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ABC7 Chicago News & Weather Negative Reviews

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ABC7 Chicago News & Weather App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2023

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Stop auto-playing videosAs you scroll down, the photos accompanying the story headlines change instantly into a video that usually begins with nothing but a talking head. Don't do that until I click on the story!! I'd prefer to just see the initial photo while I read the beginning of the story. There's no sound anyway so what's the point of auto-changing to the video? If I wanted to see it, I would simply click on the story. Can you let your readership make up our own minds, please? We're not idiots. This is very distracting and annoying..Version: 6.0.1

TerribleThe layout is terrible! It is very difficult to read news items, when you have ads and pop-ups mixed in together. Having half page items makes it extremely difficult to enjoy reading news with ads mixed in. The old app was much easier to read. Channel 7 Chicago is my go to local news station, however your app is the worse in the city. News items are not updated and tend to stay much to long..Version: 6.0.4

CRAPPY STREAMING!!!!It amazes me that a billion dollar broadcasting company can't manage to hire someone that knows how to keep the live stream of the Chicago news up. Constantly cuts out in the middle of a story to show stupid stills of sports scores but yet can manage to stream every stupid commercial my real score of this app is -5/10. Get your crap together ABC!!! P.S. get landscape for videos what a failure you are..Version: 7.12

I didn’t click thatImagine trying to scroll through the news and suddenly you pass by (and not even tap) an advertisement when bam your safari opens up an instantly your app store opens up. No I just want the news, have your advertisements but don’t make it open pages/apps that I have no interest in ever. At that point I’m over being informed and don’t return to this app. I will be deleting the app and getting my news elsewhere..Version: 7.21.0

Poor App DesignI have never seen a news app with more flaws than this one. I have had a notification badge indicator on my app from the day I installed it saying there is at least one notification, yet I can’t find where the notifications coming from inside the app since it doesn’t tell you nor will it clear. If you go to the feedback form from within settings the feedback form won’t even load. Poor reliability, poor design and poor support..Version: 7.17.1

Malware? One-option pop-ups.Started getting pop-up message boxes (blue background) offering to install something or do something- the messages were very vague. I do not recall what they were, I am sorry to say. There was NO "Cancel" or "No" button option, only "Accept" or "Yes". It was not possible to get rid of them or go back either; I had to quit the app each time. After three of these appeared in one day, I uninstalled the app. Was I looking at a trojan or something? Who knows, especially now that App store integrity has been breached, which is more reason to never, ever click on pop-ups offering no option but "yes" anyway. As for ABC's news, as presented through this app, the writing was often terrible, full of half-sentences with words missing or in a weird order. Contradictory statements were common. All the proofreaders seem to be on a permanent break..Version: 7.12

CrashesCrashes , doesn't even open.Version: 2.2

I like the previous version betterI detest this app. With the re-design, you pick what I see first. I want to chose what I want to see by clicking on something rather than having to scroll through what you think is most important. The my news tab is based on what you think I want to see first. I prefer the old layout much better. Please go back to the drawing board on this app..Version: 6.2.0

It freezes and it just kept on crashing 😡I love and used this app for this very long time I am a Abc7 need fans in Chicago I lived in Indiana but now is getting so frustrating now because when I want to see the article and watch the news everyday to see what going around me I am depending on this app to keep the updates now it get so out of hand it keeps crashing and it freezes when I tried to watch the video too also it so many ignoring ads it got so frustrating I had too ending up watch it on the website on my desktop please please please fix this problems 😩.Version: 7.10

Bad alerts full of unlabeled adsIf you just want the headline alerts, ok. But so often if you don't click on them within 5 minutes the story is no longer there or you scroll endlessly looking for the story. But you can be sure that the bought stories that CNN huffington post and the others have are all at the top and easy to find. What good is this "local" news Furthermore why are items god enough to send headline alerts about but can’t be found on the site. This is a crummy - to give it a good name- and poorly executed app!!.Version: 5.3.3

Automatic video playback is horribleI have always been an ABC 7 fan and therefore relied on the app to keep up with the news. I’ve recently become increasingly annoyed with the relatively new feature that causes the video to a story to play automatically when a story is opened. Quite often I am not in a position, nor do I want, to hear the story when the words are right there for me to read. On top of that, it’s nearly impossible to mute the video quickly. I’m now finding myself using other news apps without that feature. Please change it back!.Version: 6.4.1

InconsistentIn the beginning, this app was great. It had excellent content, was timely and informative. Within the last two years, there have been nothing but problems. At times, the app won’t launch at all. The wrong picture is often shown on the posts. Lively commercials are placed before horrible tragedies which is just awful. Sometimes, when stories are selected, nothing happens or there is no sound or the wrong video is shown. You never know what you will get with the app. I’ve been so frustrated with this app that I’ve avoided it for weeks. It needs some major improvements..Version: 7.23.0

Missing news segment / no search link in appI am seeking a short segment that aired on tv/channel 7 at 10:00 PM September 18, 2021, it was of a small rally earlier that day, at the Federal Plaza for Ruth Bader Ginsberg. I saw it on TV and wanted to find it again but it is not online anywhere and it's not within this app either. You don't even have a search option in this app! None that I can find, anyway. 😔.Version: 7.19

The best turned almost into the worst!I really liked this app at first because this used to be the next best thing when I would miss the live broadcasting. Now I just mainly use it for the weather because the app keeps randomly closing while I’m reading. This used to happen only every blue moon and now it’s almost all the time. This makes me want to uninstall the app and just view the news via Safari. The app is much easier to use but I guess that’s what I will have to do..Version: 7.5

MehThere is a setting for what kind of news you want. Mine has all the important ones — local, traffic, politics, U.S. and world. NOWHERE have I selected sports, human interest or consumer stories. Nevertheless, this app (and, more specifically, the humans behind it) constantly sends me stories from the categories I have not selected and rarely do I get anything I have chosen to receive. I just received one about not getting ripped off on home rentals. Yesterday, it was about bicyclists. I’m NOT INTERESTED..Version: 7.17.1

Difficult to navigate and annoyingThe latest update has provided and app that is more difficult to navigate to get to the stories and topics that you would want to read first. I liked being able to just open up the navigation menu and select the topic I want to read. Now, even with the customizable news, you have to scroll through each individual story to find something to read. It’s annoying now. Bring back the navigation menu..Version: 6.0.1

River dying for St. Patrick’s DayI waited to watch the dying of the river. Your site continued to grow excitement for this event- starting at 09:00. Well, you failed! At 09:17 there was a short panning of the event (approx. 30 sec). Then cut to news, then gave a panning of 2/3 street and the rest of river- speed boat. Suggestion: don’t promise to do something you don’t plan to follow up on. By 09:20-25, there is a better picture - but in my opinion- to late. And remember- at least an hour before the event was the promise to show the beginning of the dying- nice😟.Version: 6.3.0

Slow cuz of all the ads!Full of ads that slow it down and video ads that now start by themselves. As the ad images load the article resizes and u loose the place you are reading at. Maybe if i only used it on fast WiFi it would be ok. I often have to use it with cell signal which makes it a poor experience. After years of putting up with it getting worse I’m uninstalling and switching to another Chicago news app..Version: 7.5

Ads cause the app to crashIt would be better if ads weren’t crammed into every nanosecond of reports. A weather video won’t play until the ad plays and sometimes ad audio plays over the video. Then the video is cut short for another ad or the entire app crashes as soon as the ad starts. Suggestion: get rid of the ads or fix them so you can skip them like in other video apps it’s not necessary to play a 2 minute ad. Most you tube ads are 5-10 seconds long or are a banner that can be closed once seen. ABC Get with the program and dump long ads. Also Tracy Butlers morning forecast is Useless... ads run longer than her nanosecond weather report. I can look out the window and get more info on the weather. This app is a waste of time for weather or any reports unless you like to watch ads..Version: 6.3.0

Loud Ads Ignore Volume Pref, Crashes a LotClick a headline to read an article. And one of two things happen. Video auto plays. No issue there. But since April’s update, an ad will play at LOUD volume despite my phone’s volume on/off AND despite my pref in the app to play the news video with volume or not. I prefer to READ the articles, and most often as an activity while others are around which I don’t want to disturb. The sudden blast of an ad is startling to me and anyone nearby. It’s sorta nice to see the news video play as I read albeit muted. If I want volume, I’ll replay it unmuted. But for an ad to ignore volume setting within app and with phone silenced is enough for to stop using the app if not fixed soon. And, the app crashes a lot. As in 2-3 times before I get to end of an article. Not every article but prob half the ones I click into in one sitting. Again, that plus the ad volume is so frustrating I really don’t want to bother. Shame because this is the best app for local news here both in coverage and in user friendly interface (until last update)..Version: 6.4.1

Definitely NOT an upgradeI stream the morning telecast each weekday morning - at least I was able to until the upgrade to the new lay out/format. Never had a problem with internet connection. Now, I can’t live stream. Says I have to internet connection. Sorry, but I do. Same place as I used to stream this with no changes to my internet service. Also, everything is harder to find. I thought the previous layout worked very well. No problems with change here - change is good as long as we can still get the information we want and need. I would send a picture to prove I have internet connection, but I can’t seem to paste a picture here..Version: 6.0.1

Horrible updateThis is a horrible update! Like other viewers it keeps telling me I need an internet connection, so there is nothing there. I know it’s the app because all my other apps connect. When I can see things, it’s not user friendly, hard to find stories. Also, I stream the news, and can’t always find it, or it won’t work. I finally really figured out the last update and don’t know why such a drastic change had to occur. If a better update doesn’t become available soon I will have to find an app that can actually show me news, which I hate because abc7chicago is my favorite station to watch, especially in the morning..Version: 6.0.1


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