- 92.0LEGITIMACY SCORE
- 93.5SAFETY SCORE
- 12+CONTENT RATING
- FreePRICE
NBC News: Breaking & US News App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
NBC News: Breaking & US News app received 78 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using NBC News: Breaking & US News? Can you share your negative thoughts about nbc news: breaking & us news?
Please wait! NBC News: Breaking & US News Facebook comments loading...
NBC News: Breaking & US News for Negative User Reviews
✓ App developer link takes you to nowhereThis app has had the broken widgets since April of 2021. I’ve even downloaded all the new apps and for my new 13 Pro and the widgets still have not updated since April. Particularly “This week in photos”! So I have a revolving stack that just keeps showing the same thing since April 2021! It’s the same 10 images and the widget is called “This Week in photos” so it supposed to update weekly, but nope! Still seeing the same photos all summer, fall, and looks like it’s going to winter! Please fix! This is super annoying! I want them to change so bad, but the only option is to remove the widget from my phone or unless the app. I’m gonna do both if it isn’t fixed because NBC should have it where when you click on developer options, or report, it goes directly to an online form to report the problem. It cannot be fixed if we cannot report it. So I gave it one star, hoping someone will just happen to see this review, because there is no way to report this information to the developers!.Version: 6.1.1
✓ Doesn’t keep track of correct position in the page causing jumps.Whenever the page automatically adds content it jumps to a story way down in the page. I have to scroll to many, many pages back up to find where I was before the interruption. This happens 4 or 5 times every day. It is VERY annoying..Version: 6.0.23
✓ Somewhat limitedI’ve explored the app semi thoroughly and there doesn’t seem to be a way to search for articles by title or by custom topic. I’m sure it does a lot of things well, and the ability to watch or listen live is pretty neat, but it seems a wee bit cumbersome to seemingly need to open a web browser, find an article that way, then tap the link to view an article in the app..Version: 6.0.27
✓ Too many questionsThanx for the.Version: 6.0.26
✓ Adds amounts are dishonestI was watching a program and I expected ads because it was free. That is the way the world is right now. However, I was displayed that would be a certain number of ads and it count it up with each add. Then I was displayed another ad and the number went up from what was previously advertised. This happened twice in a row which resulted in me providing this review. I do not mind ads but if I’m going to have three ads, then keep it at three ads. Do not make it five ads after telling me it will be three ads..Version: 10.1.1
✓ 5 stars, but no sound, so 0 starsThis app provides access to excellent content and is well designed. BUT, currently, sound often does NOT work! There’s a bug in the app. So it’s uselessness. FIX THIS PLEASE!.Version: 10.1.0
✓ No soundNo sound through iphone speakers..Version: 10.1.0
✓ BrokenI used to download the NBC Nightly News podcast everyday and watch it on the train to work. Now I have to have an internet connection to watch this content. I would understand the desire to have content that they can insert commercials into if at least this app worked properly. There are constant disruptions where that app just stops mid playback and goes back to the beginning (normally replaying the ad which is invariably a promo for the Today Show). There are no controls for the playback either, beyond the temperamental timeline, making it difficult to get back to the place you were just at in the broadcast before it reset unexpectedly. Broken and very annoying!.Version: 5.3.5
✓ #boycottNBCNBC is hosting a Trump town hall the same night as a Biden town hall, allowing him an alternative to an equal and fair portrayal to the American people of the quality of the presidential candidates. This is an appalling choice that further fractures the country by forcing viewers to choose a candidate to watch, instead of letting Trump accept the consequences of opting out of the presidential debate. They’ve given him a platform to escape a debate in which he’d need to be civil and defend actual policies and plans. This is forcing a fissure in our democracy. Shame on you, NBC. This was my primary news outlet. Deleting the app, and unfollowing your network for good..Version: 6.0.21
✓ New version drastic failFor two years this kept overseas audiences up-to-date with the Rachel Maddox show, a programme combining news with superlative narrative story-telling. Now it’s reduced to short, random sections with no continuity - whether it’s censorship or idiocy is hard to tell, but after Catch and Tell I have my suspicions. Tragic..Version: 6.0.12
✓ Well it worksWhat else do ya wanna know about a news app.Version: 3.0.1
✓ Reduced versionHave been an avid follower of MSNBC for a couple of years, nothing comparable in the UK, not even close. Now it has been reduced to couple of minute snippets, so irritating and disappointing. Why?.Version: 6.0.12
✓ Where’s the audio?Just did the update and now all I get is an error message and blank screen when I go to the listen tab. Not cool..Version: 10.0.0
✓ Full Screen neededDoesn’t go to “full screen” or vertical.Version: 9.1.0
✓ Glitch Glitch GlitchThe content of NBC News’ app might be of value, however one would be hard pressed to fully know. While the user peruses the headline stream, the app page will inadvertently jump to an alternate section, leaving the user … hanging. The user is then left to scroll and hunt for the original article, only to have the page once again jump to another section?!? At this point the user might simply close the NBC news app and open CNN or NPR or ABC News or CBS News or Politico or FOX News or Huff Post or The Hill or the Associated Press or any of the hundreds of other news App choices available without this ridiculous and wonky glitch..Version: 7.0.0
✓ MAGAFake news!.Version: 6.0.25
✓ No more streaming in Canada :-(The latest updates revoke ability to stream MSNBC while in Canada. Why, oh why? Please restore streaming. Otherwise NBC good source timely news updates and interesting articles. Sorry, this is a nice app… but restoring streaming to Canada would Make App Great Again! Please… with maple syrup on top. :-).Version: 10.1.0
✓ 3+ decades is enoughAs an adult, I have watched the NBC Nightly News for more than three decades. In recent years i have enjoyed podcasts s as well. Why? Like you, because my parents watched it and I followed suit. The doctoring of the Columbus police shooting of an armed and assaultive person has caused me to pause and wonder, what is NBC’s role in this non-stop attack against law enforcement? Then I remember, ratings, it is all about ratings, not character of employees or reporting abilities. If that were true, Savannah Guthrie and Brian Williams, come to mind as individuals who should be unemployed. It breaks me that my news source has lost any semblance of reality, but to doctor reporting…that is INTENT, intent to lie and mislead to sell a story. I hope your sponsors abandon you, as you have abandoned your viewers. Good bye..Version: 6.0.27
✓ It need a button to change the font sizeIt is ok app, but it is a must to have a button to change the font size, the default font size is very small!!! pls make it in the next update. thanks!.Version: 0
✓ Endless advertsOver a typical hour you have to endure about 15 mins Of commercials.Version: 6.0.8
✓ When “Breaking news” push notifications aren’t breaking newsThe push notification options for this app appear to be “all or none”. There is one option in settings for “Breaking news”, another for “Quiet mode”. The problem is, I get tons of notifications for things that aren’t breaking news at all. Some are editorials (notification title starts with “OPINION:...”), others are non-breaking news stories: “Toddler's family grapples with 'unfathomable' loss after her fall from cruise ship”. The app needs a *real* “Breaking news only” push notification option. Until it does I’m about to turn off the app’s notifications because I get far too many non-breaking news notifications..Version: 6.0.8
✓ Buggy, a messBadly organized you click on a story, when you go back a minute later after reading, everything has moved sometimes things move while you are scrolling listen live is basically tune-in: endless commercials I don't want a link to redirect to Safari. Why can't you show the item inside the app??? deleting.Version: 6.0.7
✓ Videos stop halfway throughTrying to watch dateline and videos stop halfway through clips as many others have reported taken far to long to resolve for such a large company.Version: 2.5.1
✓ Latest version of this app is unusableUnless you change your settings to accept it’s notifications. Personally, I like to read my news like I used to read the newspaper. I DO NOT want the app to “Notify” me about anything! Sadly, that makes it impossible for me to use the App. No Rachel Maddow, no Nicole Wallace. Bummer. I have no idea what they were thinking when they made that change! That’s ok, I deleted their messed-up App and I have a half-dozen other sources of news. I hope lots of other folks are as outraged as I am, and NBC re-thinks their outlandish policy on notifications!.Version: 6.1.0
✓ Page content jumping around, poorly organizedThis is regarding the iPhone app. I use the app by skimming down the home page and just choosing to read certain articles that interest me. Ugh, every time I read an article and return to the main page I’m not in the same spot where I was, or for a split second I am but then the page content jumps, and I don’t know if the spot I left off is above or below where I am now. This seems due to ads randomly appearing or disappearing. SO ANNOYING. Also, there doesn’t seem to be any logical organization anymore. This has been my go-to national news app for years and I am just irritated trying to use it. Considering deleting..Version: 6.0.5
✓ Players Controls Block ScreenThe video player controls never disappear from the screen. They block the image themselves, plus they cause a dark overlay to further obscure the image: doubly cursed. Why can’t you simply use the Apple iOS video player and be done with it?.Version: 6.0.25
✓ Audio through iPhone speakers doesn’t workYes, I can still read articles… but, the audio from videos doesn’t come out through the speakers on my iPhone 11. Yes, the audio is turned up! I have uninstalled the app and reinstalled and it still does it. The boy way I can hear the audio is by connecting the iPhone to a HomePod..Version: 10.1.0
✓ ABC News commentsMany of the featured stories are excessively politically correct. There is a great over emphasis on racial, sexual and homosexual matters to the detriment of the overall presentation of information. In addition, many stories make assertions without facts, representing poor journalism at best and outright propaganda at worst. In specific, the story about the $160 billion restaurant rescue bill uses the term “grant“ interchangeably with “loan“. The fact that no editor picked up on this grotesque discrepancy or simply doesn’t have the literacy to tell the difference between a loan and a grant is appalling..Version: 6.0.24
✓ ALL VIDEO CONTENT BROKEN!!The people responsible for this ap have let it's users down far too long for over 3 years with bugs. The latest means that any attempt at watching a video is exhausting and slow..Version: 2.5.1
✓ Glitchy videoConstantly glitchy video. Jitters and jumps..Version: 9.2.1
✓ Slight degradationThis is my go-to website for news. Seemed to operate quite well in comparison to other network news sites. That has changed. Once I’m done reading a story, I usually have hit the back button to get to the next story that I would like to read. Now it takes two hits of the back button to get to that same spot. While this is a minor convenience, it is an inconvenience. Please fix this!!.Version: 9.2.1
✓ Why can’t I search.I can’t type anything I’m looking for? Really?.Version: 6.0.5
✓ Nice looking but ultimately uselessCan’t play full episodes of my fav programs, just snippets; but the very worst thing about this app is it doesn’t provide the ability to cast the programs (Chromecast etc.) to my TV. Sadly, since the MSNBC website doesn’t allow this either, I continue to be forced to watch pirated full programs on YouTube. I don’t want to, but here we are..Version: 6.0.14
✓ Ruined by TuneInI use this app 4-5 hours a day to listen to the live feed of MSNBC shows, which is run by TuneIn. TuneIn clearly delays the feed by about 30 seconds so it can run its infuriatingly stupid ads to the listener. These run on high rotation, the same ads day after day after day, so they drive you crazy. They also cut to the ads a few seconds before the live speaker cuts to an ad break. Also infuriating. When I close the app to avoid the ads and try to get the feed as live as possible it usually restarts with the start of an ad - clearly this is not a live feed. The content on the app itself is good, but when I’m listening to th app in the background and another app cuts in with, say, an auto ad on Candy Crush, the app doesn’t resume when the CC ad ends. You have to go in and restart the app. Other apps I have resume play when another app intervenes like that. Last: the app frequently stops and I have to restart it. I guess this is because of some backend conflict with another function on the phone (iPhone Xs Max, 14.6) but don’t know what it is. Please address these issues. PS: Why are most of the reviews here of this app 7-10 years old?.Version: 6.0.27
✓ Slow to loadSlow to load but that could be the network..Version: 2.5.1
✓ Update lost soundWhen the latest update installed a week ago I now have no sound. Love the app, just can’t hear anything now..Version: 10.1.0
✓ Version 7.1.0Freezing up and I must quit the app and restart using an AppleTV. At live mode start up lasts 10-30 min and then gets wonky, intermittent and so is the other glitch of starting a segment and within a few seconds restarts the same content when in live mode. I do appreciate the app and use it every day. Streaming is a challenge no matter which side of TV your on, look forward to the next update, my 3 star is respectable, not to far to get a 4.Version: 7.1.0
✓ Can’t expand textUntil about 2 days ago I was able to expand the text but this capability has disappeared. This is a huge disappointment to me and I can no longer read any articles. I hope there will be a fix soon!.Version: 6.0.15
✓ Great App 👍🏼Love the app it allows me to listen to world news while on the go. I use it everyday, you can listen to live audio news daily for free no subscription required all day long. The only setback I have with the app though is my PowerBeats pro volume control doesn’t work with it most of the time. I hope they will look into this flaw soon..Version: 6.0.13
✓ Bad video streamThe stream freezes midway through a clip. Extremely annoying..Version: 2.5.1
✓ I must turn on notifications to use app?My response: delete..Version: 6.1.1
✓ FrustratingThe app keeps jumping to a different place in the stream of news. It’s very frustrating when I’m trying to scroll through. To the point where I’m about to delete the app.Version: 6.0.30
✓ Listen tabCan’t access the listen tab..Version: 10.0.0
✓ Has issuesUpdate..... for some reason the first hour of Good morning Joe is now replaced with The 11th hour. This and other problems that are becoming more prevalent have changed my star rating from 3 to 2. What is very annoying when you listen to the news programs. It’s ported through ... Tune in .... while it works it’s hit and miss in its delivery. The commercial breaks can and do cut off the program so you miss what the presenter is saying. The biggest problem is at the weekend. You have the same program repeated 3 times on the trot. Or your listening as I am at the moment to the 11th hour and your cut off and go to the Rachel maddow show which I’ve just listened to an hour ago. This happens on a to frequent basis and really needs fixing..Version: 6.0.28
✓ Where’s the live audio?The live audio hasn’t been working for a few days - keep getting “Error, something went wrong”. As an expat, I really miss staying in touch with what’s happening back home in real time. Thanks.Version: 10.0.0
✓ No dark modePlease upgrade to provide a dark mode option - much easier on our old and tired eyes.Version: 10.0.0
✓ UselessDoesn’t work outside the USA..Version: 6.0.22
✓ Since last iOS and tvOS update it have been garbageI use this app on my Apple TV and my iPhone. Since early April 2021 it’s been glitchy on both devices. On the phone images fail to load and frequently it tells me I’m offline (I’m not). On Apple TV it freezes, pixelates, then restarts the story. I’ve troubleshot my network, quit the app, restarted devices, deleted and redownloaded the app on both devices and even restored the phone... never resolves issue. Internet speeds are 115 mbps down and 10.5 up, using Ethernet or WiFi on Apple TV, or WiFi only on the iOS device..Version: 6.0.26
✓ Totally disgusting adsFor the last few months, the ads that appear throughout articles appearing in the app are actually worse than clickbait, the kind of stuff you see at the end of any normal webpage. They are not only utterly ridiculous but absolutely disgusting to look at. This includes drawings of people farting, people with skin disease, and all other kind of maladies. Then there are the utterly indescribable images of what appear to be human deformities. How this kind of garbage could ever be approved for display on a reputable news site is beyond me. What has happened to NBC News? The app works well and I trust the journalism of this organization but these ads render the site unusable for me..Version: 9.2.1
✓ PoorThe msnbc news now feed has stopped working and this is such a let down.Version: 6.0.26
✓ Infuriating appDon’t bother with this app if you are in Australia. Pictures don’t load and you get bombarded with ads from Temu, the aggressive Chinese online sales company that is trying to obliterate Australian vendors. The NBC app used to be good but no longer is..Version: 10.2.0
✓ Can’t listen since updatedLost connectivity after app asked me to update. Frustrating..Version: 10.1.0
✓ Video servers too slow!I have a fast wifi line and even with that the videos always intermittently freeze then jitters occur. Compared to other news video apps like CNN their videos load super fast and never halt in the middle of downloading a video. For a company like MSNBC we expect better hardware systems than this..Version: 2.1
✓ The App does not find the internet connection on my deviceThis App does not get any reception since the upgrade. After the upgrade the App keeps telling me that there is no connection and I should check my internet connection. However my internet connection and my device are working fine with every other App except for this NBC News App, which I used to enjoy. I have updated and restarted the App and restarted my device. Everything else is working and has internet receprion, except this App. What can I do?.Version: 7.1.0
✓ Fix the Now Playing live feed powered by TuneInThe redesigned Now Playing powered by TuneIn tab has issues. It randomly shuts down and especially ~10 minutes before the next MSNBC show. Deadline Whitehouse never shows as playing, though it is; most of the other shows now appear to be in the correct order. The addition of that ridiculously hugh 5 1/2”x5/8” now playing bar needs to go away! It cannot be moved and docked elsewhere on the screen or minimized; it’s always in the way blocking news stories and videos. Who thought this was a good idea?.Version: 10.1.0
✓ Way too many notifications…The app itself works well, but they need to calibrate what they think people need to be notified about immediately. Not knowing why Tiger Woods got in another crash is not breaking news. I had to turn the notifications off. I was getting 20 NBC news notifications for every 1 received from a competing network’s app. Ironically, they just had a segment about internet addiction featuring a guy that had trouble ignoring this sort of non-stop news..Version: 6.0.27
✓ Minor Issues Make Big DifferencesThere’s a lot of little things that are annoying. I have this on mobile, and it gets annoying. I can’t figure out how to search, so I can’t see anything but the past two days of news. It gets really annoying! I want to see stuff from the past, almost every other news app has this! It would also be nice to have subtitles on the videos. I don’t always have headphones with me, so it’s difficult to look at certain stories on the go. It would also make everything difficult for deaf people. Most everything else is great, the ads get annoying but it’s fine, gotta make money somehow I guess. Overall it’s an alright app, but these things start to get to you after a while..Version: 6.0.7
✓ App is okay, content is trashThe app works okay, with frequent scrolling issues, resetting, pictures failing to load and other glitches, it’s earned about 3 stars… The content, on the other hand, is trash. I keep the app to see what NBC is saying is the “news” and how they frame it, which is typically very biased and skewed. Please understand what you’re getting when you read this. The articles will always present you with one side, written from one point of view, and never include any contrary voices. Additionally, they pick only the articles they want you to view, of course. Their prerogative, of course, and your choice to read or not. Thanks for reading this review! Take care!.Version: 9.0.0
✓ UX poorThe user experience is very poor compared to countries in Europe. It could be a lot better..Version: 6.0.5
✓ Blank pagesRead the headline touch the screen to read the story. Some will come up on the top half of the screen you can then play the story. Problem arises when you touch it and it goes to a blank page seems to be those with a written story..Version: 5.1.3
✓ Bring back full screenA good news app overall, but after a recent update it’s no longer possible to watch video in full screen. Please bring it back!.Version: 9.1.0
✓ NBC news is great, The app as well…except…I see reviews here that are up to two years old that address my issues. NOTHING has been done to address the app’s “automatic refresh” boondoggle. This apparent “brain fart” of an idea is, in my opinion, screamingly frustrating! Literally every time I go to take in my daily diet of your news options on my iPad, I get automatically catapulted to an awfully rearranged menu. So many times I’ve been just about to make a selection and then “POOF” it’s gone! At which point I proceed to look for the item unsuccessfully and give up. I give up because of the other problem I have with it, “lousy search options”. Seriously??? This app is from the NBC that I’ve always loved and respected? As per usual, the content etc. are in line with how I’ve come to expect from you folks, top of the line. But these problems I’ve listed are what I’d expect from rank amateurs. (I’m not going into the bugs I’ve experienced, I don’t want to split hairs.) I love you guys. (Loved you better when news was a public service and not a corporate venture.) But even now you are the one I turn to. The best thing going. Please fix this weirdness? I think, by now the public knows how to push a “Refresh” button when THEY WANT..Version: 7.0.0
✓ Not stableNot smooth experience.Version: 6.0.23
✓ Apple TV : No control over playlistI watch this on the Apple TV and I am pretty irritated with their update… It’s been A while now and I wanted to check in on the news for the 2nd impeachment… I stopped using this app because they changed the way it deals with playlists… I wanted to check out msnbc highlights and I can’t skip around anymore… I am willing to watch ads, do not get me wrong, but I hate being locked into a playlist without being able to skip around… I’m willing to watch Ads! It’s a very frustrating experience… This app used to be better it feels like they did this to make sure I watched ads… squeezing out every nickel at the cost of user experience.Version: 6.0.25
✓ App is always buggyDon’t fix bugs for ages. Newest bug requires you to exit an article twice and sometimes even 3 times. Been this way for a month..Version: 9.2.1
✓ Very annoying.I love being able to listen to my favorite NBC news sources, but I hate that it frequently shuts off, errors out and tells me “Something went wrong please retry. Multiple times almost every time I try and use the live feeds. I’m at home. My WiFi is on, not cutting out, not even once and yet your app’s live feeds shut off every ten-twenty minutes. And tells me “Something went wrong please retry. It’s 4:00 now, It happened four times since I sat down at my desk at 3:00 The app occasionally would do this but it only recently begun to do it with such annoying frequency. I usually just get frustrated and switch to one of the CBS feeds.Version: 10.1.0
✓ Nearly impossible to use on iPadThis app has one really annoying glitch. When I'm trying to read through the headlnes on the main news page, the app suddenly jumps, completely on its own, to somewhere else on the page. It may be up or down, but the headline I was looking at just disappears and the screen is centered in a new, random, place on the page. Then I have guess whether to scroll up or down to get back to where I was. If this is because the page was refreshed, please give us a button to do the refresh when the user wants it refreshed - don't aggravate the user by jumping away from what they were trying to read! Otherwise, the coverage seems to be very good. I just can't stand the way the app annoys me. If it didn't do that, I'd give it 5 stars..Version: 6.0.12
✓ Too slow & poor selectionVery slow too load even on a fast wifi connection, poor selection of programs..Version: 2.5
✓ Bring back old appYou really screwed it up Fix it !.Version: 5.0
✓ Channel 4 Cols OHDon’t just tell people to check website.... Some people do NOT have a computer or don’t easily know how to get to the site you’re telling about..... Just TELL us what we need to know....or put at bottom of screen like school closings. I volunteer at StAnns; yesterday the volunteer coordinator sent out a list of resources for community..... it was very informative & most that I have never heard about in the past 2 weeks watching TV & news conferences. That’s not serving ALL of your community. Thank you. Jan.Version: 6.0.13
✓ Not impressed!I haven't been able to watch a full video for days now. It plays for a bit then keeps winding back to the beginning. This is very frustrating. I tried videos from other news network and it works fine. Not impressed..Version: 2.5.1
✓ Bias newsYou have to much negativity toward the president.Version: 6.0.13
✓ The Jumping News Streaming serviceNBC has great news articles and reports and I particularly like the thoughtful opinion pieces. But what is with their app! While scrolling through the menu it jumps And bumps and moves. I’ll be in the politics section of the main screen and it jumps to the Meet the Press section. It actually makes me anxious to use this app. There’s got to be a simple way to change that..Version: 7.0.0
✓ Please let us filter notificationsI only want notifications for breaking news. I do not want notifications for stories about how people love Korean corn dogs or other random stories. I am trying to reduce the amount of times I pick up my phone, but I want to stay informed if something important is actually going on. If we could have an option to only get notified for actual breaking news, that would be great. I am about to turn off all notifications because I am tired of my phone dinging at me every hour, and usually for stories that I would definitely not consider important breaking news..Version: 10.1.0
✓ DisappointmentThis app is worthless. Nothing to do with the content. Just that all I can see are the picture/headlines. When I click on a story I get nothing but black screen. After months of sending messages asking them about the problem—no response. Too bad. They used to be good, and the news content probably still is. They just don’t care about the delivery medium. Maybe the same techie geeks that build the app are managing the online feedback and don’t pass on the complaints. Whatever, I’m deleting it forthwith..Version: 7.0.0
✓ Broke appSince last update it now takes two or three taps on the back arrow to exit a story..Version: 9.2.1
✓ Constantly Forced to Sign InI view content on the Apple TV app, and every hour (sometimes more or less) the app closes itself and I am forced to constantly sign back in. Sometimes I log in and select MSNBC and instead of loading video content, it goes to a blue screen. Then, I am forced to force close the app and restart the process again. It has been doing this for well over a year. It’s exhausting and makes watching NBC coverage more trouble than what it’s worth..Version: 6.0.28
✓ Fake newsTheir news is very liberal biased tbh..Version: 6.0.10
🙂 NBC News: Breaking & US News Positive Reviews
NBC News: Breaking & US News works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or contact NBC News: Breaking & US News.
⛔ NBC News: Breaking & US News Problems
