Rai News is an Android app developed by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A. (Via Teulada 66, 00195 Roma). Others apps created by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A. are: RadioRai, RaiPlay.

Rai News first became available on 03 Jun 2012. It is estimated that Rai News has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

Rai News 1.18 requires the following permissions:

Allows an app to access approximate location. Alternatively, you might want ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION.

Allows an app to access precise location. Alternatively, you might want ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION.

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows applications to change network connectivity state.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.