you’ve got the option to think of Flipboard as a smart magazine.

How the Flipboard App Works

Flipboard works by letting you quite literally flip through stories.

All you have to do is tap a story to expand it to read it in full.

Man looking at the Flipboard app on a tablet

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it’s possible for you to also flip the story into a magazine or share it via social media.

Flipboard will then fill your home feed with stories based on the topics you’ve chosen.

From here, you’ve got the option to begin using the app.

Two screenshots of the Flipboard app

You caneasily uninstall Flipboardif it’s not your cup of tea.

Here’s how you use them.

Similar toInstagram, magazines you curate will appear in a grid layout below your profile information.

Flipboard, however, offers more benefits than these other ways of getting your news fix.