Avast News Companion (beta) chrome extension

Version: 1.3.164
Avast News Companion (beta)
Build a full picture of the story with Avast News Companion
3.00 Based on 2 user rates

What is Avast News Companion (beta)?

Avast News Companion (beta) is a reading articles extension for chrome. also, it is avast extension. it's a free extension and is featured in News & Weather, it has 124 active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 3.00 from 2 rated user, last update is 1018 days ago.


What’s new in version 1.3.164?

                Don’t be fooled by fake news. Get Avast News Companion to check your sources for biases and factual reporting.

With Avast News Companion, you can easily and quickly check how accurate and balanced your favorite news sites are. It alerts you when sites have a known political bias, which range from Left to Right, and we'll also tell you about scientific, satiric, and questionable sources.
With this extension you’ll be sure to know the truth behind what you read. Avast News Companion uses algorithms that analyze factual reporting, and verify the statements from the articles against fact-checking databases. Based on that you’ll get alerted about misleading claims or incorrect news. 

The extension can also identify conspiracies and propaganda, so you know you're reading the truth.

It helps you to: 

- Get all the info before forming an opinion
- Understand your own reading habits
- Make informed decisions about news

Coming soon:

- Reading habits

Visualize what you're reading in descriptive diagrams. We'll show you your stats on politics, tabloids, and science to help you balance your reading habits.

Don’t be fooled, make sure you read real news. Available for Google Chrome™ and other Chromium browsers.

This extension collects info about: 

- Which parts of the extension you click on and the order that you click on them. This helps us understand which features you like best.
- The ratings you give us for each article (on whether or not the info was helpful). This helps us make sure the extension works properly.
- The newspaper pages you’re reading. This provides the info to show you your reading habits and insights. We'll never collect info about other browsing habits (like shopping or streaming).

We have a full list of the websites where we track reading. Download it here.

Don’t be fooled, make sure you read real news. Available for Google Chrome™ and other Chromium browsers.

For more details visit, https://platform.avast.com/innovation/news-companion            

How to install Avast News Companion (beta)?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.


Preview of Avast News Companion (beta)


Technical Features:

  • Latest Version: 1.3.164
  • Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
  • License: Free
  • Latest update: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
  • Author: Avast Software

Avast News Companion (beta) Available languages:

English.


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Reviews of avast news companion (beta):


林 Lin昭辰 Chao-Chen Jack Kenichi YEG December 1st, 2022
林 Lin昭辰 Chao-Chen Jack Kenichi YEG

No reactions to any kind of online news websites at all, for examples, CBCNews.ca and CNN, please. So then, who could go fix it all-out asap, please?

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