DW - Breaking World News

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About this app

The go-to news app for local heroes

Get unbiased, international news and information on the world’s most pressing issues. The free DW app for tablets and mobiles keeps you up-to-date with the latest headlines and in-depth coverage of everything from business, science and politics to arts, culture and sports.

The DW app provides you with the information you need to shape and understand your world – quick, direct, uncomplicated and completely ad-free right in your hands.

Key features
- Instant access to the latest news and headlines
- On-demand audio and video content from the DW Media Center
- Stream all DW programming live
- Write your comments directly in the app
- Offline mode for better accessibility
- Text mode for low-bandwidth access
- Support for Chromecast
- Push notifications
- Content in 31 languages

DW is Germany's international broadcaster and a trusted source for reliable, unbiased news and information. The DW app makes access to international news easier than ever, with articles, audio and video content. DW’s team of journalists reports from Europe and foreign bureaus around the world.

Germany has long been known for reliability, precision, efficiency, quality and innovation. DW has wrapped all of these attributes into one app, to make sure that you don’t waste any of your precious time getting the news that you want.
Stay informed and up-to-date with the DW app for your android devices.
Updated on
5 May 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Device or other IDs
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, App activity and App info and performance
  • Data is encrypted in transit

Ratings and reviews

23.2K reviews
Sebastian Cardoso
17 August 2026
DW is a solid source of decent journalism. The app though is a dumpster fire. It crashes all the time, you can't access the privacy settings, there are rendering errors, it's just plain very bad. UPDATE: dropping rating to 1 Star. The crashes haven't been fixed in years. The app is nearly unusable.
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Deutsche Welle
28 July 2026
First of all, thank you very much for the positive review of our content. Secondly, please send us an email to info@dw.com with all technical details: which device you are using and which version you have installed. Our technicians will take care of the problem. Thank you.
Cristina J.
27 July 2026
App is good when it works but it's unstable and typically fails to load. I must restart the app 5 times to get it to load properly. This is not affected by my VPN, mobile signal, or wifi and the issue is likely security settings by the app designers.
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Deutsche Welle
28 July 2026
Please send us an email to info@dw.com with all technical details: which device you are using and which version you have installed. Our technicians will take care of the problem. Thank you.
yabadda addabay
11 July 2026
It's such a shame that the experience of great content is destroyed by the constant crashing of the app. The app does not respond to any basic phone commands such as volume or back button. The app freezes constantly, and the message appears DW is not responding. Do you want to close the app or wait. Unfortunately, the app in its current form is useless on my Samsung S21 5G android (version 15) phone.
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Deutsche Welle
28 July 2026
First of all, thank you very much for the positive review of our content. Second, please send us an email to info@dw.com with all technical details: which device you are using and which version you have installed. Our technicians will take care of the problem. Thank you.

What's new

- Picture-in-picture for live TV and full-screen videos when the app is moved to the background.
- Improved AndroidCar support.
- Search function for different languages.
- Bug fixes.