Everyone uses their smartphones to keep in touch, play music and games, create ringtones, book travel arrangements and update their social media profiles. However, our smart phones are more than music apps and angry birds, they can work hard to bring us the world’s news as soon as it happens. Here is a breakdown of some of the best news apps for Apple and Android smartphones.

Smartphone news apps keep you informed
Apps that provide up to the minute news updates are available for all smartphone platforms from Windows phones to iPhone and Android phones. With these apps, you can get constant updates directly to your handheld phone, the advantages are many. With a news app you can stay informed while riding the bus, catch up with all the TV, movies music and news which means you will always be current. Also, the world itself seems to be changing faster and faster, meaning that news happens and is reported faster. Usually by the time you get home at night things have already changed.

Most popular news apps
Today, pretty much every news agency has a mobile feed. The top news agencies such as BBC, CNN, the New York Times and Al Jazeera all offer news apps that will put the day’s news in the palm of your hand. For iPhone, Reeder is a highly recommended app but of course all the major news agencies have iPhone apps. If you are rolling with Android, Pulse is a news collection app that comes with high marks. So there you have it, now there is no reason to not be informed.