If you’re tired of news apps all look the
same, you’ll want to check out Quartz’s
new iPhone app which launched today.
Quartz scrapped the more conventional feed
approach by introducing a chat messaging interface
to discover today’s news.
Using a clear and clean design, the Quartz
bot interacts with you, offering up potential
news stories for you to read.
You can choose to get more information about
or move on.
Links, which include some stories that aren’t
from Quartz, are subtly held within some (but
not all) chat bubbles.
There’s a dash of playful emojis and GIFs
and the bot uses ‘while typing’ icons,
just traditional chat.
That’s really about it, it’s super simple
and a real breath of fresh air.
Of course there are some limitations, such
as a lack of topics AND the fact that it takes
longer than just scrolling through the days
top news.
But this chat approach does make the app standout.
With a little more personalization it has
potential to complement your existing news
apps.
Quartz is taking a big step to learn more
about the future of messaging as a news medium.
So if you want to give it a try, Quartz is
a free download on iOS and also Apple watch.
