Espresso: World news in a shot
The Economist Newspaper
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In this news app, you can read and listen to top international stories with quick summaries and audio options. Includes customizable topics, translation features, and daily updates.
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About Espresso: World news in a shot
Espresso from The Economist is the faster, smarter way to know the news. Power through the world’s top stories in the time it takes to have a cup of coffee, with incisive analysis updated throughout the day.
The Espresso app is now free for students aged 16 and over. Students can sign up without providing payment details. Verification of student status will happen automatically by checking that a student’s email address is from an educational institution.
Here is what people say about Espresso:
“If all you have each day is a few minutes and you're tired of the 24hrs news cycle mostly regurgitating the same info all day everyday, the Espresso helps distil the cacophony of news each day into a single powerful update.”
What you’ll get:
- Live-updated AI translation available in French, German, Mandarin and Spanish, in addition to English. And, although translated by a large language model, honed by native speakers, our reporting and analysis will never be AI-generated.
- Top stories for quick analysis
- “The World in Brief” news summary updated three times a day
- Five bite-size articles offering finishable 1 minute reads
- Audio versions of articles to enjoy hands-free
- Daily podcasts and short videos offering fresh perspectives on current events
- A zingy blend of Figure of the day, Quote of the day and Chart of the day
- Selected news stories from the weekly edition in the “For you” tab
Features:
- Time to read highlighted on each article
- Adjustable text size
- Personalize your topic preferences
- Dark mode for more comfortable reading
- Mobile and tablet-compatible
- Enable notifications
Topics covered:
- The Americas
- Asia
- China
- Britain
- Business
- Middle East
- Africa
- Finance
- Economics
- Science
- Technology
- Culture
- People
- Coronavirus
- US Elections
- Editor’s Picks
Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/privacy-policy
The Espresso app is now free for students aged 16 and over. Students can sign up without providing payment details. Verification of student status will happen automatically by checking that a student’s email address is from an educational institution.
Here is what people say about Espresso:
“If all you have each day is a few minutes and you're tired of the 24hrs news cycle mostly regurgitating the same info all day everyday, the Espresso helps distil the cacophony of news each day into a single powerful update.”
What you’ll get:
- Live-updated AI translation available in French, German, Mandarin and Spanish, in addition to English. And, although translated by a large language model, honed by native speakers, our reporting and analysis will never be AI-generated.
- Top stories for quick analysis
- “The World in Brief” news summary updated three times a day
- Five bite-size articles offering finishable 1 minute reads
- Audio versions of articles to enjoy hands-free
- Daily podcasts and short videos offering fresh perspectives on current events
- A zingy blend of Figure of the day, Quote of the day and Chart of the day
- Selected news stories from the weekly edition in the “For you” tab
Features:
- Time to read highlighted on each article
- Adjustable text size
- Personalize your topic preferences
- Dark mode for more comfortable reading
- Mobile and tablet-compatible
- Enable notifications
Topics covered:
- The Americas
- Asia
- China
- Britain
- Business
- Middle East
- Africa
- Finance
- Economics
- Science
- Technology
- Culture
- People
- Coronavirus
- US Elections
- Editor’s Picks
Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/privacy-policy
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Reviews for Espresso: World news in a shot
Sergiy M.
11/11/2025
Please let people opt out of annoying daily quiz! Bring back the market data instead.
Simon Lowe
10/9/2025
great for news.please fix the broken text size slider in settings.text stuck on small