Microsoft Start: News & more

Microsoft Corporation

Contains adsIn-app purchases

4.1

261K reviews

10M+

Downloads

Everyone 10+

About this app

Stay organized and productive with all your daily activities such as News, Messaging and more. Personalize your news feed and stay connected with the latest entertainment, sports, tech and science, lifestyles—even health and fitness trends.
Stay productive and connected with SMS handling and organization. Microsoft Start sorts your messages into categories to help you fight information overload.
Play games, browse wallpapers, find shopping deals, and earn Microsoft Rewards. Want to discover more with Microsoft Start? Install it now!
*Functions mentioned above not available in all markets, actual features and display contents may vary.

Key features
📰Connect with breaking world, national, and local news
Get custom daily updates on topics you follow.
Discover popular stories from hundreds of trusted sources.
Get easy access to more than 1,000 premium publishers.

💬 Efficient SMS messaging
Read, write, and send text messages directly from the app.
Organize your messages into helpful categories (Transactions, Promotions, Personal).
Use messages to share your favorite articles or nearby places and engage with others while using the app.

😊Stay up-to-date with fashion, fitness, and lifestyle trends.
Play thousands of mini-games with only one tap.
Find great deals, compare prices and get shopping deals.
Earning rewards by just searching, shopping, or playing with Microsoft Start.
Redeem your points for gift cards and more.

Updated on

Jul 3, 2024

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

Personal info, Photos and videos and 4 others

This app may collect these data types

App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1

247K reviews

J L

July 7, 2024

Used to be good but now really bad. They made it hard to find news, the main reason I had the app, and now that experience is also much worse. Pushes videos all the time and ignores preferences. Scrolling past the videos makes everything stutter. Suggests news that is really old (200+ days old). Repeats old articles as new - something I read several days ago it will suggest and 2 hours old. Ads in articles went from 2 to 5+ that you have to scroll through, some as auto play videos.

26 people found this review helpful

Will Guthrie

June 12, 2024

I get news notifications from this app daily. Some headlines look interesting so I select them to check them out. 99% of the time, the app opens up to the news story I clicked on, and goes black within 30 seconds. Sometimes, I'll be in the middle of reading an article, and then it either goes black or jumps to a different story, and I'm unable to read/find the article I wanted in the first place. After over a year of this behavior, I'm uninstalling.

494 people found this review helpful

Gregg Wolfe

April 17, 2024

Worthless. I can't even read stories on MSN anymore. The expand option never comes up anymore, unless you delete your cookies after every story, and when you do use this app, it shuts down after about 2 seconds. Guess I'll stick to CNN. How evil does a company have to be when they load data to your phone to stop the expand button from showing up on the news site? I literally deleted the data download in the site settings for MSN on my phone and the expand button is available again.

205 people found this review helpful

What's new

Stay up to date with breaking news and stories tailored to your interests from thousands of premium sources. Plus, get quick access to daily tasks, such as searching the web, checking the weather, shopping for necessities, and more.

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