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Built only from these 106 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R8] MS NOW 4/5 · US MS Now app on Apple TV needs immediate support please!: I use the MS NOW Apple TV app daily, and for almost 2 days it hasn’t been working, just the spinning/loading wheel. Thank you.
2. [R9] MS NOW 3/5 · US Apple TV: Works fine on iPad and iPhone. Periodically need to delete and reinstall then works fine until next Appletv update
3. [R10] MS NOW 1/5 · US used to work fine…now, not so much!: This app used to work fine on my roku, but about a week ago it started giving error message after a few minutes of streaming ! Did you update something that created the glitch? I suppose I will have to subscribe to it on youtube and catch clips! This is not acceptable! 🥵
4. [R11] MS NOW 5/5 · US Love MS NOW Hate the APP: The app malfunctions consistently - very frustrating - not user friendly.
5. [R5] MS NOW 5/5 · US Verizon TV Provider login broken on Apple TV: The app works fine on iPhone I can sign in and link my Verizon Fios account no problem. But on Apple TV it redirects to Verizon’s site and throws a generic error saying it can’t process the request. Tried it on two completely different Apple TVs with the same result, so this is definitely a bug in the tvOS app, not a device or account issue. Hoping the
6. [R12] MS NOW 3/5 · US Needs work…: You have to log into your isp every few days, sometimes in the middle of a show. Lately I can’t get the audio loud enough to hear in my earbuds while walking. Kind of defeats the purpose.
7. [R19] MS NOW 1/5 · US Fix the sign in!: Have to sign in every single time and now it doesn’t work at all. Frustrating
8. [R37] MS NOW 1/5 · US AP doesn’t work on Apple TV: Developers clearly have not tested. This app does not work on Apple TV. You sit looking at the live logo and it has trouble integrating with your TV provider and does not authenticate. Therefore, you don’t get any access.
9. [R1] MS NOW 2/5 · US No live shows!: I recently dropped my streaming service, so msnbc went away. I thought that would be ok, because I new this app existed. So, I downloaded it and all I can find is snippets of shows! I can’t watch a full show the day after it was live, I can watch a half hour of an hour long show the next day, but then it switches to a different show! Not even close to what I thought it would be!
10. [R3] MS NOW 3/5 · US MS NOW LIVE ON THERE APP ONLY: Why can’t MS NOW show there live broadcasts on there app like NBC news does instead of going thru a subscription TV NBC News have a live take every time you watch NBC News
11. [R22] MS NOW 1/5 · US Cut the cable.: Why can’t we watch this channel without a cable provider? Everyone doesn’t have cable. Cut it because it’s really high.
12. [R27] MS NOW 3/5 · US Ok: As a shorts informational app it’s ok. I’d rather pay for a full app with full stories than just pieces of interviews, hearing moments. This doesn’t allow enough information to be very valuable and I am a true fan of MS but, I need more from the app.
13. [R4] MS NOW 1/5 · US FIX THE COMMERCIALS!!!: The news part of this app is just fine. The shows work, the articles work, the videos work. But god help you if you listen to the live tv app during the work day. The same freaking commercial will play like five times in a row EACH commercial break all day long. It’s driving me insane. I’m so close to ditching this app all together just because of the commercials. Fix this!
14. [R14] MS NOW 4/5 · US Volume levels awful during commercials!: Why do the volume levels get uncomfortably higher each time the MSNOW shows take commercial breaks on the iPad and iPhone apps . Can’t that be fixed. It’s awful. I have to manually turn it down during those breaks!
15. [R21] MS NOW 3/5 · US Commercials: If you like commercials, especially hearing the same small number of commercials over and over and over, this is the app for you! Also, if you like an app that plays commercials over the first few minutes of a show, so that you come in on a show already in progress, then you’ll love this one.
16. [R46] MS NOW 1/5 · US Stop with the Comcast commercials: Deleted the app after hearing the same Comcast commercial no less than 12 times in a one hour period while streaming morning Joe. When it wasn’t Comcast it was Spectrum. Unreal!
17. [R6] MS NOW 3/5 · US App volume is too low!: I love the content but the volume on live streaming of the tv channel is set way too low. I have to put my Ipad volume all the way to maximum in order to hear the app at a reasonable volume. They need to fix this. It’s a problem.
18. [R18] MS NOW 3/5 · US Live Stream issues: Live stream is frequently an issue. An error message appears with “retry” but rarely works.
19. [R34] MS NOW 1/5 · US No connectivity to Chromecast: Before MSNBC became MSNOW there was connectivity to Chromecast. If I am paying for cable access I should be able to use my ios devices to connect to Chromecast.
20. [R2] MS NOW 5/5 · US Great App, but….: Awesome User Experience except that there is no dark mode. Can you add a toggle for dark mode in the settings. Thanks
21. [R15] MS NOW 3/5 · US Doesn’t use accessibility features for font size: I appreciate this reporting and listen often, however the site doesn’t allow the accessibility features of iPhone. The font is small and thin, doesn’t rotate when I turn the phone, and pinching it larger then requires an annoying back and forth movement to read. For an entire article or several articles, this is just too frustrating. Your content i
22. [R17] MS NOW 5/5 · US iPad Viewing: Thank you for making available reading in landscape mode on an iPad.
23. [R20] MS NOW 4/5 · US Finally!: Hooray! Thanks for finally making landscape view available!
24. [R51] CNN 1/5 · US Data harvesting: Don’t ask me to agree to a terms of service contract for READING THE NEWS. You are not a message board or a forum. You provide no way for user input or site interaction that would require the necessity of such information gathering. You are literally a platform to access and read articles about the news of the day…or at least, I thought you were. Deleted.
25. [R52] CNN 5/5 · US CNN: CNN provides timely news coverage and keeps me informed about important events happening around the world.
26. [R53] CNN 3/5 · US Disappointed: Since purchasing a subscription, the app now freezes while reading articles requiring me to restart the app in order to read articles; jumps backward while scrolling through articles; and goes to a black screen partway through an article which sometimes can be cleared by going backwards, but not always, and then trying to scroll forward again. I expected to have at least as good of
27. [R54] CNN 1/5 · US Pay for CNN is malfunctioning: I paid the annual fee of $29.99 but I keep getting kicked off the app. Please fix it! UPDATE: 2 years later, I continue to be kicked off the app. Fix it, please. Also, fee rose to $69.99 this year!
28. [R65] NewsBreak 1/5 · US Terrible source for news.: The headlines are always over the top and misleading. Usually notifications are for stories that are either old or irrelevant.
29. [R66] NewsBreak 5/5 · US It’s like the reader’s digest: Short articles and you can scroll headlines.. Love it..
30. [R67] NewsBreak 3/5 · US Frustrated: Too many advertisements. I keep seeing sources i don’t want to see
31. [R68] NewsBreak 1/5 · US Chock full of AI, Trumpsters & Basic Features No Longer Work: Title says it all. 99.99% of all videos on this app are made with AI and intended to deceive. Since their main audience is senile Trumpster seniors, near everyone on the app is inherently incapable of differentiating between whats genuine/real and whats not. Moreover, these ppl will bet their first born child in order to defend these v
32. [R79] CNBC 1/5 · US Now I have to allow privacy access too , huh?: Bogus, deleted the app !
33. [R80] CNBC 5/5 · US Still poor “SAVED News Articles” panel: SAVED News Articles still awkwardly only in tiny side panel from User drop-down. Please put SAVED News back as an available NEWS SECTION so it can be in normal FULLSCREEN area like all other news sections/articles. Also (longtime complaint), scrolling right-side “5 other articles” should be available INDEPENDENTLY of where you are at scrolling through the a
34. [R81] CNBC 3/5 · US Metals prices missing: Under Commodities, the entire Metals prices are missing. Does anyone else have this problem?
35. [R82] CNBC 1/5 · US App won’t load lately: For the last few months I’m having issues where stories just won’t load. I have to reconnect to my wifi to make it work. Sort of annoying I’m assuming it’s tied to their spammy ads and my Unifi system blocking them. App used to work great, but since the spinoff has been bad.
36. [R93] FOX News 1/5 · US Not working: App does not work very upsetting, the wheel keeps spinning. This is on an Apple TV. I am unable to authenticate a cable subscription. Everything else works but live tv. This is the only app that has this problem.
37. [R94] FOX News 4/5 · US Site freeze after viewing article: Kind of annoying to have to re-open app after reading articles.
38. [R95] FOX News 3/5 · US Sleazy and disreputable ads: I follow the Fox News App closely but I’ve been put-off by a lot of your ad content, including your practice of selling ads to companies pushing hoax products and models displaying women’s underwear. Fox is a clear leader in the business so I think you can afford to show a little more class. Come on, people.
39. [R96] FOX News 1/5 · US Just being fed hate: After Caroline Leavitt and Jesse Waters absolutely insulted my entire generation I have lost faith in Fox News.
40. [R31] MS NOW 3/5 · US no cable/big problem: If you want to watch live you must have a cable subscription. I’m not opposed to paying a small fee (like other streaming apps) to access this. When will these sites realize we don’t all worship cable companies?
41. [R42] MS NOW 2/5 · US Sign in problems: I find myself having to constantly sign in with my network provider and then it still tells me I have to sign in. I go to settings where it shows I'm already signed in with Directv and sign out. Then I sign in again and it still won't let me watch. This happens every other day or so and it's made this app completely useless to me. I'm looking for a news alternative because I can'
42. [R45] MS NOW 2/5 · US Watch issues: I really enjoy watching MS Now, but the “Watch” live streaming portion of this app is terrible. I am forced to sign out and back in almost every day in order to watch. Then about once a week, I am not able to sign back in and have to completely delete and reinstall the app in order for the watch feature to work again. If I didn’t enjoy watching so much, I would not go through all thi
43. [R25] MS NOW 3/5 · US No dark mode: I enjoy the app, but it needs to have a dark mode, the white background it’s very strong and it makes it very hard to read, especially at night
44. [R13] MS NOW 1/5 · US Freezes on the Thank You screen: Tried to use it but the app freezes after the introductory privacy messages, whether you opt out or don’t.