Briefing

Contains ads
3.2
742K reviews
1B+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone 10+
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About this app

Briefing for Samsung puts what’s important at your fingertips. Swipe left on your home screen to quickly access the latest news and stories. Select all your favorite topics and get full coverage and perspectives from the world’s most credible sources.

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Briefing provides a great summary of personalized news in a beautiful package. Invest in yourself, stay informed, and feel like you’ve spent your time well. Focus on what matters to you, not the random posts of other people’s lives.

You can disable Briefing by pinch zooming out on the home screen, then swipe to locate Briefing. Uncheck the box at the top, then tap to return to your home screen. If you have questions or need help, please select Contact at https://about.flipboard.com/help-center/.
Updated on
8 Feb 2024

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
App info and performance and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.2
708K reviews
A Google user
29 May 2019
Update: Not only can I not uninstall this garbage, but now I've received an email indicating that they've had a data breach. Glad to receive the notice but I could have been better protected by BEING ALLOWED TO UNINSTALL IT; so irritating! Original Review: Bloatware I don't want and can't get rid of. it does allow me to turn it off, but it turns itself back on every few weeks. I'd give 0 stars if that were an option.
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A Google user
14 April 2019
"less than 1 star" rating based on annoyance. I kept getting random & annoying "ping" alerts from "Briefing", but couldnt figure out what app was causing it. Occasionally woke me up at night (even with 'do not disturb" turned on). Finally figured out it was Flipboard's Briefing. Didnt know it was there, dont want it, can't uninstall. The movie line, "Terminate with extreme prejudice" comes to mind ...
167 people found this review helpful
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Flipboard
14 April 2019
You can disable the app entirely by locating “Briefing” in your device App Manager, selecting “Disable” and confirming. Click the Contact button at flip.it/help for help.
Kai Ten
29 March 2021
Just takes up space. I don't want it on my phone. If I had signed up for it out of curiosity, I might view it differently, but it being non-optional takes any fun right out of it. I don't want the app that's required to access this one, either, unless I've misunderstood how that app works. Update: I am aware that it can't be uninstalled and must be repeatedly disabled instead, that is my main problem with it.
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Flipboard
29 March 2021
Because Briefing is considered a system app, any system updates will update the app as well. You will need to disable it once more. Just open your device Settings, locate Briefing, then choose the disable option. For help, click the Contact button at flip.it/help.

What's new

Briefing is now more customizable. In addition to the content you could choose from before, you can now also choose from the entire range of topics of Flipboard!

We would love to know what you think of this new version. Please give us feedback via the play store feedback option.