BBC World Service

Listen to the latest programmes and news headlines on the official BBC WS app

Zeno News · com.audionowdigital.player.bbcworld

Not rated yet 1M+ downloads v4.9.5 58 MB Android 5.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v4.9.5 (2025081301)
Updated: Aug 26, 2025 (1 year ago)
APK size: 58 MB
Requires: Android 5.0+ (API 21)
CPU support: x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Category: News & Magazines (app)
Listed since: Jul 8, 2021 (at least)
Permissions: 19 (1 sensitive)
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

BBC World Service is an app by Zeno News in the News & Magazines category, listed since at least July 2021. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

Since version 4.8.2, the APK grew from 46.5 MB to 58 MB. It asks for 19 permissions, 1 of them sensitive: record audio. It asks for the same permissions as version 4.8.9. The app can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

The official BBC World Service news app by Zeno Media LLC offers the latest programmes and news headlines from the BBC World Service. You can to listen to the latest radio programmes using the free audio player or by using the telephone dial-up option (standard geographic mobile charges will apply. Please check with your provider for exact costs before calling). - Read the latest news headlines from the BBC World Service website - Listen to your favorite radio programmes free with the audio player, or by using the standard-rate telephone dial-up service. - You can listen to the most recent editions of: - The Global News Podcast - Newshour - HARDtalk - Sport Today - Business Daily - Focus on Africa, and many more For EU users only: If you choose to receive customized ads, a unique identifier (Google Advertising ID or Apple’s ID for Advertising) relating to your device will be stored by Zeno Media to provide you with the service and allow customized advertising to be served within the app. No other Personal Data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed. Such information will only be processed in line with Zeno Media’s Privacy Policy, available at https://www.zenomedia.com/wp-content/themes/zeno/privacy_policy.pdf Find out about your privacy rights and the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy Notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges. These can be reconfigured in Settings (notifications). Details of data this app collects, including the unique identifier relating to your device and your location data, is also found under Settings.

Version history

3 versions are listed, going back to v4.8.2.

v4.9.5 LATEST Aug 26, 2025 58 MB TRUSTED v4.8.9 Jun 23, 2025 58.2 MB TRUSTED v4.8.2 Oct 28, 2024 46.5 MB TRUSTED

All 3 versions

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Aug 26, 2025.
Certificate issued to “Unknown” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Aug 26, 2025
Validated against Google Play Aug 26, 2025
Signed byCN=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown
Signing certificate (SHA-1)8A:84:B9:34:62:31:13:73:F5:5D:AD:E6:A1:4B:AC:F4:85:0D:90:BD
File MD5b8c1840c481732903b587ca2a35094e3
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (19)

BBC World Service requests 19 permissions, 1 of them sensitive.

Record audio (microphone) Sensitive android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
Access adservices ad id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
Access adservices attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
Access adservices topics android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
Ad services config android.permission.AD_SERVICES_CONFIG
Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
Bluetooth android.permission.BLUETOOTH
Foreground service media playback android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) com.audionowdigital.player.bbcworld.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Modify audio settings android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
Physical activity recognition com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Bluetooth android.hardware.bluetooth
Microphone android.hardware.microphone
Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi