Apple Highlights 'Great Feedback' Received From Hundreds of Apple News+ Publishers

While the highlight of last week's iOS 12.3 release was a revamped TV app with a new "Channels" feature, the release notes also mentioned a minor change to the Apple News+ interface that did not receive as much attention.

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Ensuring the feature gains some awareness, Apple in a press release today highlighted the ability for ‌Apple News‌+ subscribers to follow publications directly from the ‌Apple News‌+ catalog view in iOS 12.3 and macOS 10.14.5. New issues from followed titles are automatically downloaded and available offline.

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Apple added that it has received "a lot of great feedback from hundreds of publishers" available in ‌Apple News‌+, with quotes featured from editors of publications such as Vox, People, Harper's Bazaar, and Popular Science.

Apple's services chief Eddy Cue:

We've heard a lot of great feedback from the hundreds of publishers available in Apple News+. The latest updates to Apple News+ aim to best showcase their incredible journalism and put the most trusted news sources at readers' fingertips. Apple News+ customers are very engaged readers, with most visiting the News app daily. Hundreds of people at Apple, across editorial, engineering, marketing and design teams, are working to make Apple News+ the best experience for people who love reading their favorite titles and discovering new stories.

The feedback from editors can be read on the Apple Newsroom.

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Top Rated Comments

The Phazer Avatar
86 months ago
"Lot of great feedback" = "The product we shipped was a total dog."
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
calstanford Avatar
86 months ago
So great that no one I know uses it
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
WannaGoMac Avatar
86 months ago
Here's my feedback, please stop putting the News Plus articles all over my news feed. I have no interest in subscribing and these ads are very annoying.

If you agree please submit feedback to apple to remove it https://www.apple.com/feedback/ (there is no News app feedback section, so just use iPhone or iPad feature feedback) ('https://www.apple.com/feedback/')
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Smoothie Avatar
86 months ago
When I canceled my free trial, I expected to see a feedback option to provide my reason. But nope.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BootsWalking Avatar
86 months ago
I showed my great feedback...by cancelling my News+ subscription after the free, 30-day trial. App needs a lot of work.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
now i see it Avatar
86 months ago
I have no opinion and can't think for myself and have no preferences so if they like it then I will too
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)