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Upday
News aggregator platform for smartphones
Upday (stylised upday) is an online news aggregator developed by publisher Axel Springer SE, maintained by Upday, based in Berlin, Germany. It was originally made in cooperation with Samsung Electronics and shipped as an app with most Samsung Galaxy devices sold in Europe In 2020, Upday had more than 25 million monthly users and claims to be the most popular news application in Europe.
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At the end of 2023, the Samsung partnership ended and Axel Springer turned Upday into an AI-driven news platform. Upday was first released in March 2016 preinstalled on the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge in France, Poland, Britain and Germany. At the time of publication, it collected news from 1,200 platforms such as Le Figaro, Der Spiegel and BBC News. In February 2017, Upday had 8 million unique users per month. The service was also expanded further into Europe with the release of Galaxy S8. The availability of Upday was also diversified from Galaxy S devices to support Galaxy A and J series. The app had 25 million monthly users, with 4,000 news platform sources, in 2019. Samsung took a minority share in the company through SAMAS upday Investment GmbH.
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