AP News
Breaking World & Local News
Free · Designed for iPad
Stay informed with breaking news, local news and trending world headlines directly from the world's definitive source for news. Available for free on the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, AP News by The Associated Press features a personalized experience containing:
* A feed with developing stories from your followed topics.
* Customized news alerts tailored to your interests.
* Curated content hubs for deeper insights into major world news events and story lines.
* Award-winning photos, videos and articles from around the world.
more We've beefed up the search experience: search results can now be sorted by relevance, newest or oldest. In addition, this update adds some polish to the widget and introduces a new way to share AP content. We've also improved navigation, squashed some bugs, and polished the UX.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.19 16 Mar
This update contains UI changes to more clearly indicate breaking news articles and liveblogs, and fixes a bug with large font sizes.
4.18.1 18 Feb
We're pleased to introduce widgets for your home and lock screen! You can now keep up to date with the most recent AP stories from your preferred topics at a glance in real time. We've also made some UI updates to make reading articles easier and squashed some bugs.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.18 6 Feb
Thanks for all of your feedback!
This update contains improvements for iOS 26, videos, and Apple Watch
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.17 16 Jan
Minor bug fixes for displaying timestamps.
4.16.3 22/12/2025
Apple Watch users, this one's for you - no more "feed couldn’t load" error message! Thanks for the reports and your patience.
4.16.2 18/12/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
This update introduces home screen icons for Dark, Clear and Tinted modes, as well as notification banners for dark mode. We've also made more improvements to the video and iPad experience and some additional UI tweaks and polishes.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.16.1 17/12/2025
This update introduces home screen icons for Dark, Clear and Tinted modes, as well as notification banners for dark mode. We've also made more improvements to the video and iPad experience and some additional UI tweaks and polishes.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.16 10/12/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
This update adds support for Spanish language articles and improves video playaback and functionality. We've also updated bookmarking and notifications.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.15 06/11/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
You can now bookmark and share articles directly from notifications! This update also reworks the bookmarking functionality; your bookmarks will now be sorted in order of recency and authors you follow are listed separately from content. We've also made improvements to sharing, making it easier to share AP articles with your social networks. Embedded content in articles and article formatting have been polished, and we've fixed crashes for regions that do not use the Gregorian calendar. This update also fixes compatibility issues with iPads on iOS 26 and includes fixes for the upcoming November US election coverage.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.14.2 01/11/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
You can now bookmark and share articles directly from notifications! This update also reworks the bookmarking functionality; your bookmarks will now be sorted in order of recency and authors you follow are listed separately from content. We've also made improvements to sharing, making it easier to share AP articles with your social networks. Embedded content in articles and article formatting have been polished, and we've fixed crashes for regions that do not use the Gregorian calendar. This update also fixes compatibility issues with iPads on iOS 26.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.14.1 17/10/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
You can now bookmark and share articles directly from notifications! This update also reworks the bookmarking functionality; your bookmarks will now be sorted in order of recency and authors you follow are listed separately from content. We've also made improvements to sharing, making it easier to share AP articles with your social networks. Embedded content in articles and article formatting have been polished, and we've fixed crashes for regions that do not use the Gregorian calendar.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.14 08/10/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
This update improves support for zooming into images in articles and includes minor improvements to bookmarks and fixes under the hood to improve your experience in the AP News app.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.13 08/09/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
This update makes hyperlinks easier to read in dark mode, contains updates to video playback and notifications, and UI improvements.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.12 26/08/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
This update contains updates to notification banners, UI improvements and updates to in-article recommended content.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.11 14/08/2025
Thanks for all of your feedback!
This update contains optimizations under the hood to provide you a smoother and faster browsing experience while using the AP News app and some UI polishes.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.10 28/07/2025
We're extremely excited to introduce your most frequently-requested feature: the app now supports notification customization! Your alerts, your way: now only receive push notifications for topics that matter most. We've also made more UI improvements for videos, performance, and stability.
We are working hard to update the app to support many new features in 2025. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.9.1 16/07/2025
We're extremely excited to introduce your most frequently-requested feature: the app now supports notification customization! Your alerts, your way: now only receive push notifications for topics that matter most. We've also made more UI improvements for videos, performance, and stability.
We are working hard to update the app to support many new features in 2025. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.9 14/07/2025
We've heard your feedback about huge and illegible font sizes! This update fixes the bug.
4.8.1 10/07/2025
This update improves inconsistencies in custom font sizing and fixes bugs with reordering sections. We are working hard to update the app to support many new exciting features in 2025. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.8 02/07/2025
This update contains UI improvements, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. We are working hard to update the app to support many new exciting features in 2025. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.7 16/06/2025
We've heard you loud and clear: the experience browsing the AP News app needs to be improved. Our developers have been hard at work and this update aims to bring you a snappier and much more responsive app without freezing, crashing, or overheating.
This update fixes issues with sharing and improves the custom font adjustment functionality in the settings. We are working hard to update the app to support many new exciting features in 2025. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.6 03/06/2025
This update improves bookmarking and sharing and resolves a bug where sound plays without being initiated. We've also polished the UI and made additional backend fixes to continue improving performance. We are working hard to update the app to support many new exciting features in 2025. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.5 22/04/2025
We've squashed many bugs related to videos and made more updates to optimize content loading and improve your experience browsing the AP News app. We are working hard to update the app to support many new exciting features in 2025. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.4 04/04/2025
We've introduced more performance improvements to make your experience using the AP News app better than ever! This update also addresses many layout and UI issues on iPad. We continue to work hard to update the app to support many new, exciting features in 2025. Please keep the feedback coming!
4.3 18/03/2025
We've beefed up the search experience: search results can now be sorted by relevance, newest or oldest. In addition, this update adds some polish to the widget and introduces a new way to share AP content. We've also improved navigation, squashed some bugs, and polished the UX.
We are working hard to update the app to improve your experience. Please keep the feedback coming!
more Version 4.19 16 Mar
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