http://flip.it/support.

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