JioNews

JioNews is a comprehensive news and magazine aggregation platform built by Reliance Jio's media subsidiary Jio Media Limited, headquartered in Mumbai. Evolved from the earlier JioXpressNews and JioMags apps, JioNews consolidates news articles, live TV channels, video news, newspapers, and digital magazines into a single app. With 50 million+ downloads on Google Play and news available in 13+ Indian languages, it serves as Jio's answer to Google News and Apple News. JioNews delivers multi-format content — text summaries, video clips, full articles, live TV streams, and short-form video news — covering national, regional, and global publishers. Standout features include quick audio summaries of top stories for hands-free listening, a dark mode for comfortable reading, curated news across categories like politics, sports, business, entertainment, and technology, plus exclusive discount coupons from top brands. The app aggregates content from trusted Indian and international publishers, eliminating the need to install multiple news apps. The app is free for all users with basic features. Jio subscribers (SIM or Fiber) get premium access to 300+ digital magazines and newspaper e-papers at no extra cost — a significant value addition since individual magazine subscriptions would cost thousands per year. Non-Jio users can access news content but magazine access is restricted to Jio subscribers. JioNews is best suited for Jio subscribers who want a one-stop news and magazine reading experience in their preferred Indian language. The magazine library is genuinely valuable — accessing 300+ publications for free is unmatched. However, the app has stability issues (frequent crashes when switching between apps), the UI feels cluttered with promotions, and the removal of some newspaper/magazine features from older versions has frustrated long-time users.