Houston News from KHOU 11 Reviews

I hate HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 now! I used to love channel 11’s app and use it all the time. Now it’s a waste of time because it’s so hard to navigate. I hate it especially for my parents who are senior citizens; it’s hard for them to tell what is a news story and what is an ad! They get lost on random sites and it really irks me!!! It has become an unreliable app especially as a new source if it’s going to take you to unreliable places and unnecessary places if you click a link. Tonight even while at my parents house they were under a tornado warning that came across via a channel 11 notification for their area and you couldn’t find anything on HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 about it and you couldn’t get to any news story without watching at least 30 seconds of ads first. If this had been an actual emergency for them they would’ve lost their lives trying to find out more info from their “ trusted news source”. Speaking of ads they’re everywhere and that’s a problem! If you go in looking for specific news story you can’t find it anywhere and you just get stuck looking for what they want you to look at and I am so exhaustingly tired of the crap. Not only do you have to watch ADS (crap) to get to a story but you have to continuously scroll past visual ADS to continue a story you’re reading. IMO HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 is worthless as a news source. KHOU should be ashamed.

There are too many ads every time I watch a video even when I change the orientation of the video It wants to replay the ad many of the ads have nothing to do with Khou or Houston these are all app related ads for gambling or social media. Please help us in watching news really to our area without going to the annoying 30 second ads. if you change you the video orientation or if you actually get out of the video and come back and you have to rewatch another ad.

Also a good choice would be to have if I missed a news report such as a 4 PM 6 PM to 10 PM then HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 should give me at least 24 hours to watch the latest news report.

The new layout is not user friendly. The old app was easier to navigate. I also liked the weather radar on the previous app. I could actually find my location on the map and see how far a thunderstorm was away. I always love upgrade however I do not feel that the developers reviewed what actually worked before. At least give us the option of which one we would like to use.

Keep up the great work! I watch KHOU live even when I’m away working and appreciate the effort of the staff in bringing the news facts objectively. As before, KHOU is still my number 1 Texas news and weather source. That moment of Zen keeps me watching to the very end of the broadcast. It’s a great idea that compliments the good news (when it happens) ! Mark

The KHOU 11 app is one of the background hungry app I’ve seen. HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 continues to run in background after I turn off background app refresh. This needs to fix ASAP!!!
Also, HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 needs better optimization with latest version of iOS. HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 lacks of better organization inside of HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 like split the categories from Home tabs into separate tabs like traffic, live news, local area news & etc... Also, the welcome animation is pretty slow.

KHOU is my go to source for local, state, national, and international news. When there is bad weather I know I can depend on them to keep us up to date so we can be safe. 11-1 is the news channel I use first before any of the other networks. I am glad they developed HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 for my smart phone and tablet so I can get important news wherever I may be.

The forced ads are getting outrageous. I love the push notifications that alert to breaking stories but I get highly annoyed when up pops a 30 second add for some silly video game that I cannot skip though. Even worse, if I push though it to see the news story, when I go to the next news story up comes another ad (sometimes shorter, sometimes the same exact silly game ad). Please please please offer an ad free version of HoustonNewsfromKHOU11!!

I have a fluctuating work schedule and had to be at work during most of the storm this week I was able to stay informed even without power because it was on my phone and I had plenty of options to keep my phone charged.

I use HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 to get essential information about weather and local happenings. Every time I open it to get a weather forecast I have to watch a 15 second ad despite the numerous ads on the sides and top. The 15 second ad often causes me to miss the forecast or other information that can’t be replayed. If channel 11 is hurting for money this bad maybe they should look at a telethon to save their station or make cut backs and restructure their debt. You only get 1 star because your app is lacking.

Thank you so much for the weather updates they help me tremendously. I have several illnesses and I must see what the weather is like before I plan my day.
And I love to watch the afternoon news cast I get caught up on everything that’s going on in Houston because I am ill and mostly in the house.

Lettie Farek

I want to take time out to thank the FAB Michelle Homer for looking into our concern about our community. These Abandoned homes are note fit for any human occupancy. They diminish the value of our community. The one our parents worked so hard to have & pass on to their children. Hoping something great comes out of her hard work. Thank Ms Homer

Since moving to Houston in 2013, we have never wavered from staying with this news and weather station. Just love the weather team David Paul and Blake keep us on our toes with latest reports! Thank you for the best news reports all day long.

The new app works well enough, but, the previous traffic map was much better. I knew exactly what was happening, where, so I could decide what route to take and when. Now, I have to interpret silly little emoji’s. I never used Waze. I didn’t need it with the previous traffic map. Bring it back, please.

I find it should be unnecessary for a news station to charge you for using their app. Not charging money, but make you watch ads to get any story. I love KHOU don’t get me wrong, but shame on any news channel that makes you watch ads to get their news. Just saying!

I like the KHOU 11 app because it keeps you informed about what goes in our greater Houston area and it even sends you real time alerts such crime, consumer, and weather so you can be notified and be prepared ahead of time no matter where you are in the world.

This new app is horrible. Not intuitive at all, had to just tap and swipe everywhere to find what I wanted. And back takes you all the way back to home page. This is so much worse than previous version.
Shuts itself off constantly, but the old one did as well, so good job with keeping that feature in new version.
Tap on headline to read, blank screen comes up.
“Headline” news is days old, do you ever update it?
I give one star for the ability to select the topics you want. But where is my Weird News?!?!

HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 is okay, but if we are receiving notifications of important “breaking news” the idea of putting a game ad, or any ad for that matter first smacks of hypocrisy. How important is this “news” if you place it after a mindless game ad? Be a news app and make the click bait optional at the bottom of the screen.
If you love the endless repetition of a mindless game app ad- you will love HoustonNewsfromKHOU11! If you close it or click away, rest assured, the ad restarts every single time.

I appreciate the coverage due to the winter storm but WHY do reporters ask stupid questions and persist with same question even after it’s been answered? I could never deal with reply because I would call them out as idiots.

And now TEGNA has removed CBS from my dish lineup, so I was so, SO happy to have HoustonNewsfromKHOU11, to be able watch live episodes. I’d already had and used HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 . KHOU 11 is a news source I completely trust, and I enjoy ALL of the anchors, meteorologists, etc..

The signal comes and goes out on a regular time,the weather makes little difference....all of the other channels come great all of the time!we have moved the antenna all around around trying to improve watching .Question....
do you plan to set a new antenna out west with all of the other channels?
I have point to have put to all your watchers. Social Security people need to know. If you retire and do not take part “B”.when you start part “A” .......when you decide to include part”B”.......YOU WILL BE FINDE 10PERCENT PER YEAR!!!!!!as they say NO EXCUSES!
I am a vet and the VA takes care of me But when I
Applied for part B (9years later my. Fine was 90percent
Added to the amount making it 190 percent...Does this seems Right?????????? Odie Young of Alvin

The Best In Texas ! Accurate weather and updates on traffic issues, emergencies and of course sports . Always focusing on the positive energy our great city emits , Having said this it’s necessary to alert us of tragic events as well.
Thank you for the hard work from the crew @ channel 11 news !

Old app needed improvement but was much better then this version. In this update it is hard to find anything, slower to load, more ads, and less space to actually read news. The orange bar at the top is huge, plus there is a an ad underneath that bar then a huge black semi-transparent bar at the bottom. All together that clutter takes up over half my screen so even when I do find something it’s hard to read it. Will be moving to new local news app shortly.

As a native Houstonian, I moved to Georgia a few years back to marry my wife and start a new life. I got the KHOU app to keep up with things in Houston since it will always be a home for me. Thanks for having such an insightful application to the heartbeat of such a dynamic city such as my Hometown of Houston!

We traded our T in Texas for T in Tennessee 3 years ago. I was born in Houston and have lived all life in Houston. I still want to know all the news. I’m very grateful for the Channel 11 app. It helps keep me connected to my city and state. I may live in Tennessee now but my ❤️ is still in Houston.

It’s informative and I’ve been watching since I moved here in 2006. I recommend your station to everyone. Thank you for keeping us informed and educated.

I normally don’t mind upgrades because it means there are new features and improvements. This is NOT the case for the new app. It keeps closing out on me, it’s difficult to navigate (I agree with another commenter the picture layout was much easier) and it’s just messy all the way. I’m going to keep in on my phone to see if it improves, but because there is a current weather event I’m going to upload channel 2’s weather app... bummer deal guys.

The old app was perfectly fine. I especially appreciated the traffic map. This new one seems like it’s made for kids with the little faces you have to interpret to see what’s going on traffic- wise around Houston. It’s ridiculous. I’m using a whole new app just to get traffic when I used to heavily rely on the old KHOU app. Who said a new app was needed??!

The old app was so, so. I have a frozen screen almost every time I open HoustonNewsfromKHOU11. I’m sure the competition loves HoustonNewsfromKHOU11. Folks will start looking at the Chan 13 app and probably not come back even if this useless app is fixed.

What professional organization in today’s time goes live with an app without first beta testing it with its own team.

Hopefully the News room management is not operating with the same clumsy approach.

This was my number one app to check weather and news. Whoever did this update or designed HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 needs to be fired. I normally don’t wright reviews, but we have a storm in the area and I can’t look at radares quickly. Everything is everywhere it’s just a mess. Ads are all over the place I can’t tell if it’s an pop up add or news. This was not an update it was a disgrace for KHOU who has amazing news anchors and Weather men and women.

((Update)) So I’ve emailed support/feedback as it says to, however, they never bothered to respond. Clearly they don’t care what you have to say...

Also, what is shown as the vote for the “Vote Now” part, is NOT the current vote topic!

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I feel HoustonNewsfromKHOU11 has become a bit chaotic and there seems to be little organization to it. It feels too busy and hard to find certain stories. It would also be nice if I could find news specific to certain areas around town. Also I really miss the “Weird News” section. My kids used to gather around once a week, just to read and hear about the weird news in the world. I really wish that would come back.

Used to be my local news app but I’ll be shopping other stations. Tenga purchase of KHOU has been a disaster for Houston news All clutter and ads and time consuming little news buried in the clutter. I have to look all over to find information. Interesting that the Tenga apps for other cities news appear to have the same format but have 4-5 star ratings from thousands of reviews. I guess Houston has more discerning readers.