I enjoy abc news very much, but I really dislike the new format. It is almost as if it is a random collection of news stories. The interests should not be placed first. When I open up a news app, I want to see the top stories of the day. Stories related to my interests should be in a separate section or further down. As, always, ABC news has stellar reporting, but the format needs to be changed. On the plus side, ABC news live works very well.
K’s TrueExpierence
When the app actually works its great. notification links don't work and when i go to the app pages just spin. sometimes they work sometimes they don't. This only happens with the ABC news app. I'm very disappointed and I'm going to delete the app as there is no point in me having it if it won't work.
A Google user
5 ⭐ 1 ⭐ = 3 ⭐ App itself, 1 star. The sharing icon has just disappeared. Have they changed it to an app you can't share from or is it just me? Videos have always had issues but I'm a reader so that doesn't bother me. But reading a great story and not being able to share it does. Papers like NYTimes, Washington Post have great apps, surely Disney can do better than this app. Now for their content I give 5 stars, it's not bias like so many others are. Toodalo ABC.
A Google user
It is an OK app if you want the top 1 or 2 news stories. The videos attached to the stories almost never match the article itself. Some of the time the videos show a "not compatible with your device" error message. I have a Galaxy S9 plus. There have to be better news apps out there. Delete.
A Google user
Trying to watch a video is a long and sometimes frustrating experience today tried watching 4 videos. All four videos I had to watch the same commercial, i wasnt interested the first time, or the 2nd time, or the third time, and definitly not the forth time i had to watch it without the ability to skip. I got to see one of the four videos, 2 of the 4 videos i got a run down of today's news, and on the forth vodeo i got and endless stream of ads. So if you want to only read the news this app wrks
Michele Wezeman
Not user friendly, even when you just want to scroll or view clips, and not accessible unless you pay for your TV, though you can access free on regular TV. I'm disappointed. I expected more from ABC, though they have become more generic and seemingly lazy over the years, so maybe not so surprised. They seem to just repeat the stories of the week. No true investigative or revealing news.
A Google user
OH!, how I wish I could rate this app with 0 stars...without a doubt this is the WORST PERFORMING app out of over 100 on my phone...it freezes &/or crashes within 2-5 mins. of opening the app every time!!! This DOESN'T happen at ALL with any of my other News Apps or others period!...not with NBC or CBS or FOX!!!...they usually perform flawlessly by comparison.
raffinataonline
Constantly reloading or something. Can't even finish reading an article with constant ads loading & disrupting page position. Honestly, ABC, just fix it. Ridiculous. And now, evidently, we're all to subscribe to HULU to watch ABC specials. Great. Another streaming service. How incredibly annoying. 11/22: So now they've updated the app. Terrible format.
West London Guy
The live stream is unwatchable. Maybe it is because I am a European but there is an ad break every few minutes. At least on the CBS app the fill the space with 'inhouse' advertising. Even in the UK our commercial channels don't run ads as often as the US does. I don't need a 3min pee break every two and a half minutes!
Carrie Ramsden
I use this app every morning to get caught up on the news. I'm finally getting use to the new version, but I miss the old version, which I could watch gma much easier. The video news stories don't get updated on the weekend 😪 Also, please stop doing video news stories where it's all written caption and no one talking. I play the videos while I'm getting ready in the morning so I can listen to the news.
