Samsung News brings together curated, balanced editorial content from trusted publishers, empowering readers to access news that matters most to them — all in one convenient, intuitive platform. Designed to meet the evolving needs of audiences, Samsung News embodies the brand’s broader ambition to innovate in the news space, ensuring users stay informed, entertained and engaged wherever they are.

Innovating For The Future of News Consumption

Far from a one-off initiative, Samsung News represents the foundation of a longer-term road map dedicated to delivering new features and ways to experience the news. Samsung will continue to evolve the service while maintaining its core commitment to high-quality, balanced editorial standards. As part of this journey, Samsung will continue to explore new formats that bring information to life in innovative, accessible ways — including short-form video, an increasingly popular medium among digital audiences worldwide.

Short-Form Video: A New Way to Experience News

In collaboration with PA Media, Samsung News is introducing short-form video content, providing an engaging and dynamic way to discover the latest stories across news, entertainment, and trending topics. Delivered by trusted partners and designed for quick, easy consumption, this new feature reflects the global shift toward video-led storytelling.

Launching in April 2026 in both the UK and US, the feature offers audiences snackable, reliable updates that fit seamlessly into their daily routines — all within the Samsung News experience.

PA Media will join a host of leading global video partners for Samsung News including PEOPLE, Allrecipes, EatingWell, Food & Wine, Byrdie, Travel + Leisure, Entertainment Weekly.

Samsung News Global Editor-in-Chief Andrew Bailey, said: “With Samsung News, we’re combining our technology expertise with the credibility of trusted partners to reimagine how people engage with news. We want to lead the field for news aggregation globally, and the introduction of short-form video from market-leading PA Media is the obvious next step towards our vision. Our users are shifting towards video consumption, so we are evolving with them, whilst maintaining the highest standards and commitment to trusted and diverse journalism’.”

PA Media Editor-in-Chief Jack Lefley, added: “Video has become a defining force in how audiences engage with content, and at PA we are making it even more central to our newsroom output as we pivot to a more visual-first strategy. Storytelling and building trust in news, data and content is in our DNA and PA’s adaptation of different formats over the years, including short-form and vertical video, has been vital to our success. PA video content generates millions of views every week, and we are seeing an increased demand from customers, with Samsung News now featuring reliable, trusted video content produced by our expert team of visual journalists across the UK and Ireland.”

What’s Next

With more updates planned for 2026 and beyond, Samsung remains dedicated to expanding Samsung News as a destination for trusted, diverse, and innovative storytelling.

Watch this space — Samsung News is just getting started.

Samsung News is available via the Samsung News app. To experience a smarter way to stay updated, simply open Samsung News and start personalising your feed today. Visit the Galaxy Store for further information.

About PA Media Group 

PA Media Group comprises a diverse portfolio of specialist media companies, spanning news and information, data, technology, marketing and communications services. Its flagship brand, PA Media, is the UK and Ireland’s leading news agency. Alongside PA Media, the Group is also the parent company of content library, Alamy; strategic creative agency, Sticky; social media consultancy, Hydrogen; video streaming business StreamAMG; Podium; PA Media Academy; PA Mediapoint and PA TV Metadata. PA Media Group has 20 shareholders, made up mainly of UK news and media businesses. The largest shareholders include DMGT plc, Informa plc, News UK plc and Reach plc. http://www.pamediagroup.com

LONDON, UK – 16th April 2025 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd today announced the UK-first launch of Samsung News, a brand-new news app designed to deliver the daily news you need.

Samsung News provides a fresh approach to digital news consumption by offering a full spectrum of news from a range of diverse publications—completely free and without paywalls. The service brings together top publishers, including Sky News, Sky Sports Daily Mail, The Standard, The Independent, Mirror, Business Insider, Reuters, Metro, Indy 100, and OK!, alongside other local news outlets, to create a seamless, high-quality news experience.

A Personalised Way to Read the News

Built for customisation and convenience, Samsung News allows users to tailor their feeds with preferred topics. A team of Editors will curate news based on reading habits, with options to select categories like politics, business, sports, and entertainment, plus up to three regions from a choice of 12*.

Key features include Morning & Evening Briefings for curated news updates at the start and end of the day, Top Stories highlighting a handpicked selection of trending articles, and Subject Spotlights offering in-depth insights on specific news stories with diverse perspectives.

Seamless Integration with the Samsung Ecosystem

Samsung News is designed to work in harmony with the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem, adapting to users’ preferences and offering an intuitive reading experience. Whether catching up on the headlines over morning coffee or winding down with evening briefings, the app ensures effortless access to reliable journalism.

Stringent Editorial Standards with Human Oversight

Samsung News has established strict editorial guidelines to provide additional clarity and parity across US and UK standards. These are overseen by our experienced Editors, who have formed an editorial committee that ensures standards are upheld.

This team is also responsible for maintaining a diverse and balanced portfolio of publishers, tracking political leanings to ensure Samsung News remains neutral and using their judgement to curate credible and trustworthy content. Andrew Bailey, Editor-in-Chief, Samsung News, says: “There’s never been a greater need for accurate, verified, and balanced news that doesn’t live behind a paywall. Our goal with Samsung News is to offer Galaxy users a broad selection of free content from premium partners, including breaking news, deep-dives, and briefings hand-picked by our experienced news editors.

“Users will also be able to customise their feeds by following publishers and topics that interest them, such as Sport, Business and Entertainment. With diverse content from hundreds of sources, we aim to provide all sides of a story.”

David Rhodes, Executive Chairman, Sky News Group, says: “Sky News is trusted by millions for fast and accurate breaking news, deep analysis and insight and eyewitness journalism from around the world. We’re delighted, alongside our Sky Sports colleagues, to be partnering with Samsung News allowing us to bring millions more Galaxy users the full story, first.”

Samsung News will be rolled out to users as an update to Samsung Free, previously offering a variety of free multimedia content including TV, news, podcasts, and instant games. Users who already have the Samsung Free app on their device will see the icon change to Samsung News starting on 31st March 2025, when their apps are updated. All other users will be able to access the app by downloading directly from the Samsung Galaxy Store.

To experience a smarter way to stay updated, simply open Samsung News and start personalising your feed today. Or visit the Galaxy Store for further information.

*Regions include: London, South East, South West, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, North West, North East, Yorkshire & Humbar, East Midlands, West Midlands, and East of England.