Microsoft Start: News & more
Microsoft Start: News & more
MSN
Everyone 10+
Microsoft Corporation
Welcome to the MSN app! Your tailored feed, with you on the go.


Average Rating

4.5


Number of Ratings

299,821


Number of Downloads

10M+


Contains Ads

True


In-App Purchases

False


Install Fee

Free


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About MSN

The MSN app keeps you informed, productive, and entertained with tailored content, real-time weather, stock tracking, short videos and more.​ ​ Key features​ Your tailored feed, with you on the go. Quality content from thousands of trusted publishers.​​ Weather report​ Get hourly and 10-day ... read more

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Total Permissions

24

Total Categories

9

Highest Risk

8

Average Risk

5

Counts

3

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User Reviews

Michele Paterson Michele Paterson
34
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Really not impressed with the latest update. The daily gaining points for reading articles has been dropped / taken off the app completely?! I read a lot of articles but Don't fill in polls or do quizzes etc . Now only getting points when checking in daily , sorry MSN you have really let a good app fall well below par on this one. Please reinstall this option as I know it was a very popular part of the app & no doubt , I will not be the only one who is missing it! Edited

Robert Williams Robert Williams
3,373
Monday, June 6, 2022

The most comprehensive news app I've found, and the dark mode is essential. I won't use a news app without it. Use it on my laptops too. Even has comics, like a real newspaper. BUT it has a basic problem: it responds poorly to touch! I often have to tap several times to get an item to open, sometimes I have to press and hold, sometimes things won't open at all. It's very inconsistent, and it's not my phone, every other app works fine. You'd think this is like Coding 101 for a touch screen app.

A Google user A Google user
3,312
Saturday, September 25, 2021

Has a good variety of news and viewpoints. The latest format changes have made it clumsy. Videos are not clearly marked. If I accidentally start a video playing. I can't stop it till it fully loads. Even then it may freeze my phone, even blacking out the screen. Emoticons are an irritant. I wish I could block them. Each time I read a story, it opens a new tab which is never closed unless I manually close it. Tabs just keep adding on. This is a waste of system resources. Time to find a new app. Edited

Jim Copeland Jim Copeland
3,798
Friday, August 19, 2022

On my phone the app is unstable. Often while reading a story it goes to black screen. Or it just flips to the top of the story list. Annoying. Stalls and takes a long time to show any content. Often need to close and restart. When it does run, it's ok. Some weeks later; this app is hard to stay. (Dead battery?) It stalls, shows white screen, and wastes a lot of time. Still, the content is good. If I find another app that has this format and content I'll drop this POS like a hot rock. Don't use. Edited

DP McNamee DP McNamee
177
Friday, January 8, 2021

Difficult to navigate from page to page and section to section. Additionally, ads get in the way and also cause navigation problems. I used your app for MSN News on a windows based smartphone and never had a problem with it. (OMG I miss that phone. Never had a problem like I do trying to use apps on androids!) It's highly annoying to try to concentrate on reading the news and having all these ads - which I have NO interest in while trying to read - constantly getting in the way.

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