BBC World Service v4.9.5
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Developer Description
Listen to the latest programmes and news headlines on the official BBC WS app
- Read the latest news headlines from the BBC World Service website
- Listen to your favorite radio programmes free with the audio player, or by using the standard-rate telephone dial-up service.
- You can listen to the most recent editions of:
- The Global News Podcast
- Newshour
- HARDtalk
- Sport Today
- Business Daily
- Focus on Africa, and many more
For EU users only: If you choose to receive customized ads, a unique identifier (Google Advertising ID or Apple’s ID for Advertising) relating to your device will be stored by Zeno Media to provide you with the service and allow customized advertising to be served within the app.
No other Personal Data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed. Such information will only be processed in line with Zeno Media’s Privacy Policy, available at https://www.zenomedia.com/wp-content/themes/zeno/privacy_policy.pdf
Find out about your privacy rights and the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy
Notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges. These can be reconfigured in Settings (notifications). Details of data this app collects, including the unique identifier relating to your device and your location data, is also found under Settings.
Version Information
- Version
- 4.9.5
- Downloads
- 1M+
- Updated on
- Aug 24, 2025
- Released
- Feb 13, 2019
- Requires
- Android 5.0
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BBC World Service - Google Play Rankings
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#60 in Top Free News And Magazines in Australia
#65 in Top Free News And Magazines in Pakistan
#67 in Top Free News And Magazines in Poland
#67 in Top Free News And Magazines in Spain
BBC World Service users say on Google Play
Excellent & informative source of reliable information.
Magnificent free content for everyone that is easy to navigate. Everyone should have this app on at least one device. I just wish it wouldn't mysteriously close sometimes.
I much preferred the old BBC Sounds. it was more flexible. if you were running late and missed the start of a program you could swipe it back to the start and just carry on listening. I heard that the BBC were considering including this feature in the future. I have been listening to the BBC overseas broadcast for the last 60 years when it was on shortwave. Getting used to the new app. I noted that the schedule haven't been showing. The app still isn't as the original.
no video (bad)
World Service? Stops playing a couple of minutes after the screen turns off so the app is useless. This also happens when accessing the website. Please bring back BBC Sound app for expats and other listeners abroad.
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