ABC13 Houston

Although I love this station and those who report the up-to-date news I'm looking for, this app is horrible. The videos never play, or skip if they do play, and it's just frustrating when I'm trying to find out what is going on in Houston. Of course, the ads play just fine, but when it comes to the news, the app is subpar. I just feel like they could do better when it comes to the app. Otherwise, the station and the reporting is great!

I do not like that I have to go back after reading the article from Notification and clear the Notification. This is the only app that does this. PLEASE FIX!

I do like the push headlines for important news stories, and updated info as they come out, I would like to get pertinent information as it becomes available, but more often than not, the "live broadcast updates " from Turner or Abbot, etc, just shows the thumbnail with the play icon, when pressed, all I get is the continuous spinning line of 'loading..trying..looking..' but not being able to play the video/news clip. Sometimes an earlier clip on the same page will play well, but not the 1st 1

News notifications do not include date & time, and there's no where in app settings to turn on or off date & time.

App works smoothly and haven't had too many bugs. But what is infuriating is when you close a video in a news story and it pops back up as soon as you start scrolling. If I close the video keep the video closed, at least it gives the option to turn off video auto-play.

Lots of improvements so thanks for that! Still have issues when selecting a notification about an article and not being able to find it on the app. Also , the push notifications are being cut off so where I could normally see a preview for what the article is about I can now only see half of the first line.

After reading some reviews well i kinda wish the video would play like others but this app does the contrary on my phone. It buffers the video and never lets me play the video and this had been going on for a while. I even went to buy a new phone (LG G8)a month ago for the same purpose thinking my phone was the issue but that's not the case. The app continually keeps failing in that part. Please fix this issue because I'll hate to uninstall and start over with a different news app.

I have had this app for a while, but this week 4/14/2020, every news story there's a pop up box saying to read the new "rules" read them once, but it won't go away! If I hit the dismiss it restarted the original app but still won't let me read the story. So I've installed and hopefully, Re-installing will fix the problem.

I don't watch the news, but use to like getting notifications on my phone so I could check out stories I was interested in. The problem is, now when I click on the notification to open the app and read more, it doesn't take me to that headline. I don't have time to scroll through all of the stories to find what I'm looking for. That defeats the purpose of the notifications. If this isn't fixed soon, I'll probably just delete the app and choose another source.

This app uses serious data. I stopped watching the videos because of ads. It is still my #1 data app (16.75 GB for this month). I scroll the headlines & read some stories. I watch few videos because I can often scroll the story before the ad is done. The only thing I can think is that it's using data in the background. Bitminer? Update: I downloaded it again today to compare with channels 2 & 11 news. 2 used 42MB, 11 used 21MB, & 13 used 788. Amazing.

Works good when it wants but damn. It's frustrating when you really want to see the news. It's freezing constantly hope they fix it sooner than later. Other than that BIG FATAL FLAW that's about it. Expect more honestly good new bad interface that freezing nonstop.

Most of the time when you click on a "breaking news" notification it never opens up the article on the app. Usually just opens the last article you had open. Takes me 5 clicks on the notification for it to finally show up. If it shows up on the first click take about a good minute for it to load

Great source of news. However too many push notifications. Grammar errors. Pictures are sent with no explanation, so I just right swipe the picture. Silly notifications like, "Watch the 6 o'clock news now on 13 or on your device" must be to fill a quota.

Great News Team, Worst app ever. Only works half the time. Constant connectivity issues. Makes me want to smash my phone in tiny pieces. I am thinking about actually moving away ftom Houston so I can find a good local news app. Boston maybe, I bet they have a good news app, and I can get out of this crazy heat.

This app is so frustrating I want to throw my phone sometimes. There is no search feature, you can only scroll. So you'll see a story on the news, they say go to the app, you go and you can't find it. I have zero interest in scrolling through 30 stories to find anything. And they on have 2 categories. Sports, then your area of Houston. That's worthless. Because half the stories have nothing to do with a specific side of town. Why do I keep this app on my phone? It's a source of stress.

I Love this app! It has all the breaking news and the option to watch the live video or scroll down is pretty cool. I haven't had any issues with any section (news, video, weather) and I first installed this app on my phone and now I added it to my tablet. Best News App

Great content great Channel. Horrible app. been using for years. Since Android 9 and now 10, video won't load 4 minutes. And when it does it won't play. Breaking news stories once you clear the notification you can find in the app feed

I would give 5 stars but every single story you click has up to 30 seconds of ads. I understand the need for ads, but you should only have to see 1 or 2 ads, not every single time you click on a story! I usually just back out and read about a story elsewhere.

Best of the news aps. Easy format. Just wish it contained more stories. The end seems to come too soon, otherwise you far outshine other local news aps through presentation, ease of use and news contents. Thanks for all your efforts.

Good with notifications but when you open the notification its blank. Have to open app but before opening the notification is frozen and doesn't let app open right away. Have to completely close everything and reopen app to read about notifications. SMH. If it gets fix maybe put back on cell.

when you click to read the story the video auto plays and I do not like that feature. I have tried to click the X to exit the video and it continues to play. I use to love the app until that started.

I like the content but they've added so much more advertising that it's a distraction. You can't watch the news videos anymore without being forced to watch a 30 second video advertisement. I just don't have time to waste on watching ads. I only want to see the news.

Complete waste of space on my phone. Constantly sends notifications, but they are just blank pages. If you're gonna bother me with all these notifications, at least show the damn story!!!!

What an awful app. From notifications, it opens to the last opened article instead. Does not play videos. Cannot share from the app. Uninstalling and selecting a different local news app.

when clicking on a news blurb with a vidoe you have NO OPTION to close the annoying advert. In short, you are forcing the ad to be played on my device. Sorry but your news isnt that great to have to deal with that.