Today, more people access digital content through their mobile devices. Many people are now able to jump on the bandwagon of proud device owners due to the proliferation of affordable Android tablet models with more manufacturers introducing more products to the market.

Content typically accessed on tablets includes news websites, allowing users to keep up with what’s happening not only within their locality, but also with current world events. With the world getting smaller, what happens in a country thousands of miles away can have an effect on you, making news and current affairs a priority for most people.

Currently there are many affordable Android tablet apps available for users to get their news. We ranked them and here are the news apps that we think are the best among them all.

• Flipboard (Free)

This app is available for both iOS and Android platforms. This is a great app because you can consolidate your favorite magazines and newspapers in one place. Headlines are displayed in one place and all you have to do is tap the link. The only drawback of this app is that the content is not available for offline reading.

• CNN app (free)

This app is for those who want to be up to date with what is happening around the world as CNN is a well known news network that brings news from all over the world. You will be able to access all the news, either in text or video format. The good thing is that the app is specially made for tablets which makes it easy to use. Trust the ‘global news leader’ to give you the information you need, where you want it.

• Press News for Android (Free)

This app is a glorified RSS reader/news aggregator that pulls content from a wide variety of news sources, which means you don’t have to switch apps to read the news as it’s all in one place. You can even save stories to read offline, making it very convenient for those with limited data plans.

• Read it later (free)

This app provides digital bookmarking services. You can also save stories to read offline just like Pulse News. This can also work even without a web connection, so any affordable Android tablet that has WiFi-only features should suffice.

• Bloomberg for tablets (free)

This app is a must for those who want to follow business and finance news. In addition to news, it also has portfolio tracking tools and graphs and charts to help analyze market trends locally and globally.

• Time Magazine (Free)

For those who want their news along with intelligent analysis, the Time Magazine app is a must download app. The application has news functions of all topics, national, international, technology, health, finance, people, lifestyle, entertainment and politics.