WTNH News 8 User Reviews

WTNH News 8
WTNH News 8
LIN Television Corporation

Customer Experience

Positive experience29.2% of reviews
Neutral10.4% of reviews
Negative experience60.4% of reviews

~ Based on 96 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is WTNH News 8 Safe?

WTNH News 8 appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for WTNH News 8 is 91/100.

This assessment is based on 18,698 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

89.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 18,707 App Store ratings for WTNH News 8.

Is WTNH News 8 Legit?

WTNH News 8 appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for WTNH News 8 is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

disappointed

I downloaded the app because there was an article that I wanted to follow; but every time I tapped I found myself looking at another ad; not the experience I expected; app has been deleted

No sound

I don’t have sound on my MacBook Air. Is there an adjustment in the app maybe somewhere?

For every meaningful notifications there are 5+ clickbait tabloid garbage notifs

This app has become absolutely exhausting as you have chased WFSB down the miserable pothole-ridden road of tabloid-quality clickbait. I do not need to know every single time someone dies on some back road that no one drives on. If you want to report traffic, great. If you want to report on road death statistics and advocate for safer driving habits, fantastic. I do not need a push notification when someone in Windham is hurt because a tree fell on them, nor is it ethical to be reporting on it. This is tabloid garbage. I don’t want to turn off notifications because I don’t want to be out of the loop on CT news, and I already disabled WFSB long ago for this exact “reporting”. I always found your notifications to be more helpful and newsworthy, but lately this has completely changed. I am heartbroken that this is what our local news is, and I hope with everything I have that I never have to see a loved one’s final (or near final) moment used for ad revenue like this.

I’m re-upping this rating and downgrading this from 2 stars to one star because I just got a push notification that 2 dogs died in some house fire an hour away from me. Even if it happened in town, why is that newsworthy? How awful for the family that their tragedy just became your clickbait to sell ads. This is contributing to the epidemic of anxiety and overall misery today. I think I’m just deleting this. I have other sources for local news. I don’t see to see this stuff.
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No longer working

As of last week you added email address needed to get live news. I have entered it numerous times and still only get the commercial break black screen. I am missing your morning drive ! Please fix the app, so I can watch again.

U tube tv

Time to negotiate too many people are hurt because when I can’t see you

Chasing WFSB down the clickbait trash chute

This app has become absolutely exhausting as you have chased WFSB down the miserable pothole-ridden road of tabloid-quality clickbait. I do not need to know every single time someone dies on some back road that no one drives on. If you want to report traffic, great. If you want to report on road death statistics and advocate for safer driving habits, fantastic. I do not need a push notification when someone in Windham is hurt because a tree fell on them, nor is it ethical to be reporting on it. This is tabloid garbage. I don’t want to turn off notifications because I don’t want to be out of the loop on CT news, and I already disabled WFSB long ago for this exact “reporting”. I always found your notifications to be more helpful and newsworthy, but lately this has completely changed. I am heartbroken that this is what our local news is, and I hope with everything I have that I never have to see a loved one’s final (or near final) moment used for ad revenue like this.
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Broke

Latest news app opens then goes to a blank screen.

Watch Now doesn’t work

App plays an advertisement, then shows “News 8 wtnh.com WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK”. Nothing else. No live stream.

App problems

The weather portion of the app keeps closing/crashing
Miss my WTNH weather

Good for ct

I always use news 8 but for some reason every time I open the weather tab in my app, the app shuts down.

No weather?

If I try to see the weather, the app crashes for the past few weeks, every time.

No live option

App doesn’t allow live viewing for some reason or freezes. If not it says we’ll be right back and nothing happens.

Weather tab still bugged

Please fix your weather tab! Been crashing for a while now! Come on guys!

I love you guys but

I can’t get your weather to stay up it keeps forcing the app close

Crashes on weather

Can’t click on the weather it just crashes.

Not good

Not good

Weather videos don’t always work

The only trouble I’ve ever had with this app is the weather videos. Sometimes an incorrect video is posted, such as one from a different day, or there is no sound. These issues seem to happen less than they used to, or maybe I’ve just gotten used to it?
However now if I click on the ‘weather’ tab, it closes the app. Not an issues if I click on the main weather headline on the front page, only if I click on the tab on the bottom. Otherwise we like this app and channel, just a few fixes would be great.
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crashing app

app keeps crashing when i try to see the weather after new update

New update.

It keeps crashing every time I press the weather category. What’s up with that?

Weather “button” glitch

Have to agree with the recent reviewers. Seems there is a bug after what may have been an update and the app crashes when I hit the weather “button”