BBC World Service is no longer on Google Play. It was there for 7 years, until June 2026. It was popular, with 1.8 million installs. Users rated it well: 4.2 stars from 19,272 ratings.
BBC World Service is made and published by
Zeno News.
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About BBC World Service
BBC World Service was a news & magazines app developed by Zeno News. It was removed from Google Play Jun 14, 2026.
Install Statistics
BBC World Service had been installed 1.8 million times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
BBC World Service was rated 4.20 out of 5 stars, based on 19 thousand ratings.
App Information
BBC World Service was free. The app size was 58.02 MB. The last available version was 4.9.5. The last update was on August 24, 2025.
Technical Requirements
BBC World Service required Android 5.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play since February 2019.
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EDIT: -- Downgraded by one star due to the fact the app keeps freezing. -- Just like the World Service used to be when listening on short wave.
★★★★★Daniel Hsia· May 19, 2026
Although I swipe to switch off the app, it remains in the phone's memory and never go away and keep streaming the program without stopping. I need to switch off or restart the phone to make it stop and not occupy the memory.
★★★★★Tamsir Njie· Jun 5, 2026
To develop tam sir voluntary training center to help the children's to have skills and better future at home back way is not the answer the question is to action against poverty because corrupt leadership and government will never help the future of tomorrow means our children's meny are deported from Europe and have nothing to do except smoking dob and drugs because the system is corrupt I want to do something can educate the system and know corruption is part of criminality against justice in my
★★★★★David Crowley· Jun 13, 2026
Excellent source of news - after decades listening to the BBC World service, I feel I know all the presenters! 🥰
★★★★★Sami Mukhtar· May 10, 2026
I find the BBC world and its APP, highly professional, impartial as they could be and extremely informative through the variety of programs the BBC provides either in their live broadcasting or podcasts.
★☆☆☆☆Donal Moran· Jun 1, 2026
App stays on after exit. Have to pause to stop it. Is there a solution? Terms and conditions are too long & too complicated. Can't agree. Does anyone read them??still stays on with new Samsung phone.
★☆☆☆☆* LMcLM *· Mar 31, 2026
Needs a dark mode. Lacks a search function. World Service programs on the BBC Sounds app aren't available on this World Service app after BBC Sounds became defunct outside the UK after 21 July 2025. Still no night mode.
★★☆☆☆Philippe LeBel· May 5, 2026
App stops playing randomly and won't play again afterward even if i shut down the app until I restart my phone. This happened on 3 different phones across 2 brands.
★★☆☆☆Sandra MacEachen· May 8, 2026
Podcasts cutout intermittently and randomly over the whole bbc. Website audio service in the Netherlands. Much worse than bbc sounds app did. As a UK expat, I would rather pay the bbc a subscription fee for bbc sounds than tolerate audio adverts in Dutch or French. Please consider subscription service if legally practical such BBC Benelux stile transmission of 🇬🇧 popular drama. BBC First for example.
★☆☆☆☆Nai Nat· May 20, 2026
Love the programming, absolutely fed up with the app, when it crashes, frequently, you have to shut it down in the background as well. Will not work if you just tried to relaunch without doing that. Extremely disruptive to the listening experience
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