DW - Breaking World News

3.7
25.1K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone 10+
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About this app

The go-to news app for local heroes

Get unbiased, international news and information on the world’s most pressing issues. The free DW app for tablets and mobiles keeps you up-to-date with the latest headlines and in-depth coverage of everything from business, science and politics to arts, culture and sports.

The DW app provides you with the information you need to shape and understand your world – quick, direct, uncomplicated and completely ad-free right in your hands.

Key features
- Instant access to the latest news and headlines
- On-demand audio and video content from the DW Media Center
- Stream all DW programming live
- Write your comments directly in the app
- Offline mode for better accessibility
- Text mode for low-bandwidth access
- Support for Chromecast
- Push notifications
- Content in 31 languages

DW is Germany's international broadcaster and a trusted source for reliable, unbiased news and information. The DW app makes access to international news easier than ever, with articles, audio and video content. DW’s team of journalists reports from Europe and foreign bureaus around the world.

Germany has long been known for reliability, precision, efficiency, quality and innovation. DW has wrapped all of these attributes into one app, to make sure that you don’t waste any of your precious time getting the news that you want.
Updated on
26 Aug 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit

Ratings and reviews

3.6
23.3K reviews
Apoorv Jadav
20 October 2025
It's gotten worse in so long, and I don't know how they are not acknowledging that the app crashes so often, and not a single news article can be opened. It's so useless to have great content but not be able to open or read it. For God's sake, please fix this.
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Deutsche Welle
23 October 2025
Thank you for your feedback. Kindly email us at info@dw.com, providing the technical details of your device (iOS or Android), the version of iOS/Android installed, the app version in use, and a clear description of the issue. Our developers will work on a solution. Best regards!
Mary Merrington
21 October 2025
Contents of your news topics are not loading on again EACH DAY! How about getting this right because I enjoyed your app until this FAULT emerged. Your emailed instructions shouldn't be necessary because I do not have this problem with other news apps therefore I will delete it from my Samsung S25 Edge until you have restored your news app into good work8ng order! Since doing that, I have found that the contents load on only after deleting and reinstalling each day! VERY STRANGE!
6 people found this review helpful
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Deutsche Welle
9 October 2025
Thank you for your feedback. Please write us an email to info@dw.com with informations about the mobile device, operation system, version and language of the app and our developers will look into that. Best regards!
David DeZwirek
27 September 2025
A technical mystery - app and widget work fine but the Android return arrow at the bottom of the screen doesn't respond at all and the home (circle) needs three tries to work. No big deal but something is wrong and should be fixed. Samsung A52S Android 14 UI 6.1
1 person found this review helpful
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Deutsche Welle
2 October 2025
Thank you for your Feedback. Please send us an email at info@dw.com including your device's information, App version and a brief description of the issue and our developers will look into this. Best regards

What's new

- Picture-in-picture for live TV and full-screen videos when the app is moved to the background.
- Improved AndroidCar support.
- Search function for different languages.
- Bug fixes.