News Home: The News You Need
Local breaking news in your neighborhood. Stay informed with live updates.
My Home Apps · com.home.news.breaking
- Signature matches the Google Play version Details
At a glance
- Latest version
- v2.19.1-news-home (2001901)
- Updated
- Nov 17, 2025 (11 months ago)
- APK size
- 41.3 MB
- Requires
- Android 5.0+ (API 21)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Graphics
- OpenGL ES 2.0+
- Category
- News & Magazines (app)
- Listed since
- Mar 11, 2021 (at least)
- Permissions
- 156 (9 sensitive)
- Developer contact
- [email protected]
- Privacy
- Developer's privacy policy
About this APK
News Home: The News You Need is an app by My Home Apps in the News & Magazines category, listed since at least March 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 156 permissions, 9 of them sensitive, including precise location, call phone and approximate location. It asks for the same permissions as version 2.18.4-news-home. The app can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.
What's new in v2.19.1-news-home
Bug fixes and stability improvements
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
Get free breaking news, local, & world news and headlines today directly on your home screen with News Home! News home is a free launcher application powered by your Local & World news providers to keep you informed about all of your news interests. This makes you only one swipe away from getting your breaking news and headline updates for free!
Designed with You in Mind
Search
By clicking “install”, I accept and agree to install News Home and setting the application’s search functionality to that provided by the service and the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The app will update your search settings and will change your homescreen search experience to use Yahoo.
Get to your news even quicker by simply swiping right from your home screen.
News Home is designed to be extremely user-friendly with easy to navigate screens.
It includes an optimal on-screen reading experience with video news included.
First to Know
We know that breaking news is more relevant than others and deserves to be known first.
Our application provides you with breaking news so you’re the first to see top incidents and events.
Enable the notifications feature to ensure you do not miss any important news.
Share information directly from the app to notify your friends, family, and loved ones immediately.
Your News, Your Way
Everyone has different interests so browse from a variety of categories, such as current events, election, health, business, entertainment, sports, technology, lifestyle, science, and more.
Consume the news the way you want, whether you want to read it, watch video news content or share news with your friends and family.
Discover and Add Your Favorite Sources
Choose from your favorite trusted sources and news channels.
From CNN, The New York Times, Fox News, NBC, MSNBC and so many others- customize your list of news sources and add to your favorites.
Included in this launcher are hand selected games, weather reports and videos for your enjoyment.
* News Home uses device Accessibility permissions to lock the screen when an in-app gesture is performed. This is optional and disabled by default.
Version history
3 versions are listed, going back to v2.17.5-news-home.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
- Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Nov 17, 2025.
- Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked
Store checks and file details
- Developer signature under review Nov 17, 2025
- Validated against Google Play Nov 17, 2025
- Signed byC=US
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)D3:37:A4:1E:9D:06:AC:AB:03:BD:13:D5:E3:89:76:F2:30:A9:D6:95
- File MD5e8de1866945eebba1f7dab42bf497057
- Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
Scans and ratings come from the source store; the certificate comparisons are AAPKs's own, made from the files' published signatures (2 other versions compared). AAPKs doesn't scan files itself — compare the MD5 and signer after downloading.
Permissions (156)
News Home: The News You Need requests 156 permissions, 9 of them sensitive.
- Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- Bluetooth connect Sensitive android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
- Call phone Sensitive android.permission.CALL_PHONE
- Display over other apps Sensitive android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
- Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
- Read phone status and identity Sensitive android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
- Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Write settings Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Access notification policy android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY
- Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
- Alarm set alarm (custom) com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM
- Apphub bind apphub service (custom) com.applovin.array.apphub.permission.BIND_APPHUB_SERVICE
- Around read settings (custom) com.android.launcher3.around.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Aviate read settings (custom) com.tul.aviate.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Badge read (custom) com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
- Badge write (custom) com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
- Badger badge count read (custom) me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
- Badger badge count write (custom) me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE
- Bible read settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.bible.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Bible write settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.bible.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Bind appwidget android.permission.BIND_APPWIDGET
- Blackberrylauncher read settings (custom) com.blackberry.blackberrylauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Change network state android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
- Change wifi state android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
- Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
- Email read settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.email.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Email write settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.email.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Expand status bar android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Hilauncher read settings (custom) com.transsion.hilauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Home broadcast badge (custom) com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
- Home provider insert badge (custom) com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
- Home read settings (custom) com.qihoo360.home.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Homeshell read settings (custom) com.aliyun.homeshell.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Horoscope read settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.horoscope.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Horoscope write settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.horoscope.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Iloong read settings (custom) com.iLoong.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) com.home.news.breaking.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
- Launcher change badge (custom) com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
- Launcher donut read settings (custom) org.adw.launcher_donut.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) app.cobo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) cn.nubia.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.alphalp.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.anddoes.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.Dean.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.dlto.atom.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.ebproductions.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.fede.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.fineos.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.gionee.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.google.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.hola.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.huawei.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.ibingo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.lenovo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.lewaos.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.lge.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.l.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.lo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.lollipop.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.meizu.flyme.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.microsoft.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.mx.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.mycheering.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.nd.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.oppo.grandmother.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.qihoo360.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.samsung.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.sec.android.app.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.simple.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.s.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.tct.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.teslacoilsw.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.zte.lqsoft.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.zte.mifavor.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.ztemt.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.zui.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) jp.kyocera.kyocerahome.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) net.oneplus.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) net.qihoo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) org.adwfreak.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) org.adw.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher update badge (custom) com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
- Launcher update count (custom) com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
- Launcher update shortcut (custom) com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
- Launcher write settings (custom) com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Launcher write settings (custom) com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Launcher2 read settings (custom) com.android.launcher2.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher2 read settings (custom) com.baoruan.launcher2.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher2 read settings (custom) com.bbk.launcher2.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher2 read settings (custom) com.huawei.launcher2.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher2 read settings (custom) com.konka.launcher2.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher23 read settings (custom) com.android.launcher23.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher3 read settings (custom) com.android.hios.launcher3.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher3 read settings (custom) com.android.launcher3.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher3 read settings (custom) com.ape.launcher3.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher3 read settings (custom) com.asus.launcher3.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher3 read settings (custom) com.huawei.launcher3.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher3 read settings (custom) com.jui.launcher3.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher3 read settings (custom) com.lge.launcher3.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher3 read settings (custom) com.motorola.launcher3.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcherex read settings (custom) com.gau.go.launcherex.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcherex read settings (custom) com.huaqin.launcherEx.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launchergb read settings (custom) com.modaco.android.launchergb.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcherhdmarket read settings (custom) com.lenovo.launcherhdmarket.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcherl read settings (custom) com.yulong.android.launcherL.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Lewalauncher read settings (custom) com.android.lewalauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Lolauncher read settings (custom) com.nicelauncher.lolauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Mdesk read settings (custom) telecom.mdesk.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Mgyun read settings (custom) com.mgyun.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Mihome2 read settings (custom) com.miui.mihome2.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Modify phone state android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE
- Mylauncher read settings (custom) com.android.mylauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- News read settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.news.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- News write settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.news.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Nexuslauncher qsb (custom) com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher.permission.QSB
- Nexuslauncher read settings (custom) com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Push messaging (app-defined) com.home.news.breaking.permission.C2D_MESSAGE
- Qqlauncher read settings (custom) com.tencent.qqlauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Read app badge android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
- Read logs android.permission.READ_LOGS
- Read permission (custom) com.adjust.preinstall.READ_PERMISSION
- Read settings (custom) com.sec.android.app.twlauncher.READ_SETTINGS
- Read settings (custom) com.sec.android.app.twlauncher.settings.READ_SETTINGS
- Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
- Request delete packages android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES
- Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- Schedule exact alarms android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM
- Set wallpaper android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER
- Set wallpaper hints android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS
- Shell read settings (custom) com.tsf.shell.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- Slimlauncher read settings (custom) com.slim.slimlauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Sports read settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.sports.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Sports write settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.sports.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Sprdlauncher1 read settings (custom) com.android.sprdlauncher1.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Sprdlauncher2 read settings (custom) com.android.sprdlauncher2.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Theme read settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.theme.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Theme write settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.theme.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Tpwlauncher2 read settings (custom) com.android.tpwlauncher2.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Tw read settings (custom) com.epic.launcher.tw.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- Weather read settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.weather.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Weather write settings (custom) com.wxyz.launcher3.weather.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Xlauncher read settings (custom) com.infinix.xlauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Xoslauncher read settings (custom) com.transsion.XOSLauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Ztelauncher3d read settings (custom) com.zte.mobile.ZteLauncher3D.permission.READ_SETTINGS
Required hardware & features
- Bluetooth android.hardware.bluetooth
- Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
- Location android.hardware.location
- Landscape screen android.hardware.screen.landscape
- Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
- Telephony (SIM) android.hardware.telephony
- Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi
News Home: The News You Need APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.
Is the News Home: The News You Need APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. It is signed with the same certificate as the 2 other versions checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is e8de1866945eebba1f7dab42bf497057.
