I wanted to ditch Google News, but the alternatives made it worse

Google News is that one constant app that has stayed on my phone’s home screen forever. No matter how many phones — or even platforms — I’ve switched, it has somehow maintained its position every single time. While Twitter has often been the go-to platform for trending news, Google News has been the reliable, traditional news source that has remained steady and largely unchanged.

That’s perhaps one of its biggest downsides. Google News hasn’t undergone any significant transformation in several years. I’m greeted with the same layout and design I’ve been seeing for ages. That familiarity eventually became a turn-off, pushing me to look for alternatives and try out a bunch of similar apps on the Play Store. Ironically, that exercise only made my respect for Google News grow.