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Hawaii News Now App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
Hawaii News Now app received 38 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Hawaii News Now? Can you share your negative thoughts about hawaii news now?
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✓ Needs a lot of workThis app has a lot of issues starting with app refresh in the middle of reading an article that causes the app to go to the main page and then I have to look for the article again. Also when an article closes sometimes it’s very difficult to locate especially if I opened the article from a notification so it’s not necessarily on the front page. But my biggest issue is the ads. I don’t mind ads but when you hide an ad in the guise of a legit article that’s messed up. I saw an “article” about improving blood glucose in diabetes only to find out it’s a scam ad for a scam video to get me to buy a scam book. For a news local news app I would hope they wouldn’t try to sucker us for a couple bucks.Version: 6.6.4
✓ Unpleasant user experience for meI find that the app can sometimes be useful but more often than not it will waste my time. I’ve inquired repeatedly about why I get an alert on my phone and when I click on it it does not take me to the related news article. I’ve NEVER received a single response. Furthermore when I search throughout the app for the related news article it’s never to be found. The search feature only finds information from weeks and months past. Instead I am bombarded by pop up ads and the like that are entirely irrelevant. Occasionally I’ll find the story I’m looking for and have interest in but invariably I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time and effort chasing “breaking” news alerts that are never to be found. I’ve learned to no longer attempt clicking the alert and simply go to another news source to find the info..Version: 7.0.13
✓ The stars are for content...The app on the other hand makes me crazy. I know HNN is a good source for local news, but the app is seriously glitchy. It doesn’t keep track of where you’ve scrolled, so if you read an article, it’s a crapshoot whether it will pop you to the top or save your place when you come out. Also, too many of the alerts redirect from the app to a web browser for live updates. 1) Those videos have played for me maybe twice and after an ad, so if someone is speaking live, I miss part of their speech. 2) I’m not always in a place where I can listen to audio..Version: 6.6.4
✓ Alert with no storyIt’s frustrating when you receive an alert about an unfolding story and you can’t find the story anywhere. Seems like when you click on the alert it would take you to to story. Nope, just advertisements. Has so much potential!.Version: 6.7.13
✓ App keeps freezing, too many adsToo many ads, especially the articles with videos. I expand the videos so I could watch it sideways & comfortably on my mobile device, then the video freezes. The app then freezes & it won’t let me minimize the screen. I’m always having to close the app & open it again. Same problem occurs. Happens every single time. It’s not my phone b/c it happens with everyone else’s smart phone. Do a better job, Hawaii news now..Version: 6.6.4
✓ Hard to navigate & mostly adsHighly recommend just using the HNN website over this app—since the last redesign it seems slower and filled with even more ads. The news content itself, which is of high quality, annoyingly seems to be randomly thrown together in one place with little to no strategy for viewers to easily find they’re looking for. If all you want to see the latest video surf/weather update, you must either use their website or spend 15 minutes of searching & watching ads on their even worse HNN weather app..Version: 6.7.0
✓ HorribleI get a notice of a story and cannot get to it through your horrible app. I understand the desire to place ads all over your app but you have way too many and often your app just dies as I try to maneuver through all the garbage. Have you tried it? This is not just once in awhile. It’s every single time! Why I keep trying I don’t know. It frustrates me more and more. I was born and raised in Hawaii. I want to be proud of my state. This is so bad I don’t even refer anyone to use it..Version: 6.7.13
✓ Where’s the article?I see others with the same complaint but it’s still not fixed. A notification for a story pops up. Tapping it doesn’t get you to the story — it just opens the app. And most of the time the story isn’t there at all under latest news until sometime later. If I’m really interested I do a google search and read it elsewhere. I’m not surprised given the comedy of errors on the evening newscasts..Version: 6.7.11
✓ When are the notifications going to point to the actual story?If I see something interesting pop up in my notifications from this app, I usually end up having to Google the issue in my browser instead. Another issue I have are sports games being spoiled. Don’t tell me who won or what the final score is. The notification could easily read “tap here to find out who won the game between X and Y”..Version: 6.7.13
✓ From first to worstI gave the new HNN app a one-star rating only because there isn’t a zero star icon. It went from being one of the most used apps on my iPhone to being totally deleted in its new form. It’s not often that a website is easier to use than an app, but this is the case here. The new app hangs during the launch process, and no amount of deleting and re-installing makes a difference..Version: 6.6.7
✓ App is too difficultI like the fact that I get notified of happenings, but I hate the fact that once I tap on the notification I can’t find it anywhere in the app. So basically I know something happened I just don’t know what or where to find out wha happened…at least not in the app. I got phone a friend or ask another news station. Of course it could be that I’m just not tech savvy 🤷🏻🤷🏻♀️🤯😡.Version: 7.0.7
✓ Very DiasppointedVery disappointed in the weather section of the HNN News app. Since installing this app, the weather section has worked maybe 4 times at the most. What’s up with that?!? Could it be that HNN wants us to also install their weather app? Why would I want to do that when I should be able to get the weather info I need from one app?!? I’m also disappointed that there now seems to be no easy way to save an article. I used to be able to save articles that a friend on the mainland would be interested in and send them to her at a more convenient time. Now I have to share the articles before they disappear, and due to the time difference, she sometimes ends up receiving them at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m.!!! Not good, HNN! This newer version is so disappointing that I’ve had to install the Star Advertiser app. I receive updates to the news much faster on their app. If the bugs aren’t fixed soon, I’ll be deleting the HNN app and installing KHON..Version: 6.7.2
✓ Notification links have never worked!Notifications sent to the iPhone do not link back to that article in the iPhone app. This has been the case for years and has never been fixed. It would be nice to be able to tap on a notification and be taken to the app where the full text of the article may be found..Version: 7.0.7
✓ Aloha SpirtI enjoy reading and keeping up to date with what is happening in Hawaii. I have been saddened watching the changes on the beautiful island. Hawaii being run by Democrats. High taxes, crime. We are heading back to Hawaii now and in January and that will be our last time. Your Senator Hirono was an embarrassment and not very smart. Definitely no Aloha for her and a sad example. We have been coming to have for 30 years and it is just not the islands we use to know!.Version: 5.0.3
✓ So disappointedI love Hawaii News Now on TV but this app is terrible. Soooo many ads to click through compared to other news apps. I just clicked on a story supposedly about a Kaneohe grandmother. Being a Kaneohe grandmother this was particularly interesting to me - but no, it was another advertisement clothed in a “news story.”To get the weather there are often 10 clicks just to the temperature- come on! Why not charge for the app and give us a good one?.Version: 6.7.13
✓ Wow what a piece of junkThis app is pretty awful. First of all the grammar and spelling mistakes rampant in the articles are laughable. When you download the app to read some news or watch a video. You have to watch an advertisement. EVERY TIME!! Sometimes the app freezes after the advertisement then you have to close the app and watch another 15 to 20 second advertisement. Not to mention along the bottom of the app you’re constantly getting spammed with pop-ups advertising the latest nonsense. This app is more about generating money and cash flow than actually presenting you with news and information..Version: 6.6.4
✓ Useless AppWhat’s the point of having Breaking News Notifications that have broken links that don’t take you to the story?! Instead it takes you to the home page - then you’re on your own searching for the story. Hello anxiety! Every alert that popped up is a Debbie Downer Negative Story to cause fear. I don’t need 20+ notifications with depressing headline to ruin my day. Weather Radar map doesn’t even work! Got worse after the new update! Worst app ever!.Version: 6.6.7
✓ The most horrible news appI have downloaded then eventually deleted this news app so many times; more than I care to remember. I am finally giving up and deleting it for good! I have been patient over so many years hoping to see the HNN app developers fix it and see improvements! This is the crappiest most useless news app. It’s an abysmal fail. I can’t find news articles and when I get a notification and I immediately click on it should take me directly to that article but it doesn’t. I get a big page ad covering the entire screen and I can’t find the news. In fact I can’t find any news at all. When I finally find articles I can’t find the article specific to the notification I just received. I have many other news apps for national and worldwide news and it’s so simple. I’ll have to find a different app to get my local news. Here’s a tip….check out the other news apps and take a lesson..Version: 6.7.11
✓ What a crappy app!!I get alerts from HNN. If I click on the alert, the app loads. It shows an ad. If I click the upper right “x”, the ad disappears and another ad loads. When I click on the “x”, that second ad closes, and takes me to the main menu which shows a bunch of panels for various categories of news. So which one contains the story I wanted to read? Who knows? I select the main panel. No story accompanying the subject of the alert exists. What a waste of time !!.Version: 6.6.7
✓ This a business ap, not a news apWhen you open the ap you have to sit there and watch 3 commercials before you can see any news. Then, some of the “news stories” aren’t news, they are ads written like news articles and embedded next to news articles. You think you are clicking on a news story but it’s just an ad for a product written like a news article. What a scam.....Version: 6.6.7
✓ Read all the recent reviews… they’re right!Yep, just like everyone else, this app is horrible. I can’t even get to the news stories because it’s behind a video ad that won’t close, after it plays, if you tap anywhere in the top 1/3 of the screen to try and access the “top stories” link under the ad, the ad just replays over and over. Think about that… more effort went into making sure the app works for advertising than the effort needed to simply bring you the news. That should tell you where they’re priorities are. Deleting the app as soon as I post this. Bye Felicia, you greedy girl..Version: 6.6.7
✓ Not great; Notifications don’t actually open news storyI have many complaints abt this app one of which is when I get a notification abt a breaking news story and try to tap it to read the story, it acts like it’s going to open the app initially but then immediately switches to open a webpage with all the top stories, and I can never find the one I was trying to read about. Plus weather info is limited and no Doppler map option. Come on HNN app developers, you can do better..Version: 6.6.1
✓ Invest in Better App DevelopersThis app truly deserves zeros stars for its watch live and notifications. The watch live is based on a browser and I constantly have to refresh it to get it working - it does not seem to play nice with iOS. The commercials will also come on at random times and then I will need to refresh again to get the live content, if I am able to at all. Traffic notifications will also not bring up any content if you click on them. It will bring you into their app to the traffic page, but there will be be mention of the accident/incident they notify you on. The notifications are worthless since there is a line limitation and their message gets cut off..Version: 6.7.8
✓ New unimprovements !I have used this app for years, but questioning whether to continue. The supposed new upgrades have left me baffled. Being offered categories of the content isn’t new but the ability to read a piece and return to the list is non existent. It goes back to the the opening and requires multiple clicks to start over after EVERY article read!? There is no return click available, it feels like a devolution to use it. So drawn out to go through the chosen category that I will likely drop this app. It has changed but not upgraded!!!.Version: 6.6.6
✓ The most frustrating news App!!The app notifies you in real time with news updates and breaking news but when you click the notification link, it does not take you to the story and the story cannot even be found anywhere in the app until much later. There is another review with the same feedback from 3 years ago which means they have NOTHING to fix this issue. Terrible app, needs lots of work!.Version: 7.0.11
✓ Frustrating AppWhenever I click the latest update notification it takes me to the app but the latest update is never there. I see part of the notification so I tap it, the app opens up, but the story/news related to the notification doesn't exist. For example, a traffic update notification takes me to the app, to the traffic section but it's all old news like from days ago..Version: 7.0.9
✓ Unable to watchRarely leave reviews On both my iPad and iPhone, previous version(s) of the app would allow me to have the live news streaming while working with different apps on my devices. Only noticed that HNN is either on or off after upgrading devices to 16.5 and HNN app to 7.0.8. Any help if it’s a missed setting would be greatly appreciated.Version: 7.0.8
✓ Notifications but no article.Several times a day I get notifications for news story but when I click the notifications it simply opens the app to a few ads but no article. I search the app and even load up your site on my desktop and I cannot find the articles. It’s very frustrating and confusing. Please fix this..Version: 7.0.5
✓ Hardly ever worksLive streaming is very iffy on firestick. Just couldn’t get it to play live at all. It would play 3 commercials skipping through and then jump back to the app picture without playing any news. Horrible. Would start then jump back to HNN home screen. Frustrating. Rven on iphone, sometimes works sporadically or not at all. Last 2 days, not at all. Hopeless!.Version: 7.0.7
✓ Not organized, can’t find alertsWhen the “traffic” tab is open there’s nothing about traffic, just other news stories. Why have tabs if all the news is just sorted randomly? Example: I received an alert about a road closure but when I click on the alert it only takes me to the main page and I can’t find anything about the traffic alert or road closure. (This happens a LOT.).Version: 5.0.3
✓ Is that an ad or a news article?Since the last update, it takes an extra click to get to the main headlines and the app seems to have way more ads. It actually makes it tough to distinguish between a link to a news article vs a link to an ad or trash site. However, this is still free and the update brought on some nice styling touches..Version: 6.7.1
✓ Horrendously Greedy App!The newest version of the app, in its haste to extract advertising revenue from eyeballs, forgot it’s primary purpose is to deliver the news. The app is buggy and doesn’t go where you point it and keeps putting advertisement obstacles in your way. I tried to make it work—the station is a good source of local news. I eventually deleted the app and surrendered to Google News. Did you really have to be so greedy?.Version: 6.6.5
✓ Notifications-I totally agree with tfyoder1 !!The tile on the homescreen (like many other apps) has a red circle with a number in it showing you your number of notifications. However, UNLIKE most other apps, opening the program to see these notifications immediately shows you a giant ad, followed essentially by “Go fish”! There is no easy way to specifically see these notifications. Update Aug. 13, 2021: tfyoder1’s review was a year ago, mine slightly newer. However after a year, NOTHING has been done to correct this behavior and bring the app inline with most others. Reiterating what I said above, the app is quick to throw up a (literal) red flag, then show you nothing but ads. Going to notifications doesn’t help; you still play “Go fish”. I’m lowering my rating and I’m about to delete this “Cry Wolf” app..Version: 6.7.4
✓ Fire person in charge!Who ever is in charge of this app needs to be fired! I click on a news video on a topic for example a car crash and the video is about a seal giving birth. I click on the rail corruption. The video is about a seal giving birth. The seal gives birth in 6 videos! Does anyone check what’s put on the app before posting? It was funny in the beginning but now it’s irritating. If not for RP I’d delete this app!.Version: 6.7.6
✓ Frustrating appI give it two stars just for existing. But it’s annoying when I get a notification for news and when I click on the notification it takes me to the app but nothing about that article is there. This happens the majority of the time. Even if I click on “News” the article usually isn’t appearing there either. When someone gets a notification of a news bit, shouldn’t clicking on it take you directly there so you can read it? This means the news on this app is very delayed and not in sync with the notifications. Please fix!.Version: 6.2.12
✓ Constant NegativityHawaii News Now is the most negatively geared news network I’ve ever watched and I’ve lived in 7 states. Every headlines purpose is meant to scare, worry or anger the follower (ie. cops get off in court but taxpayers will foot the bill for civil defense, with relaxed protocols and covid on the rise people want more regulation, etc.). This platform should attempt to protect the people, address and fix problems while putting smiles on people’s faces throughout the day. SHAME ON YOU, HNN. You are on the wrong team..Version: 6.7.11
✓ Breaking news never worksI get notifications from this app but they never work for me. Clicking on the notification opens the app, immediately shows me an ad, I close the ad, then it shows me another ad, I close that ad and then it takes me to a streaming page that never loads. The notifications for breaking news is worthless to me since it has never worked. I’d like it to work but can’t seem to figure out why it’s like this. Completely useless as it stands right now..Version: 6.7.13
✓ The New Version Is Worse Than The OriginalI don't write negative reviews of apps, but in this case I must make an exception. Following the rewrite of this app in mid 2018, it has been much worse to use than before. Now, it is not even possible to click on an image and zoom in on it; videos do not play properly and sometimes even cause the app to forget which page you are on (when an unexpected full-page pop-over ad covers over the top of the player and the article and block everything, which you can only dismiss by clicking on a small X at the top of the advertisement which then loses your context in the app); and also the front page listing of all of the stories is much more long-winded now whereas before it was a nice simple list of headlines which you could easily select. It's a shame that what could've become a much better app has actually gone from a five star to a three star app in my opinion. I would say try another Hawaii news app (I have gone back to the KITV4app for now) and keep this one on the side in the hopes that it will be improved at some point in the future..Version: 6.2.3
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