NBC 4 New York: News & Weather Reviews

Since a few updates ago, NBC4NewYork no longer opens. I’ll get a weather or breaking news notification, click on it and it either won’t open at all or just give a loading screen.

I normally only use this for the weather radar and random breaking news. That’s it. No daily news, no sports, not even the forecast. Just the radar. Generally it is the most accurate. I still get useless notifications like “rain will begin in 27 minutes”. Really? Been raining for hours but hey thanks! Or It will tell me every 20 minutes or so and nothing happens at all. Or during storms that have been raging for a while, it will send that something is about to start. Rain/wind/snow doesn’t matter. And there is no way to turn that off. If I get a rare notification I may actually want to see and click on it, it takes me to a totally different part of NBC4NewYork . Since the last update it won’t even open up. If it does, half of it is missing. The old app pre-updated version in 2021 was great. Then they decided to make it new. Since then it has been a disaster.

Have been hesitant to delete it outright as storm season is coming up, but when I just went to open a breaking news story about a 5 alarm fire going on in the area, it wouldn’t open at all. The hesitation is now gone.

When I worked in the corporate world, I only watched NBC to get my day started, because I could relate to their anchors the most — they felt like “my tribe”, with the same sense of humor as me. Although I left the corporate world a long time ago and no longer watch the news (it’s too depressing), I still want to know when important events happen that could affect me and my family. Enter the NBC 4 NY app and its Breaking News feature....

Although when the COVID pandemic started, they overused that functionality, because when the new cases *doubled* (which made it sound very dramatic) from 4 to 8, for example, I have to admit I was a little annoyed. If the cases doubled from 400 to 800 overnight, THAT would’ve been “breaking news.”

I give NBC4NewYork four stars, because it keeps me informed, and I like that the news is separated by type. It’s much better than going to WNBC’s mobile website. Some articles, however, take too long to load. Sometimes, there is only a video available — I understand that this is a news station’s app, but I prefer to read my news (it “registers” better with me), so having a transcript available for every video would be nice.

Thank you for being there for me all these years!

Lists local & national news stories, by category. Sometimes stories don’t change frequently — especially in some sections. Other sections are video only, with no text. One glitch: It provides pop-up alerts for breaking news that connect to a story/ NBC4NewYork , but sometimes the news story has not been posted on NBC4NewYork so if you miss the pop-up alert alert/ aren’t able to tap on the pop-up message, you won’t see the breaking news story until it is posted on NBC4NewYork , which can take a bit. Tapping the pop-up alert links to the message, but that story is somehow not on NBC4NewYork page. Hard to explain, but frustrating...

Possibly the best channel in the tri state area, NBC has it covered with news coverage at convenient times and entertainment for everyone in my home. My Tv is always on NBC. From Lester Holt, Savanah, Hoda & Kathy Lee, Natalie P, Jimmy Fallon, Ellen, David Ushery and Chuck, my news and entertainment is covered by the best in the industry. Those mentioned don’t just inform and entertain, they are in my home presenting to me and my family. They are so good at their craft and that’s the way TV personalities should be.
I truly love NBC, I feel I have a friend in this channel by always having it on, no matter what I am doing NBC is great company to have. Thanks buddy!!!

I was looking for a decent weather app. This turned out to be the best weather app I ever used plus a very good news app all rolled up together. The weather app is an excellent radar function that updates frequently and gives a good hourly and ten day overview. It offers a video of the weather forecast if you want to see and hear a channel 4 weather person "talk" about the weather as they do on television. And it's more than that.... download it for free and try it. I deleted other similar apps after I got this one.... Franklin L. Westwood , NJ

This is the best app for telling you when the rain is coming. I tell everybody to download NBC 4 NY! I love New York City and you keep me informed with everything that's going on in New York City! It makes me feel like I'm there! It puts me at ease since I cannot get to New York City easily like I'd like to. Not to forget to mention that when NBC 4 NY carries live press briefings, the quality is much better than Fox 5's even though I like watching their news casts as well. Your coverage is exactly what it should be! Thank you guys. Let's all get through this Coronavirus soon!

I have used NBC4NewYork since it started- I find the weather radar map is the most accurate available. Particularly like to be able to see the future map in motion. The news is easy to navigate and see past news as well as well as being able to watch live news.

Highly recommended!

Downloaded NBC4NewYork with the specific intent of watching the St. Patrick’s Day parade today that my son is marching in. NBC4NewYork gave me nothing but repeat the commercials for Honda and Zyrtec. if you say you’re going to live stream you should make sure that it works. Really annoying I wasted 45 minutes hoping that each time I reloaded that it would work properly and lo and behold and just replayed the same commercials over and over again. This is really sad and embarrassing for whomever is in charge of this. NBC4NewYork is poorly laid out, hard to navigate, and obviously doesn’t work as advertised.
And as an added bonus, NBC4NewYork never Exit properly. Are usually have to swipe up and hard close NBC4NewYork instead of being able to back out and move on to something else.

Even though I retired last year and moved out if NYC, I watch the news on this channel constantly. I find the news to be informative and accurate and delivered in a very professional manner. Your news app was my lifeline during this pandemic. My son lives in Manhattan and other friends, so I was able to understand their experiences. Thank you for always being there.

I love the NBC 4 App for its weather report. The information I need - how cold is it outside, is it going to rain, and if it is, when - is all right there when I open NBC4NewYork , and the information is very reliable. I used to use the Weather Channel app but it’s not as detailed and they seem to be going out of their way to make that app confusing and harder to use.

As a Snowbird spending the winter in Florida I have found the NBC News: New York application to be Indispensable in keeping current with the metropolitan news indispensable in keeping current with the Metropolitan news.

The application provides current breaking news and weather notifications. It is also easy to navigate so that I can read and see videos of the stories that are most interesting to me.

I only have NBC’s App for a short time - I live in Boise, Idaho - & being I grew up & born in NY, raised my family in E. patchogue LI, I figured I can keep up with the news & what’s going on back there !! & I get all the news & scoops all day , it does keep me informed, I can not complain , I’m pretty happy with NBC4NewYork , amazing what has been going on there ( NY ), I don’t miss the NY drama , & the humidity !! Overall NBC4NewYork is good !!

I really wish I could turn off all notifications for sports. I Sports is not a option in the “News Alerts” tab and while Olympics is, I *still* get notifications for it. It’s pretty frustrating to get sports and olympics notifications when I really could not care less. I can’t turn off notifications for NBC4NewYork because I *do* care about getting notifications for NYC news stories because I actually care about those. Good app, otherwise.

You can now get apps for every news source in NYC BUT we think News 4 is the best in just about every category - from breaking news to borough-specific stories. We are temporarily living outside the city but want to keep up on all the news and NBC4NewYork gives us everything we need.

I downloaded NBC4NewYork because it was advertised as being “right to the minute “ and that others were so “5 minutes ago”.
I found that it’s the same timing and what appears to be the exact same map as another one I use (CBS NY). Also, the other one has a truly full screen mode and doesn’t use space at the bottom for ads.
The review will change to 5 stars when it truly is right to the minute.

My go to app for almost all things NYC. Great journalistic reporting and current on major breaking events around the area. The morning weather report is great before starting out on my commute. All around good app. The only thing lacking is a public transit commute update. The traffic info is good, but it would be great if the provided brief updates on public transit similar to Spectrum One. Other then that, great app.

I love NBC4NewYork , and new interface. But in order to see what the high temp is for today, I have to scroll across the graph, find the highest number and see what the high temp will be from there. It shows the high for other days, just not the day I’m in. It used to show the high for today…what happened?

We recently moved to our country home in Pennsylvania during the COVID 19 emergency and NBC4NewYork keeps us informed as to what’s happening in the city. Sadly we’re going to sta here because the cost of living and quality of life is a little better but we’ll continue to go back and forth to visit friends and family.

Could not live without “My 4” as I call it. I’m a New Yorker thru and thru but unfortunately I am separated from beloved city. With “4” I hear and see events and happenings long before the nightly news picks it up.
With my hectic schedule I’m still able to keep abreast of all that affects my City on a moment by moment basis.
Thanks for being a beacon of enlightenment in my daily existence.
NBC 4 rocks!

A great app that makes it convenient for users to be on top of their current affairs. I like how they provide alerts and it pops up on my screen. NBC4NewYork is so convenient that many times I am more aware of current affairs than people who watch news regularly.

I’m in sales and drive the tri-state area. I can easily track those storm cells before they come through. It shows light, steady or heavy rain. It has a 3 second radar video of past 90 minutes, shows the direction it’s moving. That is very helpful! Once, I saw dark clouds as l headed toward parkway. I checked the radar. I was headed directly into a huge red storm cell. I turned around.
Right after I got home it started pouring! It does other cool stuff too. Yes, get it.

I haven’t regretted downloading NBC4NewYork since I did. It’s easy to get to the breaking news, the notifications show up almost immediately on my lock screen and a quick swipe lets me know what is happening real time. I like the fact that the news is in both video and text format. Thanks guys, great job!

NBC4NewYork is Great ! It keeps you up to date with breaking news. You can watch the news live on your phone. The weather app is great; you can get live hyper accurate radar, you can get time lapse radar and all the weather statistics. You can resize the radar to see s particular area or the whole country. Check it out; you will love it.

NBC4NewYork is friendly and direct. This is unlike other websites where it is complicated an you are just working to find something. In NBC4NewYork you can find stories easily, and know what you need to wear tomorrow. NBC4NewYork also tells you about crimes and other things. I would recommend NBC4NewYork to everyone!

I swear I use NBC4NewYork ALL DAY! Everything I need to know is in the palm of my hand! I have it set up to keep me alerted about major weather changes and I love that I can access live news feeds! Sometimes you just want to be able to scroll through the top stories on your own time without commercials and that’s the best!!

I have used NBC4NewYork for years especially for the weather and the radar. This new update is terrible. Opening the Live Radar, a big ad for Macy’s is across the top of the screen blocking a good portion of the top of the screen and chops off the storm tracks. You can no longer rotate the screen to view a bigger image. Obviously, Macy’s is more important than the user. I know you need to pay the bills, but, this is ridiculous.

Our son lives in NYC and NBC4NewYork almost always gives me information about what’s happening there even before he knows about it. At times, I’ve been able to save him time by letting him know where emergencies are happening or trains are down so he can avoid them. I love NBC4NewYork!

Too bad, since millions have purchased this device already. When viewing a photo gallery, the screen above and below the images turns black. The button to return to the previous screen is situated in the upper left ‘horn’ on the screen, but has no functionality when pressed. In order to continue using other functions of NBC4NewYork , one can only force-shut NBC4NewYork and restart - very inconvenient. Thanks funky dev team for looking into this.