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On 2/25/26 12:40 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:

PSA: What is the current state of Android Usenet nntp newsreaders?

Yes. I know. It's been asked a million times prior.
This is posted so that we can all have the latest updates together.
If I missed anything important (& I probably did), please add value.

In a separate thread, AJL asked about newsreaders, where, from my notes, >this is what I have, but others may have better information than I do.

There never really was a great mobile Usenet newsreader, but here is a >reference list of what has existed on Android, along with the PiaHong
mod builds that some of us still use.

PLAY STORE LINKS (historical; many abandoned)

PhoNews
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.cmg.android.phonews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cmgapps.android.phonewspro

Groundhog Reader
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almarsoft.GroundhogReader

PiaHong NewsGroups
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.piaohong.newsgroup

NNTPReader (Ken)
Demo: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ken.android.nntpreader
Pro: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ken.android.nntpreader.pro

Noasy Newsreader
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noasy.newsreader

Usenet Reader (sinaapp)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=usenet.sinaapp.com

All above except PhoNews are gone from the Play Store.

Caveat:
PhoNews appears to break on Android 16 but still works on older devices. >PiaHong appears to remain usable thanks to the modded builds above.
Most of the other apps are long abandoned but still installable (AFAIK).

On my new Android 16 Tablet PhoNews does partially work if you have
patience. It will pull up a post but takes 15 to 30 seconds. Then sometimes
it says the WiFi is down when it isn't requiring a reboot of the app.
Basically unusable though.

On my Android 12 Tablet the wait is around 5 seconds to open a post, still
annoying. But on this Chromebook it's down to around 1 or 2 seconds. I
imagine as Google updates the Chromebook's Android its PhoNews will also
get worse. I'm currently Windowless again so if I disappear you'll know
why. Quit clapping...

BTW I bought this PhoNews Pro app around 7 years ago for 2 bucks so guess I
got my money's worth...

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On 25/02/2026 20:42, Dave Royal wrote:

*Piaohong*

Are you still using Alfio's version?
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Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> Wrote in message:

On 25/02/2026 20:42, Dave Royal wrote:

*Piaohong*

Are you still using Alfio's version?

Yes. This is a slightly modified version of Alfio's M17OC on an
Android 13 tablet.
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On 2026-02-26, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> writes:

If you have a tablet you can install Termux, then install Emacs and use
Gnus. This also works on Amazon tablets. But you'll need to know the
keystrokes. You can do this on the phone too if you have small fingers.

As I understand it, Termux can no longer work, let alone any other app
using external binaries, starting since Android 10 or whenever target
API greater than 28 is required. Or was that solved somehow?

I used to use a similar if simpler terminal thing called sshelper but
the dev pulled the plug on that, stating this as a reason.

OTOH, there's a native port of Emacs available now (from F-Droid) so
Gnus is a possibility there. I haven't tried it though.

I use termux no problems.

Android Version 15 on a FairPhone 5

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Anssi Saari, 2026-02-26 15:38:

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> writes:

If you have a tablet you can install Termux, then install Emacs and use
Gnus. This also works on Amazon tablets. But you'll need to know the
keystrokes. You can do this on the phone too if you have small fingers.

As I understand it, Termux can no longer work, let alone any other app
using external binaries, starting since Android 10 or whenever target
API greater than 28 is required. Or was that solved somehow?

Termux works just fine here with Android 16 and it is also still offered
on Google Play but also on F-Droid:

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux> <https://f-droid.org/packages/com.termux/>

I used to use a similar if simpler terminal thing called sshelper but
the dev pulled the plug on that, stating this as a reason.

If you refer to Termbot - this is also still available on F-Droid and
also works with Android 16:

<https://f-droid.org/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.termbot/>
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