High confidence · Latest 100 of 20.6K total reviews analyzed

Mixed

Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate content quality and relevance and reliability of information, but report technical stability and crashes and aggressive auto-play and ads.

Rating: 4.6

Reviews: 20.6K

Confidence: high

How did the latest release land?

Overall
4.5/ 5
(20.6K)
Current version
4.6/ 5
+0.1 vs overall
(16K)
Main signal post-update: content Quality and Relevance.

Review themes

Praise

What users love

  • Content Quality and Relevance
    • Best news source in the Bay area
    • Keeps you dated with current events at home and around the world
    • I really enjoy the morning show. Real people and love the intelligence of the news crew.
  • Reliability of Information
    • I trust them to tell it like it is!
    • I appreciate how quickly the most recent news appears.
Complaint

Common complaints

  • Technical Stability and Crashes
    • App no longer works even after updating and deleting / reinstalling. It takes you to a blue screen
    • App stopped working entirely. Just shows a blue screen
    • App freezes up when I switch windows, and I have to close and reopen it
  • Aggressive Auto-play and Ads
    • The amount of ads is overwhelming and significantly detracts from the user experience
    • Auto plays over zoom calls, auto plays over podcasts, auto plays over phone calls
    • Started live stream and it’s still playing ads!

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