About this app

Get free breaking news, local, & world news and headlines today directly on your home screen with News Home! News home is a free launcher application powered by your Local & World news providers to keep you informed about all of your news interests. This makes you only one swipe away from getting your breaking news and headline updates for free!

Designed with You in Mind

Get to your news even quicker by simply swiping right from your home screen.

News Home is designed to be extremely user-friendly with easy to navigate screens.

It includes an optimal on-screen reading experience with video news included.

First to Know

We know that breaking news is more relevant than others and deserves to be known first.

Our application provides you with breaking news so you’re the first to see top incidents and events.

Enable the notifications feature to ensure you do not miss any important news.

Share information directly from the app to notify your friends, family, and loved ones immediately.

Your News, Your Way

Everyone has different interests so browse from a variety of categories, such as current events, election, health, business, entertainment, sports, technology, lifestyle, science, and more.

Consume the news the way you want, whether you want to read it, watch video news content or share news with your friends and family.

Discover and Add Your Favorite Sources

Choose from your favorite trusted sources and news channels.

From CNN, The New York Times, Fox News, NBC, MSNBC and so many others- customize your list of news sources and add to your favorites.

Included in this launcher are hand selected games, weather reports and videos for your enjoyment.

* News Home uses device Accessibility permissions to lock the screen when an in-app gesture is performed. This is optional and disabled by default.

New features

Bug fixes and stability improvements

App Permissions

Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can access AppWidget's data.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to request deleting packages.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
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.