Talking News

Talking News (formerly Talking Tom & Ben News) is an app released by Outfit7 on 15 October 2011 for iOS and 20 January 2012 for Android.
== Features ==
=== Free Features ===
* Ben uses a boxing glove gun to knock Tom.
* Ben uses a toy dart gun to Tom or misses the target.
* Sword button to make Tom and Ben wrestle. (There are 2 versions when being pressed.)
=== Paid Features ===
* Tom shoots water at Ben with a water gun.
* Tom uses an air horn to honk at Ben.
* Tom will use a toy blow gun at Ben.
=== If you don't interact ===
* Dust flies at the news table and Ben wipes it off.
* Tom will say 'And now, a word from our sponsor.' resulting in showing an advertisement.
* A fly will come in and Ben will try to get rid of it.
* Tom will imitate checking time as if he had a watch.
* Tom will point at the camera showing he's waiting for an interaction breaking the 4th wall.
=== Removed Features ===
* Custom Videos (Removed on March 10, 2021 in 2.6.1.300 version, re-added on 2023)
* Spinning and tapping both Tom and Ben at the same time (Removed on January 16, 2014, re-added in 2023)
* The Talking Tom & Ben News intro (Removed on newer versions after the splash screen, changed to Talking News)
== Characters ==
* Tom
* Ben
* Angela (television, old version)
* Ginger (television, old version)
* Pierre (television, old version)
* Gina (television‚ old version)
* Larry (television‚ old version)
* Baby Hippo (television‚ old version)
* Harry (television‚ old version)
* John (television‚ old version, iOS only)
* Santa (television‚ old version)
* Rex (television, old version)
* Lila (television, old version)
== Trivia ==
* This is the smallest app in the Talking Friends franchise, with the size being 38.28 MB on Android and 105.5 MB on iPad.
* This is the first app to have multiple characters repeating what the user says unless you count Talking Bacteria John, John and John which was exclusive to iOS.
* Originally, this app costed $0.99 on Google Play Store.
* Some of Outfit7's older games have television commercials, and most of them are Fun Network games, such as Firefly Hero, House of Mice (only in iOS) and Groove Racer and Mars Pop in old versions of the game.
* This game was rated 12+ by PEGI in Europe on Google Play Store due to the second part of the characters fighting and breaking their legs.
* Tom and Ben News World Cleanup 2012 was based on this game.
* The Tom and Ben News show from the Talking Friends series is based on this app.
* As of newer versions, the intro no longer plays after the Outfit7 splash screen.
* You cannot play the oldest version of this app from 2012 on Android 11+ due to scoped storage.
* The audio of Ben getting rid of the fly was used in older versions for iOS.
== Gallery ==
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