Al Jazeera app review

Introduction

If you're a fan of the Al Jazeera news channel, then you should consider getting the Al Jazeera English app on your iPhone or iPad. This app will assimilate and present to you all the latest news, live broadcasts, weather, and lots more straight to your fingertips.

Al Jazeera English is known for its quality reporting and the fresh perspective they provide as they're the first news channel that started reporting from the Middle East. Their empire has grown to reach more than 260 million viewers across 100 countries on six continents.

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24/7 News Reporting

Al Jazeera English will bring you all the latest news, features, spotlight, opinion blogs, and more on a simple and straightforward user interface. When you first launch the app, you'll be taken to the page with the top stories of the day that will appear in chronological order. This news feed is updated 24/7 with articles appearing as and when they are published.

You will also get free access to the live audio and video broadcasts of the news channel along with the ability to watch the regularly scheduled programming and news video clips on-demand.

Search features are also implemented in this news app so you can look for specific news stories based on your preferences. Load up the articles you want and read at your leisure!

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User Interface & Layout

When you tap on any article you'll see the layout is quite handy in that it allows you to not only experience a lovely layout, but also has features to enhance your user experience.

You will see an image at the top with the option to press play where a video is available, followed by an icon tray and then the text of the article. With a single tap you can add the article to your favorites section, post news items on Twitter or Facebook, and even email it in an instant. The + and - signs enable you to increase and decrease the font size of the text to your preferences.

There are horizontal gesture-based features that pull up menus from either side of the screen. If you swipe from left to right, you'll find the menu bar which lets you navigate between the various sections of the app including home, News, Video, Analysis, Blogs, Shows, Spotlight, and more.

The right-to-left swipe pulls up the weather widget which will give you your city's weather and cloud conditions along with your saved news stories (My News), your search history (My Search), and a settings panel.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Get the latest news, features, spotlight, analysis, and shows from Al Jazeera right in the palm of your hand
• Watch regularly scheduled programs on-demand
• Get free access at any time to the 24/7, live video and audio broadcast
• Gesture-based navigation and features make it a pleasure to use
• Easy sharing enabled via Facebook, Twitter, and email

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

Not only is Al Jazeera a highly reputable and reliable source of news, but the Al Jazeera English app truly shows why this network has been so successful. The simple yet elegant gesture-based navigation systems along with the ease of use in sharing news stories and more make it a truly well-rounded app. Get this on your iPhone or iPad to get the latest breaking news from Al Jazeera in a lovely package. Highly recommended!