Samsung has announced the UK launch of Samsung News, an app designed to deliver daily news to consumers.
Samsung News offers a full spectrum of news from a range of publications, completely free and without paywalls, as it looks to take on rivals such as Apple News.
The service brings together publishers including Sky News, Sky Sports, Daily Mail, The Standard, The Independent, Mirror, Business Insider, Reuters, Metro, Indy 100, and OK!, alongside other local news outlets, to create a well-rounded news experience.
It has established strict editorial guidelines to provide additional clarity and parity across US and UK standards.
This team is also responsible for maintaining a diverse and balanced portfolio of publishers, tracking political leanings to ensure Samsung News remains neutral and using their judgement to curate credible and trustworthy content.
“There’s never been a greater need for accurate, verified, and balanced news that doesn’t live behind a paywall,” said Andrew Bailey, editor-in-chief, Samsung News.
“Our goal with Samsung News is to offer Galaxy users a broad selection of free content from premium partners, including breaking news, deep-dives, and briefings hand-picked by our experienced news editors.
“Users will also be able to customise their feeds by following publishers and topics that interest them, such as sport, business and entertainment. With diverse content from hundreds of sources, we aim to provide all sides of a story.”
David Rhodes, executive chairman at Sky News Group, added: “Sky News is trusted by millions for fast and accurate breaking news, deep analysis and insight and eyewitness journalism from around the world.
“We’re delighted, alongside our Sky Sports colleagues, to be partnering with Samsung News allowing us to bring millions more Galaxy users the full story, first.”