WXYZ 7 News Detroit

What reviewers actually said

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1. [R18] 5/5 · US Ferndale resident: Since I moved back to Michigan after twenty years in Tennessee this is the only news station I watch morning noon and night really enjoy all the news people nice mix keep it up
2. [R22] 5/5 · US News: We watch the news and watch for the weather on the phone it is great and everybody was great so please keep it up everything is great And it worth to keep in the know.All the people Tune in for weather.Plus all the people are great
3. [R23] 5/5 · US My WXYZ is The Best: I love WXYZ for any and all news. Trust no other. Love, Davey Lew, Glenda, Carolyn, Rexie, all the weather associates, Faraz, Alicia, Keenan, Erin, Nana S. B, Kevin,Jenn, Kim and if I forgot someone sorry. But I am 68 and have watched 7 all my like. They are the best!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️. Coming to you from Dearborn.
4. [R26] 5/5 · US Love Channel 7: Love the 7 News and Weather app and texts of breaking news.
5. [R51] 5/5 · US New and weather all in one: Unlike the 2 other local station apps channel 7 has news and weather in one app. No hassle and ease of use make a 5 star revue for this user!
6. [R32] 5/5 · US Love the app!: Since my work & life schedule usually keeps me from watching the news when it broadcasts, I rely on this app to keep me posted as to the highlights. I also like that I can adjust the weather forecast for my actual zip since I live just outside of Metro. Keep up the good stuff, WXYZ! Almont Twp., MI. 💕
7. [R42] 4/5 · US Great app but...: This is great app and it is very helpful for snow day alerts. It gives me great traffic and weather updates to help with my daily life. The only thing keeping it from five star is that you can only save one school for snow day alerts as I work in a different school district than my kid. This makes things a bit harder in the winter. Otherwise great app!
8. [R67] 4/5 · US Great app, could use a tad more optimization: This app is very convenient for checking school closings, it even sends a push notification for districts you select! However, the radar doesn’t seem to be optimized for iPhone X, unlike the rest of the app. Other than that, works great!
9. [R101] 5/5 · US TrapperjohnMD: The only news I watch. I love having breaking news alerts, weather and traffic updates at my fingertips. Keep it coming
10. [R1] 2/5 · US Non-functional: I have a problem with the app shutting down every time I try to go to the weather tab. Plus, frequently the forecast on the app doesn’t match the one on tv. The daily and hourly forecasts don’t even match up sometimes. It also wouldn’t let me set up an account.
11. [R13] 1/5 · US App updated: The app was updated today to the new version but now it won’t open up just loaded the WXYZ/abc logos and then closes. Need to get a fix for this asap. I have had the app since it came out and has been great till today 10/25/2023. I hope they are working on the fix right now.
12. [R15] 2/5 · US Since the upgrade, it crashes.😕: Ever since I upgraded the app, the app crashes. I can’t even open it. Very sad.
13. [R52] 3/5 · US Ups and downs: Was good then went downhill. Then some improvements came... now the app crashes during opening after the last update
14. [R3] 1/5 · US I want to like this so much more than I do: This app is way too problematic. Having reliable local news is important, but it’s too difficult to use this app. From videos going full screen on their own while trying to read, to there being too many adds, to article notifications opening to the app home screen instead of the article. I’ve tried to like this app for so long and just can’t try anymore,
15. [R4] 1/5 · US Nonstop videos: I tried reading an article and I got nonstop videos. If this happens again, I will delete the app and stop watching the channel.
16. [R9] 1/5 · US It would be 5 stars if it wasn’t for all the ads: You might have to sit through 8-10 ads before actually seeing a news story. They only have like 15 ads altogether that they play so you hear the same thing over and over again. I would be able to deal with 2-3 ads but this is ridiculous. Sometimes they play the ad back to back. I just ended up getting an antenna which has less ads than the streamin
17. [R53] 1/5 · US Video ads: After years of steady and continuous improvement. You have taken the big step backwards to a one star rating because of your video apps. There is no way to select an option of playing them. I am an early riser, and the last thing I want is the video Add playing at 4 AM while I am trying to review the news without disturbing my family. Shame on you. For being so obtrusive.
18. [R7] 1/5 · US Don't use it for the weather: I have used this app for YEARS. Since Feb that weather tabs on the link hardly work. I emailed the tech dept. and they had me delete it and redownload it. It worked for a little bit and then would glitch out on me. I emailed them again and they told me to pull down so it can refresh. I have done that, even before I deleted the old app. It doesn't work and it sti
19. [R39] 1/5 · US Needs better support: The video in this app is completely unreliable. I often times lose the sound during a live broadcast, and the buffering is out of control. Also ads will load and repeat themselves while I struggle to get the news from this app.
20. [R56] 1/5 · US Cannot get the news feed on IPad.: I struggle every time I try to watch the news. After 15 minutes trying without success I just give up. I travel for my job weekly and try to check in to see what is going on back home. Can you go to the apps for the other 2 local stations and see how their apps work? I just spent 20 minutes trying to watch the news at 7:00am on channel 20. No luck so I am done.
21. [R2] 1/5 · US Notification issue!: I toggled/signed up for only sports notifications but I get all types of notifications. Please fix asap!!
22. [R47] 1/5 · US Over 100 Notifications in 15 Minutes: Thanks for letting me know that Huron Valley Schools are closed but do I have to get a push notification every 3 seconds. They are actually coming faster now.
23. [R74] 1/5 · US Why do we need to vote.. like every 2 hours!!: The app asks you to vote on tons of topics going on around town... and won’t let you opt out of those voting notifications. I just deleted it because it was too much.. I turned on the notifications for Channel 4 instead.
24. [R79] 2/5 · US Notification settings do not work: It's great that the settings allow you to filter which topics you'd like to receive as notifications, but it doesn't work. I do not need to be inundated with pointless "what's on next" notifications when I only want to weather. I'll get my weather notifications elsewhere.
25. [R5] 1/5 · US Unloaded: Too many errors Incorrect reporting because they do not proofread. I really liked it sending the wrong article when i forwarded it. Since they seem unable to correct that i have unloaded it.
26. [R8] 1/5 · US New cigar bar: LUXURY not LUXARY. SHAME ON YOU!
27. [R45] 3/5 · US Ok app but poorly written articles: The articles are usually very poorly written. It’s a good app to see what’s going on but many articles are painful to read or make little sense.
28. [R113] 3/5 · US App is good, but the news????: WXYZ needs to hire someone that can actually type correctly. The amount of typos and misspellings amazes me. Then again this is indicative of the type of people making up the workforce.
29. [R38] 1/5 · US 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻: Downloaded the app but when it ask for email and password that’s where everything falls apart and it gives you a error message of wrong format.
30. [R44] 1/5 · US This APP has a bug!: I downloaded this app and when it demands an email and password, that’s where everything goes wrong! Very unhappy with this app
31. [R50] 1/5 · US Worst News App Ever: The app was terrible before but it’s even worse now. Now you have “sign up”, which I’ve tried a dozen times and it won’t let me. It won’t tell me what the issue is either. So much for reading the news. Maybe... just maybe... you’d test your app, and work out the bugs before you launch it.
32. [R11] 3/5 · US Saved Stories: App will not permanently bookmark stories you want to save. Instantly reverts as soon as you click it to save. Please fix.
33. [R12] 2/5 · US Traffic map: What happened to the traffic section?
34. [R124] 3/5 · US Not easy to use: I preferred older versions of this app. I wish you could "follow" a story for updates or "search" for a story. As it is, you have to scroll and scroll to find what you are looking for.
35. [R252] 3/5 · CA Traffic map: Where is the live traffic map? It was always my favorite for live traffic conditions
36. [R14] 1/5 · US New format: I hate it - harder to read and follow The old app was perfect this is to much like channel 4s app which is also awful
37. [R118] 1/5 · US This app is....need insurance?...in need of...Pepsi 2 for 4 at Kroger.: Spam! Spam! SPAM!!! Could you pile more ads into this app? Seriously I know you gotta pay the bills but this is too far. And the one story per page is a bad set up. No one cares to see a thumbnail the size of the phone. The reason they're called thumbnails is because they're supposed to be smaller then the actual picture.
38. [R125] 2/5 · US New app is poor and too many glitches: I am not impressed at all by the new improved app. Anytime I try to click on preference the app closes and now it won't open at all. I have deleted and downloaded the app more times than I can count and still not fixed. This makes me mad because I like the news channel and they really need to fix it. I also don't like how I have to scroll through all the ads
39. [R128] 2/5 · US Poorly thought out: This app is very poorly organized and busy. I'll delete it.
40. [R76] 3/5 · US Tv local news: Good web site, would be better if select news stories did not auto start the video portion. There are times I want to just read the news not listen to the story.
41. [R36] 1/5 · US They are stealing private data: They are stealing possible private. I could not believe it but when I upgraded to iOS 14 it doesn’t prevent but now warns when they steal your data. You can replicate this go to notes, type something like “this is my fake password” and select it and copy it, then launch the WXYZ app and you will see message “WXYZ pasted from Notes” stating they just stole what you
42. [R6] 2/5 · US Recent updates have bugs in the app: The news article will suddenly vanish and comes back after some time. Again it would get vanished. This started happening for last week. Closing and opening the app in iPad doesn’t resolve the problem.
43. [R19] 1/5 · US Biased channel: I used to enjoy reading everyday news on the app, even though they are very slow reporting new things, your app is meant for local news and to keep people informed of what is going around them and not to express your political views, I get it you are democrat but at least be fair when it comes to reporting and let the people judge, also if you want yo report anything about Trump, m
44. [R29] 3/5 · US Some good stories and some that shouldn’t be “news”.: App has some good news relevant to the area and even nationally. But I question some stories they post as real “news”. Maybe it’s a slow news day so they put in filler junk but I’d rather not see a story about a sex worker in Ann Arbor getting stuck in a chair. And when did “sex” work become legal in Michigan????? Our values and morals are cle
45. [R25] 4/5 · US App rating: Like the app except when get notifications of new stories when click on it & get taken to the sight no story exists yet! Very frustrating!
46. [R69] 1/5 · US No live news stream: Live news stream doesn’t work all the time. Sits on splash screen. Have to shutdown and restart multiple time before stream will start.
47. [R73] 2/5 · US Pretty bad app: The live steam works less then half of the time. Some days it won't work at all. 👎🏻
48. [R91] 1/5 · US .: I dont know what people like about constant pop-up adds blocking/hiding stories. Very difficult to get rid of them. Im so over app.
49. [R97] 1/5 · US Ads ads ads: This use to be a great app now it's all adds. I'm deleting it ......bye bye hello fox
50. [R121] 1/5 · US Worse than the other app.: Cannot even get the weather page to load without causing an error. Haven't been able to do anything I used to. Want to be able to search and cannot. Please bring old app back then fix it in increments. Why launch an app that doesn't work when the other one does?