WPRI 12 News User Reviews

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Keeps crashing

I’ve had this app for years & this morning the app has crashed about 5 times just trying to watch the local news. Multiple times in the past videos won’t load & it keeps saying playback error. This app is getting worse & worse over the tears. Can someone do something & fix it!

Terrible app and auto ad

I refuse to open the app anymore. You’re always greeted by a Providence Auto Body ad and I will never ever recommend that place due to how intrusive it is.

Poorly managed app

Followed directions perfectly and it’s a no go, sign up again and again and again. How about you fix the app!!!!! Live stream
Nonexistent

Clunky, slow, crashes

If you hide an interesting news notification accidentally by swiping it left, good luck with trying to find it in the app.

CAN’T REWIND VIDEOS

This is not a new app, I’m not sure why we are not able to rewind a video even 10 seconds… I have no other choice but to go on YouTube to watch stuff. Ridiculous… Might as well delete the app if that’s the case.

Unusable on the iPad.

Have used for years and was fine. Most recent update to “fix bugs and improve general performance” has made it unusable on the iPad. Unable to read any article if there is associated video. Have deleted it and moved to a different local news station.

Bad Update

Glitchy. Can’t load any other stories or go into settings to prevent auto-play forum happening.

APP no longer working

I used this app for over 11 Years. Over past week no longer works suddenly asking for info as to location & fill in zip code continue & press & nothing happens can’t get into App no news available Very disappointed my favorite news station no longer works Have to use Channel 10 this APP works fine To bad always watched Channel 12 for 30 years so in Winter when not home in RI No Channel 12 APP WPRI working
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Bugs

App keeps closing out and glitching, ads lots of ads.

New App

This is terrible, I can’t get past the notifications and just use the app. When the screen asks me to sign up I don’t check any and then I can’t get back to the app. Guess I’ll be watching 10News

What happened?

Latest version immediately crashes when I open it. Please fix.

By all means not perfect but gets me the weather most times

App could be better if it actually worked all the time when it’s supposed to. I’ll be watching the live broadcast when it just starts and one story later it stops. Sometimes restarting it helps sometimes it doesn’t. By now you’d think the app had it together. Wish it would give me the entire broadcast the bits of it. When it works, it works. Frustrating!
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Won’t work

I can’t load no feed. It will bring to the page and not let me scroll. I can’t use my app and it’s aggravating. Fix this!!!

Glitchy

While I love the content and format, the app is completely glitchy. More often than not pages freeze

App is trash

The app freezes every single time since last update haven't been able to use it cuz the app crashes

The Worst!

This, by far, is one of the worst news apps on the Apple platform. Slow loading, giant ads, videos that take forever to load and won’t close. I just want to read the local news, not be bombarded with unwanted, intrusive content and ADS.

loaded with advertisements

Awful app, loaded with advertisements! From the autobody app in the beginning to the lady with the low cut shirt baiting me to click. What a joke news WPRI is when all they care about is ad’s and not the news.

Latest update: terrible

You’ve turned an adequate news app into a jumbled, annoying mess. And somehow made the intrusive, repetitive Providence Autobody ad even more annoying.

Hmm

The last update did away with PiP, which came in handy for me.
Maybe one of the other news sources for the area would look at this?

3/8 update

Horrible completely ruined the app. Why do videos need to auto play ads every time you open an article?