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ABC News App User Positive Comments 2024
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✓ Happy with the app...........butI have finally decided I like the app. Having had the app for years it took a while to decide it was as good as the older app. The ‘but’ is because I’ve been very disappointed to note that a story I read in the morning, was pulled by the afternoon. Not just once, but ‘the’ article that disappeared was one that criticised the actions/comment of a minister of the current Federal Government. This action by ?? at the ABC adds weight to the various negative comments about the (so called) ‘unbiased ABC’ news. Having never considered the ABC was biased one way or another, I’m becoming more cynical. It’s an absolute shame that I feel I may no longer trust the ABC to report the news on any Federal Government minister of any party, good or bad, without someone deciding that the particular article should be pulled. People like me have long memories of a very very balanced ABC! 😞😞😞.Version: 5.0.6
✓ Star QualityABC Listen provides me with anytime accessibility to so many interesting and informative radio programs which I would otherwise miss when they are first broadcast at times during the day or in other regional locations. The range of topics offered is amazing and these podcasts are well researched, professionally produced and are presented with balance. I top up my playlist every morning and enjoy listening when commuting to and from work thanks to the magic of bluetooth. The way that Richard Fidler intelligently and respectfully interviews guests with amazing historical or quirky stories on Conversations is both engaging and easy listening at the same time. The Science Show, Health Report, Life Matters, Big Ideas, Best Practice, The Spirit of Things and others remain permanent fixtures in my selected Program List. Thank you to all at the ABC ! Frank Holmes, Warnbro WA.Version: 5.0.5
✓ App hangs and won’t load new storiesThe ABC app is the only news app I read. However, I’ve noticed recently, that the app will hang and not load stories necessitating deleting the app and data and downloading again which clears the problem. I’m hoping someone will investigate. It remains the best news app I’ve come across!!.Version: 8.2.4
✓ Balanced newsWhile I seem to be part of a the swelling herd that now gets most of its news online, I am often disheartened by what some media outlets churn out as “news”. I couldnt care less about sensationalized faux celebrity tidbits, or referencing tv network shows, which are just poorly disguised cross promotion. The ABC has a consistent high standard, and with what I see as mainly balanced reporting. While a mass market of news consumers will never all be 100% satisfied with any news delivery, I feel that more people would benefit, and be better informed, if they got their news feed from the ABC, rather than a lot of the swill that is served up by the growing number of sensational and/or banal media outlets that masquerade as news services..Version: 5.0.5
✓ Long time user, first time reviewerThe latest app update makes this the most streamline news app I’ve ever used. Added function of font sizes, dark mode and article save options was much needed, but incredible happy that it has been implemented. Also, the feature article UX elements create a great interactive reading. If I were to add a small feature, it would be a visual marker that an article has already been read, perhaps a faded preview thumbnail This app is my preferred place to read the news and couldn’t recommended it any more highly.Version: 7.0
✓ Good news, but some app bugs annoy meDevelopers: the top menu with quick links keeps disappearing. Its difficult to navigate to these areas with them. The only way I've managed to get the menu back is to delete the app and reinstall. This is annoying. I'm also getting inconsistent notifications. I'm trying to target particular updates which used to come through fine. More details needed on which articles are defined as which topics etc..Version: 8.2.5
✓ Good appNever had any problems runs perfectly..Version: 6.2.0
✓ Breaking News or else!!I keep finding myself reading articles and then suddenly “breaking news” and I get redirected without a choice to that article and have to start again to find what I was reading. Often this “breaking news” is a developing story so there is barely a sentence after some announcement but you want to be first and we get to an article to be told it’s a developing/updating story… Maybe add a dropdown banner to alert us to a breaking story..Version: 5.0.11
✓ Great AppIve found that headlines are “talked up” as a way of pulling people in to read the story only to discover the story has little if anything to do with the now obvious “sensationalised headline”. Another “duped” moment ! But! and this is cool, the headlines of a story on this App are the real deal, there’s none of that “fake talked up” & subsequently “duped again” with this App. What you read in the first 6 or so words is exactly what you get! It really is what all headlines used to be, should still be, a summary of the article! News is local, intrastate and international & is continually updated as each story develops. If you want a quick breakdown of what’s going on I can’t recommend this App highly enough. Great for the busyness of today. If you have more time you can read in-depth often by just one click contained within the stories..Version: 5.0.6
✓ Beats American propagandaThank you so much for fighting American propaganda! Please continue to give us ACTUAL news!.Version: 8.1.2
✓ Brave. I switched from the BBCThe BBC just isn’t impartial anymore; their North American coverage is *unreadable*. ABC is like a breath of fresh air, wow!!! They have shown a ton of courage standing up to China’s repeated evil. They appear to not sell their soul and ethics for ad dollars. Much respect..Version: 8.1.7
✓ Version 6It looks good. The abilities to choose the sections I want to read, and then to sort them into my preferred order are a great step forward. However, articles are often repeated in multiple sections and in the Top News tab. Some articles remain for days. Articles that have been read are not greyed out, or otherwise marked. The experience of reading the news would be much improved if the clutter of old, repeated and previously read articles is removed..Version: 6.0.0
✓ Great app, but video auto-play hijacks audio.I have been using this app for years and find it simple and intuitive. However, the latest update has added a video auto-play in the “top stories” feed which will pause audio you were listening to from another app to and play it’s own - even if audio is set to mute in the ABC News app. Then after manually re-starting the audio you actually want to listen to and flick back to this app and keep scrolling past a video, your audio pauses again. Rinse and repeat. This is endlessly frustrating and has caused an otherwise usable app to become almost entirely unusable as I’m typically listening to music when reading the news. Could this please be resolved?.Version: 8.4.5
✓ It fulfils its purposeIt provides you the news in a simple easy to follow format, except for the exception detailed below, it’s bug-free and very response and easy to use. Some of the best ABC journalism is often accompanied by interactive graphs or diagrams or indeed have a live blog associated with the relevant piece of work. Sadly, the app in its current form does not cater to these tools well; not at all in the graphs/diagrams area and very poorly in the live blog area. You are simply directed to the website version of the piece which involves a departure from the ease of the app. In all honesty it’s a minor thing, the journalism is not impacted, it’s merely a personal gripe of mine, and is the reason why 4/5 stars is my score.Version: 5.0.6
✓ Much improvedSince the pretty useless first couple of versions of this app, the last is actually pretty good. Notifications are usually on topic for your interests, and the navigation finally feels natural. I would like a bit more control to filter out stuff I don’t care about, no matter what subcategory is fits into (please give me a “no sports news ever” option for example), but this has done a good job of actually getting back into the ABC news again..Version: 5.0.5
✓ Smooth sailingThe app is extremely easy to use. I introduced it to my 85 year old grandmother and she has had no issues, and let me assure you that is a first! The only thing I could recommend is that the next update allows us to save stories we have read into some sort of archive to either re-read or refer to later on. Thank you so much!.Version: 6.0.2
✓ A Kardashian Free ZoneThis is a great app for flicking through headlines that actually indicate the news rather than a flashy catchphrase, and then reading the items that interest you. I know it's shallow, but Graphs of currency vs trade don't interest me. All media outlets are tied in with respective tv stations, and the news outlets have confused what occurs in their "reality" tv shows with "news". It isn't! Thank goodness ABC is pretty well devoid of that rubbish. Oh and the app is easy to use..Version: 5.0.6
✓ Excellent news deliveryA good app backed by brilliant content. The only big hole is a the Local/State level. Even during the State election the reports were infrequent and big local news events were very slow to be reported. There seems to be an amazing of trivial and derivative stories too at the Local level, like sport and what people said on ABC radio - where is the daily reporting of State politics? The contrast between this and the superb National and International coverage is stark..Version: 5.0.8
✓ Good appLove getting my news from the ABC on the phone. Be nice to have a keyword search function. I like how it gives quick access to the latest stories. Would also like it if could re-order the pages and/or set the default page that I open to, eg Just In or Local. Otherwise, the ABC is my reliable source of info and this app is great for that. Only other comment is that the standard of grammar and spelling has slipped. Lots of basic mistakes, almost at the "there, their, they're" level..Version: 5.0.5
✓ Awesome AppFlawless. I’m from the USA and absolutely nothing compares to the quality of writing and App quality..Version: 8.6.0
✓ Responsible and objective journalismThis app gives me what the title says. The reports and analysis of ABC journalists contain well written, informative and up to the minute articles on important issues and incidents. I have confidence that the stories and commentary are free of commercial and political bias but are underpinned by principles of social justice equity and the upholding of human rights. The app therefore continues the same high standards of journalism which has been the hallmark of the ABC for the decades that I have been a listener and viewer..Version: 5.0.6
✓ Crash (fr few days ago) fixed - thanks!!!It’s working again, thanks, really appreciate it. So back to 5 stars from me (from 3 stars). Please keep up the excellent work and keep progressing (but pls ensure any technical issue feedback from any users are listened to in timely manner- so your users base will keep growing - knowing and trusting that your developers will keep working hard at fixing any technical issues, so more & more people will use this great app of abc Australia, for their trusted source of info/facts, fact checks and diverse opinions). Many thanks! —————————— Hi, I usually check the news every morning on this app for the past 3 months or so and have been very happy with it. 3 days ago there was an update (for stability it seems), and it was working ok till yesterday. Then this morning it keeps crashing (tried it about 3 times just now) - can you please fix it ASAP? I can check abc news on the web or tv, but having this app on my iPhone 6Plus is so convenient. Many thanks (will update the star rating back to 5 once it get fixed)..Version: 7.1.3
✓ Real news from your ABCWhile I might be in the age demographic that only watches the ABC or SBS, nonetheless the reasons for doing so are still valid. While both news sources are independent and very reliable, the ABC’s ad free presentation (irritating self-promos excepted), continues to be very up to date and well informed. While the Fairfax Press continues to do a good job, they are slowly being emasculated by management: without the ABC, there might be nothing to save us from the horror of a totally Murdoch press news service. Compulsory Andrew Bolt for your daily read? Not for me..Version: 5.0.8
✓ Disappointing new version of a great app.I love the ABC news and the old app was great because it listed all the top stories on the widget page of the iPhone 5. Now this feature is gone. I've written to ABC app support but received no reply. When I open the app to read the news, the number and quality of stories seem to diminish each day, especially in analysis and opinion where old articles can exist for a week. I keep hoping to see a new update that will fix these issues, but so far no luck. Six months later and this app is now working as I remember the old app. It is much improved in quality and content. It has finally achieved the functionality of its predecessor. Why the ABC felt compelled to produce a new inferior version is beyond me..Version: 5.0.5
✓ ABC Is The BestI am extremely pleased with the ABC News app. It is the best collection of high quality journalism and reporting from journalists all across the country. It offers unrivalled coverage of events from right across the nation. Political reporting is very un-biased. Live blogs are a great edition and are easy way to see the latest COVID news, sports news, or whatever else a blog is written on. I highly recommend ABC News for any and every Aussie..Version: 8.2.8
✓ Needs more newsIt’s a pretty good app, and has some great abc content. But it would be nice to have a category for just news, you know, current events, without the human interest and analysis pieces. I’d like to be able to use the app as my main source of staying up to date on current events. Too often the Top Stories are analysis and human interest pieces rather than the straight reporting of the facts they deal with. The “just in” category can change quickly over the course of a day while the rest of the categories can sometimes show the same articles for a week. It would be nice to have a snapshot of the events of the last 24 hrs that I could check in the morning to keep myself up to date..Version: 5.0.9
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