Turn On or Off Breaking News Updates in the News App on Microsoft Lumia 535

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Hello, and welcome to VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to turn on or off the option to receive breaking news updates from the News application while using a Microsoft Lumia 535.

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   Press the power button located on the right side of the phone to turn the phone on

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   Once you have turned the phone on you will see the lock screen.

   

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   Swipe the lock screen up to unlock the phone and display the home screen

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   Find and tap the News tile on the home screen

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   The tile image will change thumbnails based on recent news articles, and will switch to a preview of the article with white text on a red background. If the News tile is not pinned to the home screen, swipe from right to left to open the App menu. Find and tap News to open the News app.

   

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   Once news alerts in the News application have been setup, the News application will display breaking news notifications at the top of the screen and may make a noise, regardless of the app you are currently using

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   Use the following steps to turn this option off. Alternatively, if the option has not been turned on and you would like it to be, use the following steps to turn breaking news notifications on.

   

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   Tap the menu icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to open the options menu

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   The menu icon appears as an ellipsis or 3 dots.

   

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   Tap "settings" to open the News app settings menu

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   Swipe from right to left until the "permissions" screen is visible

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   Tap the drop down menu under "News alerts" in the "Services" section

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   This will display the option to turn News alerts on or off.

   

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   Tap "On" to turn news alerts on, or "Off" to turn news alerts off

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   If the setting is set to off, breaking news notifications will not be displayed.

   

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    This concludes the tutorial on how to turn on or off the option to receive breaking news alerts or updates from the News application while using a Microsoft Lumia 535

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    If you have any questions or comments about this video, or about the News application, please post them in the comments section below. Thank you for watching VisiHow.

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