Users can read news articles with it, based on publishers, websites and topics they select, such as technology or politics.

It has received criticism for being poorly behaved and not being fault tolerant; resulting in high loads on websites.

The idea for Prss came after entrepreneur Michel Elings and longtime travel writer and photographer Jochem Wijnands designed their own iPad publication called TRVL.

[13] In February 2019, Digiday reported that publishers are frustrated over the platform's lack of revenue,[14] despite seeing steady growth in audience over the past year.

[16] The same month, Apple introduced support for the News app in Canada, including the News+ subscription service.

[18] In March 2023, Apple introduced a dedicated Sports tab to the app with the release of iOS 16.4, providing stories and coverage for a user's favourite teams.

[21] The Wall Street Journal, one of the newspapers available through Apple News+, will reconfigure its services to offer more articles for casual readers.