Breaking News: Local & Alerts

A Google user

6 years ago

Installed this morning since I can't seem to find a breaking news app that even halfway works, and I've tried THEM ALL. This one is not much better since it was used for 20 minutes and sucked 5% of my battery. It seemed to work fine but I can't have an app used so little taking up so much battery. It was the highest battery usage app except for my screen and Android OS. Promptly uninstalled and STILL on the search for a breaking news app that doesn't have issues.

Allan Shankland

3 years ago

It's all a bit of a mess really, the ads are really annoying, and then there are the pop-ups which take ages to disappear. And visually it's quite dated, and there are far better news apps available that are much better...

Stephanie Mitchell

3 years ago

This app looks very good and just what I was looking for. However, I live in Spain but speak Enlish and there is no means for changing the language. Also, I cannot connect to YouTube to access videos which may relate to the first problem. Sorry guys but it needs more work to improve accessibility.

JD Schwerdtfeger

4 years ago

So far this App has kept me up to date on the news that is most likely to affect me. A recent example is the news about all the fires in Oregon. I live in Salem and we were on level 2 evacuation notice. Level 3 is get out now. Don't wait buging out is mandatory. This app kept me uptodate on everything I needed to know, I am very impressed with the service and will continue to subscibe as long as it stays this nearly perfect. Kudos to the BREAKING NEWS Crew for a very usefull App...

Tobias

3 years ago

It seems a thoroughly comprehensive app, a pity the widget is very simple and doesn't auto scroll. Re: I'd hold you to your word SA, that would rather be an addition and a very welcome one. If you wouldn't mind, the first publisher that's issuing a 1 slot height widget with rotating breaking news wins me over with a place for many months and possibly years to come in my main homescreen.

Roosevelt McCarter

2 years ago

I really like this App and I'll rate this as high as a 5 because I want everyone to write a review first and then Download it from Google Play Store. What's the difference between reading online and offline? I don't understand what that means. It's very difficult to comprehend what it's saying and don't know what happened all over the United States and beyond. I just got a New Phone from US Cellular after I got rid of all of my Information, Memories, Data Connection and Settings from the Phone.

DAVY ENDGAME X

4 years ago

Loved this app it was spot-on for my up to date local news, had it for a few years now, I needed to look nowhere else. Even ignored the filth and racist disgusting very offensive things people post in the comment section. But now the widget has stop working altogether & basically made itself useless on my phone, I can't put up with it any longer. The widget was so useful, without that am out. Uninstalling. I'l find a new reliable working source for my news updates. It's sorta been fun but am out

Jack G

2 years ago

AVOID THIS POS APP!!! This app just installed and REPLACED MY LOCK SCREEN WITH IT'S OWN LOCK SCREEN, compromising MY SECURITY THAT I HAVE, ALREADY INSTALLED ON MY PHONE! I had to re-enter my biometrics and PIN! As an example of a TOTALLY FUBAR experience! Unless having your lock screen 'replaced' (and whatever else it does, supercedes and replaces whatever else is on your phone), doesn't bother you, download this app. FOR EVERYONE ELSE, DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THIS APP!

Roger Ewing

4 years ago

Starts based on very short amount of time. Seems it won't let me enter and save my country and City/state, so no local information. I'll use it for a bit and see how it goes. UPDATE It can't up and asked for location in order to improve Local news. It had my city in the entry, but no way to same it. I saw a manager search icon, clicked it... Nothing. UPDATE 2 I finally determined that my city is not in whatever search they do. Would be nice if it said that rather than do nothing at all.

A Google user

5 years ago

Looks like it could be a great app, no option to enter in local manually. Uses internet for location no good in rural area. So no local for me. App doesn't share properly to facebook. When it does share, no news article body just the ad to install the app and article title. Share is awkward in that after hitting share closing the tab is impossible. Sometimes it won't share

Chris Childs

3 years ago

Way too many alerts. I deleted the app when I got a breaking news alert about the coast of Georgian Bay looking very photogenic this week. If I want to "see less articles" like that I have to remove "local news". I downloaded the app so I could get news. Not snapshot suggestions. And I certainly don't want audible alerts on my phone telling me a photo opportunity is at hand.

Pat B

2 years ago

Have to uninstall this app! Alerts appear when the device is on the lock screen which is rendering my device nonfunctional. In order to use the device, I have to click on the alert. If in a place where the alert will not load due to connection issues, the device is unusable and have to wait till the connection is restored. Have turned off screen notifications but popup news still appear.

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1 year ago

All of these news apps are garbage! NONE of them display local news, despite using your location. This app, in particular, you can not even use location because when you attempt to click on location within the app, it will NOT highlight. It shows news everywhere else. I've downloaded all of these so-called news apps and NONE work as they should! U N I N S T A L L E D

Trevor Rea

1 year ago

Myself and around a dozen friends have been using this app for a while , initially I liked it but ALL of us are talking about deleting it due to the torturous amount of ads that continually pop up in front of where you are reading making it impossible to enjoy the experience of breaking news , I've been looking at other news sites and will be hitting the delete button on this one when I find a replacement

CreamyCornCob

3 years ago

Something broke recently. "Sleeping time" in settings is always set and can't disable. The time is also fixed and can't be changed. There's no "do not disturb" enabled. Uninstalled, cleared cache, rebooted. Re DL, still sleep time is enabled active. Notifications come through, but they're silent even know they're set with sound. (Sleeping) is next to each notification, breaking news, trending etc.

Susan Sharp

1 year ago

I thought today as I was tiring with my usual paper I would try this. What a big mistake that was! After looking on here I find too many distracting ads, no thanks, uninstalling. Don't know much of what's available on here as I won't be looking any further on here. Tried clicking one item then it decided I would be looking at an alternative breaking news item, that was of no interest to me, as I had already seen on my usual paper & not on the item I clicked.

Ksenia Newton

4 years ago

Bugs need to be fixed. The experience is so disruptive that i had to uninstall. I understand the need for ads (people need to get paid) but the ads take over the entire screen and every time when i click on the news, a bug happens. I assume it's an ad that's trying to take over but it results in the entirely white screen instead. So i have to go back to the list of news, select the one i wanted to read and open it again hoping the experience is better. Last it did it twice in the row, so bye bye