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Samsung’s new News app drops the links to TV shows and games.

Owners of Galaxy devices will get a replacement for their Samsung Free app (which replaced Samsung Daily a few years ago) soon as Samsung News emerges from beta testing starting today.

Samsung’s Google News and Apple News competitor can deliver twice-a-day briefings from a “team of experienced news editors,” news feeds with content from Bloomberg, CNN and others with a customizable “following” section, and podcasts.

Lost in the transition: the Free app’s Watch and Play tabs, but you can still get that content in the Samsung TV Plus and Game Launcher apps instead.

Image from the perspective of a person seated, looking at their phone with the Samsung News app open displaying “Top Stories” with the top headline a USA Today report saying “NASA picks crew for moon mission.”
Samsung’s new News app.
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