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i switched to the Bundle news app because it allows me to select the news sources that i want to read (not what google wants to force feed me) because I'm smart enough to figure out what's real and what's fake. there are a huge number of news sources to select from which cover the full spectrum + it has a nice interface.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwarfplanet.bundle
For news beyond just "news alerts" you can of course create other Twitter lists from trustworthy sources - for which I would not turn on notifications(my diverse english twitter news sources)
I also use Bundle Breaking News because it can be personalized by choosing just the sources you want neatly organised by topic. It has a dark mode and widgets. It also has news alerts & many other features (offline mode, reader mode, ...)
I've spent the last few months hitting the 3 dot menu and selecting the "not interested in" [insert left leaning news source here] over and over again in my Google news feed. and now I'm testing Google News and am repeatedly selecting the "hide this news source" or whatever it says. now on rare occasion I actually see an article from Fox News.
i do this for fun just to see how far Google will push it's biased news.
when I actually want to read news though, I use the Bundle Breaking News app... it allows you to select news from a long list of diverse sources and it has a great interface too. only down side is it has ads with no way to pay to make them go away.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwarfplanet.bundle
I recommend Bundle Breaking News if you're interested in customizing your news experience. It has a lot of options, a dark mode and a nice widget.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwarfplanet.bundle
Bundle might be what you're looking for.
I mainly use Twitter for getting my news in real time. Below is my setup from which you could choose news sources to follow or make your own lists of:
Follow & receive notifications: n_0_notifications_ON
Follow: n_0_top, n_1_following
Purely lists
I also like Bundle Breaking News for news by topic, discovering news sources and creating my own selection/bundle.[more info]
Newtification News by TIware Mobile based on Google News but more countries/topics concurrently available than their own Google News & Weather. Good for browsing but I do not enable notifications as I experience news overload with Google News.
i recommend Bundle ... because you are smart enough to select your own news sources
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwarfplanet.bundle&hl=en_US
Maybe something like Bundle News, News360, Flipboard, Feedly, News Republic or SQUID?
They are all pretty decent but I guess it boils down to your personal preference. On Feedly you're less dependent on an algorithm, there you decide which sources you want and not which topics.
Bundle Breaking News has nice customizable dark widgets.
i use the Bundle Breaking News app so i can decide what news sources i read:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwarfplanet.bundle
How about Bundle? It seems to have a similar idea to Newsstand or Flipboard.