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Your news, your way: A redesigned My Guardian tab allows you to follow topics that matter to you.

Your news, now hands-free: All our award-winning podcasts are now available via a dedicated podcast tab, allowing easier discovery via our new in-app audio player. You will also be able to listen to all articles via a new enhanced text-to-speech facility.

Upgrade your downtime with Guardian puzzles: A new hub featuring our most popular games, including Wordwheel, Wordiply and, for the first time in the app, Sudoku.

Streamlined homepage: A less overwhelming homepage with curated highlights and improved onboarding.

You can enjoy a taste of features previously reserved for premium users, including offline reading, Discover and crosswords. The Guardian news app is free to download and offers you a beautiful, intuitive mobile experience – so you can read, watch and listen to our independent reporting whenever and wherever it suits you.

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