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The Guardian Android app delivers all the latest content from the Guardian website to your phone or tablet. Read today's news, sport, comment and reviews, watch video, listen to podcasts and browse stunning picture galleries while on the move.

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- navigate by section, topic or contributor
- download your homepage and favourites for offline reading with the t... Read More

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News & Magazines
Release Date:
Nov 23, 2011
Homepage:
http://www.guardian.co...
Publisher:
Guardian News & Media Ltd
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The Guardian’s Android app updated with pinch zooming, ability to download content on a microSD card
Calendar16 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:17:13 UTC +00:00
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The Guardian has updated its Android app, fixing some of the known bugs (like scrolling on the homescreen) while also introducing new features. After updating, you’ll notice a new layout for live blogs, pinch zooming capability and the ability to download content and images to a microSD card. In addition, now you can set the “check for new news” option to “never” which can be handy for preserving the battery life. Moreover, series tags are now included, Favourites (yes that’s with “ou”) appear on the homescreen, and offline download notifications have a new icon and clear when tapped. In a nutshell, if you enjoy The Guardian’s content and you also happen to own an Android-based device, you’ll want to have their app running on your smartphone and/or tablet. It’s just convenient to have a favorite news source available at your disposal at any given moment. Or at least that’s the way Read More

Reviews

Max 3.0 stars
Offline feature doesn't work. Browsing favourites offline gives "no content available" screen. Also needs pinch&zoom! Text is too small.
Philip 1.0 stars
5MB but can't install to SD card. No excuse for a new app to still not have this option. Will be at least 4 stars is this gets changed in an update
Kieran678 2.0 stars
Icon Why the terrible low res icon makes the rest of the apps look s**t
Snow 5.0 stars
Absolutely wonderful news app. And the great thing is that it can be read offline, too.
Chris 3.0 stars
Needs move to SD card; don't want it taking up precious internal memory on my HTC desire!
Tar 5.0 stars
Brilliant newspaper served through a brilliant app. Weird scrolling issue on homepage needs to be fixed though.
Timothy 4.0 stars
Finally a proper app from the Guardian. Keep it up..
Mark H 4.0 stars
Just needs resizable text to be perfect
Arturs 3.0 stars
Good app but noy updated as regularly as bbc
dopamine 1.0 stars
No move to SD option. Severe handicap
Emad 3.0 stars
Ok.. But not as responsive, when scrolling through articles, as I would of hoped for.
Jonathan 4.0 stars
Bigger font size needed x10 mini
Richard 4.0 stars
Previously had on iphone - similar, turnover of articles seems to vary - some hang around for few days, whereas, others come and go in a flash?
Web 2.0 stars
Unattended download over wifi has never worked for me. Offline reading does not work. HTC desire.
[dpO] 4.0 stars
Better now has App2sd. Still don't like the ad being there. Would rather pay the small subscription like iPhone version to remove.
fluffy 5.0 stars
Fantastic, fast and free. Paying for the Times? Forget it. Got this on my phone and tablet. No other way I'll read news now. Brilliant.
Bun 5.0 stars
fast refresh stable, fast, configurable... excellent news source
farroos 4.0 stars
Good for offline reading
Dawid 4.0 stars
Ok but even close to Guardian Everywhere app. Also - once you scroll the list you can't stop it - how annoying! :/
Pip 5.0 stars
I think it's great. Can be slow if downloading full galleries but I still give it 5 stars. It's my daily read, & I love it!
John 4.0 stars
I enjoy Guardian Anywhere and this official app is offering something more engaging with multimedia etc. MUST have SD Card as Cache option though, especially as Apps2SD is now in there.
neo 5.0 stars
Finally an official app. Well done to the person had filled the gap with GuardianAnywhere. But this is a fine app. Not sure why a limit of 8 sections.
Dibbie 4.0 stars
Everything you need from a digital newspaper. Brilliant app. My only suggestion would be a screen rotation lock for tablet users.
Henry 4.0 stars
Good apply. Minus 1 star for lack of text zoom ability. Overall it's my favourite news app.
Columbo 5.0 stars
Really nice to have this on my phone. Wish it would allow more than 8 sections though.
Laki 3.0 stars
Ciaran 3.0 stars
Needs a black theme for those of us using OLED screens and prefer black backgrounds.
K 4.0 stars
It is a very good app, however the scrolling needs to be improved on, the main page especially. Should be able to pick more than 8 categories.
Jim 5.0 stars
The best newspaper app I've seen yet. A good way to read a great newspaper.
fluffy 5.0 stars
Got this on my phone and tablet. No other way I'll read news now. Brilliant.
deans 3.0 stars
Scrolling is unresponsive, and its not as sexy as the Times app. But its still the Guardian
Emad 3.0 stars
But not as responsive, when scrolling through articles, as I would of hoped for.
Shane 4.0 stars
When you flick scroll the page to look for something, you cant stop it until momentum runs out. Which means passing items. Other than that its great.
lostmoya 5.0 stars
Okay, it's not perfect (eg. adverts) but it's still a vast improvement on using the mobile website. And free, too.
Ant 3.0 stars
Excellent format to read news on, but could be made even better with the inclusion of CIF posts and an article/journalist search fiction.
Dave 2.0 stars
You can't even change the font size. But I suppose you can't do that with the newspaper either ...
jamea 5.0 stars
Ewan 4.0 stars
The apps really worth 5 stars however the scrolling bug is quite annoying, fix that and its 5 stars all the way.
abdul 1.0 stars
Stupid update frequencies, uninstalled!
Tom 2.0 stars
It's not as good looking as the times app and offers little over the mobile website
Chris 3.0 stars
Geoff 5.0 stars
This has to be the best app for news on the market. Very UK & Eurocentric but excellent function and presentation.
dcaunt 3.0 stars
Offline/scheduled download not working. Scrolling issue on home activity. Otherwise great. HTC Desire
Rohit7827 4.0 stars
Is really fast and all type of news like tech,culture etc in single application. But layout is ok.
Emily 5.0 stars
Thanks for the update, really helps those of us with older phones!
Tim 4.0 stars
Impressive, but there should be an ad free version.
Limdra 3.0 stars
Not as good as I expect
Matthew 3.0 stars
Even with save2sd this app takes up loads of space on the phone.
Richard 5.0 stars
Nice to have an official Guardian app at last. Stable and pretty good on battery and memory.
Scants 5.0 stars
Richard 4.0 stars
motrcycleboy 4.0 stars
p 5.0 stars
Best newspaper, best news app! Read offline function is excellent...
Jimmy 5.0 stars
Tom 5.0 stars
Rodric 5.0 stars
Thindie 5.0 stars
Good app
Nicola 5.0 stars
Great layout, easy to use. Makes it simple to read on the go
Robin 3.0 stars
Ruly 5.0 stars
NiJ 3.0 stars
Needs to allow you to resize text. Also like to schedule more than one download time. Be nice if G2 articles appeared here as well.
Bun 5.0 stars
stable, fast, configurable... excellent news source
Philip 3.0 stars
Eamon 4.0 stars
Anthony 4.0 stars
Alekos 4.0 stars
TERRY 5.0 stars
5.0 stars
Simple and sleek, great job and great app.
leedsmike 2.0 stars
I have this scheduled to download and most mornings, 2 hours later over WiFi, it's still going - the only way I can stop it is to force close. If I do manage to complete a download, it still seems to only download 6 UK stories (for example) and for any more I need an active connection. At the moment I'd say it's prettier than Guardian Anywhere, but the latter works much better on my phone and leaves me with most of the paper available to read offline.
pmc 4.0 stars
Great on HTC desire but will recommend upgrading to a more up to date phone with better storage. Desire owners should stop complaining ... its old
Tom 3.0 stars
It looks great on my phone apart from empty space at the bottom (unfilled ad?). On my Honeycomb tablet it's quite the opposite, clearly it needs a little bit of optimization for Honeycomb.
AN Other 2.0 stars
The stories need to be displayed in a terse compact summary form under each section. You should be able to fit two-three sections on a 4.3" (800x600) screen at a time. Why are you restricted to eight sections - well currently it would take 5 minutes to scroll through them all but anyways ;-? It's as though the navigation column from the website 2-3 versions ago has just been rehashed. Even it it looked like a cutdown version of the current website that would be better - back to Taptu.
Peter 4.0 stars
Waited a long time for this, and, it's good - doesn't disappoint. As @Andrew says below - really like the customisation on the home screen, not just sections, but to follow topics and have them on the home screen also. Off-line mode and scheduled download, like Guardian Anywhere ;-) works well. Solid app, thanks. One complaint... lose the ad... space is precious and I know all about the Galaxy Tab thanks - will pay for it if it helps!
coach_mcguirk 3.0 stars
Great application, marred by weird scroll behaviour. You have to wait for a scroll to finish before you can scroll the other way. Annoying
Andrew 2.0 stars
Hrmm..Not as good as "Guardian Anywhere" yet. Lost display space@bottom due to unwanted ad; deleting a section from your customised homepage is somewhat tough; and unlike other equivalents, can't scroll left/right to adjacent stories within section (i.e. only vertical up/down navigation within section). And still no Xword! Actually, a disappointing version 1.0
Andrew 5.0 stars
Love the customisable home screen and the ability to mark sections, contributors and topics as favourites. Offline caching is a really nice feature too. I wouldn't mind paying for an ad-free version though.
Kap 5.0 stars
I like it. Customization of the sections, decent multi media, easy sharing, pleasant reading. Can't ask for more.
4.0 stars
Offline-Reading should make use of the SD card, not of the internal memory (or at least give us a choice). The extra Android Permission is definitely worth it. Please fix this - offline mode is useless for people on devices with lower internal storage. Please allow more than 8 sections on the home screen (surely there's no real reason for this limitation?). Allow longer refresh-intervals. 2hrs is still too frequent. How about 12 hours? 24 hours?
Anthony 4.0 stars
Looking good Great app so far. Still messing. Beats the bbc rubbish.photos are not loading when reading articles
Alex 2.0 stars
Useless on HTC desire as can't install to sd card. Download of news took up all internal memory. Shame as looked really good.
David 2.0 stars
Needs improving: change text size, “never auto-update" setting, night mode, swipe L/R for next story, save articles, more home screen topics, no ads.
biscuitlad 3.0 stars
Aaaargh - nearly six MB of my phone's internal memory - are you mad? Move to SD! !
Robert 4.0 stars
Really good v1.0. Would hope to see article comments viewable on app soon. Some web links crash app. In general though, happy it finally arrived.
Richard 2.0 stars
Scrolling is poor. You flick it and you can't stop it going. Normally you can tap to stop. Needs fixing for me to continue using this. HTC Sensation.
Too many and varied (you guess!) 4.0 stars
Great App, horrible icon. Good start though, but where's the App2SD for low-memory phones?
Nic 4.0 stars
Couple of things spoil this app for me. 1. Not able to pinch and expand articles. 2. When it fails to download, for what ever reason, the error message stays in the status bar until the phone is reset. Wel on my Desire S running 2.3.3
Nickedynick 4.0 stars
I begrudgingly cancelled my Guardian Kindle subscription yesterday as I was finding that I didn't read it enough on the device to justify the price, and read that this had come out the day after. Pretty decent app, could do with some visual refinement though, and the ads do look bad. I'd rather see a few low-res ads than pay £9.99 a month though...
Saquib 5.0 stars
Looking forward to updates including a widget.
Kenneth 3.0 stars
Iain 3.0 stars
Dank 4.0 stars
Only problem with this first release is that you can't turn off the automatic updates, with only two hours being the maximum duration.
damian262 3.0 stars
Very good but takes up over 5mb and without move to SD card option I sadly had to uninstall from my Desire . Im sure they'll fix this but until then i've got to give it a miss and continue to use the excellent mobile site instead.
Ben 1.0 stars
Mr PJ 2.0 stars
Looks great but had to uninstall as it takes up too much space on a HTC Desire. App to SD please!
josswinn 3.0 stars
Flashes blank screen regularly while scrolling on Galaxy S2. Ad supported and no option to opt out. Otherwise, not bad.
Chuck D 4.0 stars
Needs an option to scroll down using the volume button on the side of the phone.
Ally 5.0 stars
Really happy with this app, will see how it performs over time but so far looks good and very easy to use. I have to also add that I would pay for an ad-free version too, but then it is a quality newspaper imho :)
Salter 3.0 stars
A solid but unremarkable news reading app which looks fine on my SGT 10.1 (except the grotesque, pixelated advert at the bottom). Content is good as you'd expect but it's not as pretty as the better readers out there and the scroll is a bit rough.
Kenny 4.0 stars
Initial impressions are good but scrolling is very choppy , needs to be sorted for continued use. Samsung galaxy s2
David 5.0 stars
Pretty good. Better than having to access the mobile site all the time. Really easy to use as well.
PiP 5.0 stars
Shame about the ghastly drawer icon!
Darren 4.0 stars
Good start. Ad box isn't too intrusive personally. Would like to see app allow comments to be added in future versions
Henry 2.0 stars
Installed on HTC desire. Got 'low memory' icon. Went to move to SD card. Couldn't. WTF?? FAIL
Gaz 5.0 stars
John 4.0 stars
Great way to access news, however the only download over WiFi option seems to be ignored. Seems to drain battery too... Will redownload when improved
Gary 1.0 stars
Schedule over wifi never works When running both on the same phone (ZTE Blade) Guardian Anywhere manages to perform a scheduled update but this app says wifi not available. After a couple of days of not updating I went to look at the offline content and was met with white screen saying i had to re-sync - somehow the offline content had been completely zapped. Guardian Anywhere still beats this hands down.
Andrew 4.0 stars
Fantastic app, especially the offline downloading but just lacks the serendipity and layout of the paper version
Alltruism 1.0 stars
Offline content doesn't work, app says it needs an Internet connection....
Brian 1.0 stars
Stopped downloading news unless connected with wi-fi ,what's the point.
Chris 1.0 stars
Keeps failing when I try to refresh the news.
Bryant 5.0 stars
The best news app besides CNN.
Cameron 2.0 stars
Can't stop scrolling In article list you can't stop scrolling. IPhone wouldn't allow this kind of BS so fix please.
jaam 3.0 stars
Prefer the original unofficial app.
Vaughan 3.0 stars
Commenting I can't see how to comment on "Comment is Free" articles. Isn't this possible? It certainly is from the desktop site.
JD 5.0 stars
Offline mode its excellent! Best need app, for quantity, quality and ability to ran on the loo when you have no web access. Recommend it.
Wayne 2.0 stars
Rating? Not good. Too fancy
rob 2.0 stars
Buyzone Alrigthish, web site better, massive tedious advertising impact on screen real estate...
Alex 4.0 stars
Good, but doesn't work properly on Motorola phones This is a great app - even better than the unofficial Guardian Anywhere app. However there are a couple of problems which need to be addressed. Firstly, the lower portion of the screen on my Motorola Milestone is blank, I assume because I have a FWVGA screen which is 854x480 as opposed to the common 800x480 seen on most non-Moto devices. Secondly, the app doesn't wake wifi to download offline data, soyou can be left with yesterday's news on the tube in the morning. The other app does this flawlessly.
Elaine 5.0 stars
Dwezel Great app, easy to use n customize, highly recommend it
D. 4.0 stars
Great app Fab stuff. Only lost a star for the blimming annoying ad at the bottom. Good work
Rizwan 5.0 stars
Brilliant, a must have for readers. Allows for a scheduled update so useful for the morning train. Well presented. Desire S
dweller 4.0 stars
Pretty slick but comments not shown. Will stick with browser to view the comments
Andy 2.0 stars
Pish Pishy
Jon 4.0 stars
Great content, UI needs work Stable on Desire 2.2. If you throw a scrollable element you can't catch it. V annoying. Pic galleries should be full screen but captions cover them.
Mattikus 1.0 stars
Force close everytime I open - HTC Desire HD
biscuitlad 1.0 stars
Force close required on HTC Desire This app is getting worse - had to uninstall today. Unusable.
Chris 3.0 stars
'Useless' notification Is it possible to remove the notification saying that offline content has been downloaded? It's annoying because when you click on the notification, it neither takes you to the Guardian app nor clears the notification.
NewF 2.0 stars
Disappointing Guardian Anywhere is still WAAAAY better.
Anonymous 4.0 stars
Good app with issues Great app but black bar at bottom and goes grey while scrolling. Galaxy S2
stuart 5.0 stars
Excellent Works great on HTC desire
michael 1.0 stars
Worked great for a day now force closes every time its a shame as it was great while it lasted :( please fix and would give 5 stars. HTC desire
Bonobo 3.0 stars
Hiya. redesign. App works ok on Xperia Neo. Just needs to look and feel slicker. :) otherwise I'm better off with the actual website.
Sue 2.0 stars
Sue Download not working since yesterday. Would be happy to pay for a better quality app..
Chris 1.0 stars
It don't work Last update fc on open everytime. Pull your finger out and fix it please.
Liam 5.0 stars
Best News App Around Far better than any news app I've tried.
johndrinkwater 4.0 stars
Useful Handy, wish it cached more so its ok used offline.
MIke 5.0 stars
Can not fault this ap!
Alan 4.0 stars
Good but buggy on sgs2 Scrolling sometimes gives a blank screen for a second, also in landscape a black bar appears at the bottom of the screen. Content is v good though.
Jewelion 5.0 stars
Fantastic! I've always been more of a telegraph sort of prrson. This app has opened my eyes to a different world view...
whalemonster 4.0 stars
Good but... ... doesn't fill the whole screen on SGS2.
trhippy 2.0 stars
Lovely & unusable Not working on HTC desire. Gorgeous app, better than BBC but after 1 day can't use, force close every time. Once it even disappeared completely
3.0 stars
Worked initially on my HTC Desire S, but after 2 days was unable to download data to front page. Frustrating.
Daniel 3.0 stars
.. Scrolling issue on HTC desire 2.2 still not fixed. Serious bug.
Arun 4.0 stars
All good but Working fine on sgs cm7. But the app limits maximum of 8 sections. That I think is too less. Otherwise a good app.
Shashin 5.0 stars
Great App Easy to use. Great offline content downloading feature that downloads news at specified time. Allows the option of saving content to SD card. HTC desire user
xhupf 5.0 stars
Best Android news app
Dave 1.0 stars
Fix the scrolling bug Guardian Anywhere is far better
dain 5.0 stars
Great content and offline reading Very nice personalisation options for different sections, great offline reading
Tim 5.0 stars
Guardian Works perfectly on Samsung Galaxy S2.
Olwyn 5.0 stars
Catching the news Good reading slate
Gina 5.0 stars
Good News?
manni 5.0 stars
Great app
Mark 4.0 stars
Goodish. Informative news. Does not work that well with Galaxy S2 - screen flickers when scrolling and content does not fill the screen with black bands.
Michael 5.0 stars
Best App for News
Matias 3.0 stars
Ads... Now i see ads... You ruined a good app. And scrolling still keeps going crazy. Not happy.
Ross 5.0 stars
Teeties Excellent app for an excellent paper
vidda22 5.0 stars
Set up what you'd like to know about and enjoy! Science, technology, business politics, US, world news. The reality as is. Thanks to Guardian!
Charles 3.0 stars
Umm... Home page scrolling NOT fixed in update.
Oliver 5.0 stars
Great program for quality news Great program. Easy to set up for full content downloads before you head out (time, wifi only, images). Easy on the eye section and news feed.
Aibek 5.0 stars
Very good and quick for reading Good stuff
Boardy 2.0 stars
Sony Xperia offline Why allow download to view offline if it needs connection for first page to display?
Amy 4.0 stars
Samsung galaxy ace Works great, good for a quick read :-)
Philip 5.0 stars
Perfect for Desire WOO! Cache to SD card now, so well happy with this app!
Astrid 3.0 stars
Okay. Odd jerky scroll. That's on a galaxy nexus, so its definitely a problem with the app.
Tim 3.0 stars
Its ok Scroll not very slick and not as up to date as website which is weird
Chris 5.0 stars
Great app. Great app. Easy to use. Thanks
Sabrina 3.0 stars
I would have given a 5 star if that annoying ads banner at the bottom was taken off... Otherwise an informative app.
G 5.0 stars
Looks good A few adverts, but not enough to spoil it.
Keith 4.0 stars
. Well put together app
GriZlore 3.0 stars
Massive ads huge annoyance Prefer the unofficial version The superb original, yet unofficial, one is my preference.

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