Leave a Review NBC 5 Chicago
FIX YOUR APP ALREADY!!
Are you kidding me?!? Your app (yes… It is YOUR app! Not me… Not my phone… Not user error… etc…) has not been displayed correct times, temperature, or really any data for MONTHS NOW!! I have confirmed this with multiple other friends and family members, and they are all having the same issue as well! It will say “your location” 8pm and 70 degrees when it’s 1am and 58 degrees out. Then slide to the next location on my list (the city I live in/should be my location as well) and it gives a completely different time and temperature like 2pm and 82 degrees outside. And yes… It does the same thing with neighboring cities as well… It’s literally all sorts out of whack! Get someone on patching this issue already, will you?? This is ridiculous that I haven’t been able to use my go to weather app anymore for literal months now because no data is syncing and/or is displaying correctly!Show lessJKizzy35
Ads too many and too large
I get news notifications. When I tap on one, it opens in the app which is extremely tiresome to use/read on because there are way too many ads which are also very big. I have to do more scrolling than news reading. Too many ads also make the app way too slow to read the news because the adds are all graphics and video.
It’s much quick to read the news by just going to Safari, typing a few keywords and reading the news on other sites. If there’s an NBC search result on Safari, when I tap on it, it still opens in the NBC app. There’s no way to choose to open in Safari. Annoying NBC.Show lessMardeedee
Developer Response
Sorry to hear about your experience. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration for future updates.“Still there” notification is annoying
I’ve always had this app just for important news/weather notification. Recently I’m getting notifications asking if I’m “still there” and that they’ve “noticed I haven’t opened the app in a while”.
Not a huge deal, but a little annoying- just wanted to provide the feedback.Djx0708
NBC app
Love it. Always “my go to”. The only issue is when you are viewing an alert and reading it and you want to delete it, the “x” to delete it is so small that when you tap on it, it opens up the alert again. It’s a pain. Can you make the “X” bigger or create a swipe to the left feature to delete it easier. Thanks!Show lessMyrna M.
Great except for video player
The app works very well except for the video player. I'll often click on articles and have a suggested video that seems to be related to the story. After clicking, it's usually a live broadcast and unrelated to what I'm looking at.
When the video is correct, the player is unstable. Going into full screen doesn't truly put you in landscape mode - the speakers don't correctly play audio from both sides (top and bottom speakers) of the phone. Furthermore, spatial audio with AirPods seems to always be used dispute having it disabled in my phone settings. Improving the video player would really increase the usability of the app.Show lessGgvj
I liked the weather option.
Within the last few days, the weather option does not work. It has worked for years, and I used this app more often than the Weather Channel.
Now it says no chart available.
Sometimes it will give me weather for another town that I have programmed in, but, when I ask for my town, it continues to give me the previous town’s information.
I have been forced to use the Weather Channel.
I deleted the app, then reloaded it from the App Store, and it still says no chart available.Show lesswilmaphillips
Who the heck remodeled this app!?
Some computer nut just revamped this app and it’s horrible. You used to be able to find articles easily. There used to be a number in a red dot outside the app to let you know how many alerts there were. All you had to do is open the app and touch the little bell that had the red dot on it and it pulled up all the new stories. Now I have this huge number on the outside of the app but when I open it there is nothing that indicates new stories. I can’t get rid of the number. Please fire the idiot that remodeled the NBC 5 app and bring back the old one.Show lessSuzie47
Unnecessary notifications
Why does your app notifications leave us “biting our nails” for the news, while other news apps give us enough information via the Notification Center to get by? So much unnecessary. I don’t have to click into your notification for updates when another app gives the exact “nail biting” update right beneath you in my Notification Center, with more information. Which app do you think gets more praise? You guessed it. That’s why you get 2 ⭐️’s.Show lessibsweiss
NBC
This is the best app. I get everything from them. Weather updates ( and believe me if it is bad weather near by you will know). News and sports. Now the games in Tokyo and the Olympics. I can take it anywhere. Thank you NBC News weather and sports. God Bless you all for keeping us safe. Download their app it will be the best thing you can do for your family. Stay safe with NBC!Show lessBam bam7
Can’t get back to weather
I have no issues with the formatting and color theme changes but if I don’t close out of the app, when I go back into it I can’t get to the weather. The bottom toolbar is gone and I am stuck on news. I then have to close and reopen the app to get weather access. Also old version used to save my news or weather preference when opening and the new one defaults to news.Show lessAnono12
