CNN: Live & Breaking News

CNN

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4.5

585K reviews

50M+

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PEGI 3

About this app

The CNN app is your destination for unrivaled, fact-based reporting. Stay informed at every turn as the story breaks through short-form videos, interactives, articles, podcasts, live audio and more. Easily discover the day’s top news from politics, health, world news, climate and beyond.

Download the CNN app to start making sense of the world today.

Follow live updates.
Set custom alerts and notifications so you can follow developing stories. Our “live update” articles evolve as the news comes in, giving you accurate updates as they happen.

Watch the story unfold.
See it for yourself with CNN’s live video or be in the know quickly with CNN Shorts.

Stay sharp with expert insights.
Delivering in-depth analysis and context that matters from award-winning journalists, so you’re prepared for what’s next.

Dive deeper with live reporting.
Enjoy a 10-minute preview of CNN live. Unlock unlimited viewing, including CNN’s original series and documentary collection, CNN, CNN International, and HLN by logging into your TV provider. Stay caught up with video clips, no login necessary.

Take a break.
From travel and style news to the latest in entertainment, discover feel-good stories and get a daily dose of positivity.

Listen to stay connected.
Listen to top headlines anywhere you go with live audio from CNN, CNN en Español, CNN International and HLN. Hear the week’s biggest and most talked-about stories with the “1 Thing” podcast.

Updated on

Apr 29, 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

Location, App activity, and Device or other IDs

This app may collect these data types

Location, Personal info and 5 others

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5

537K reviews

Patti Ringo

February 27, 2025

Recently this app will not open to the stories for which I get notifications. It goes to the main menu. I don't want to then have to search for the story. This was a dumb update. Also, app will not close anymore with back button. Must force close. Not putting me into the requested story and then making me force close has started the habit of looking at other news sources first. These are not great updates, CNN. Get it together.

68 people found this review helpful

Jonny Farringdon

October 20, 2024

4* for news. But 1* because it does not exit when you use the back button. The cnn app opens when you click on CNN news in a browser ( don't want it to ). And the app doesn't exit when you hit back. News. I like the live audio only option on the front page. Handy during car drives. BUT it does not work on my pixel 4a 5g via bluetooth. All the other usual audio and music apps work ok.

124 people found this review helpful

Sabrina

April 9, 2025

I used to love this app and the notifications and emails I got all day to update on the latest news. Like others, when you open the app, it's a black screen with a logo and you have to force close it and try 2 or 3 times to reload. This is annoying and cumbersome for something that used to be so simple. Additionally, I have stopped getting email alerts entirely since the last update despite checking and resaving my email preferences via the app and the website. C'mon CNN .... what happened??

11 people found this review helpful