KIRO 7 News App- Seattle Area Reviews

by Tonyg2724

KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea is beyond bad. It crashes frequently, pulls up the wrong article from the the headline notification banner, and freezes up constantly. When you see a notification banner about a breaking news story and try to open, it goes to a blank a blank screen and sits there thinking about it indefinitely.
Ive deleted it twice, then downloaded it a third time hoping things were fixed but they’re not. I’m deleting it again permanently. Don’t waste your time with this. WORST APP EVER!!!

by Spotteddog367sweet

Something has changed on KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea. The fonts have gotten very small. I have tried to adjust them but have not been successful. Also there frequently is not much new or updated news on KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea. Make the text much bigger or at least adjustable and add more content and I will once again enjoy following the news on KIRO.

by Rachelrachel33

KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea is awful. It’s difficult to navigate and I’m honestly tired of having to watch a full 30 second ad before every story I watch. The other stations alternate or give you an option to skip the ad, why doesn’t Kiro do this. As a news consumer I feel like you are wasting my time in order to make a quick buck on some internet ad revenue. I’m going to King 5... bye bye Kiro 7!!!

by Mumberbur

Even on a brand new installation, for the past month or more, all KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea does is display a message that the “App could not be started”. I would have used the “App Support” link before leaving a review, but App Support is a page reading “Sorry, the page you are looking for cannot be found.”

If anyone is actually paying attention to KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea or its users, please note: it’s very broken.

by Krbtrvl

When I click on the notification I receive on my iPhone or iPad, I get numerous ads and the news article seldom comes up. It’s ridiculous. KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea functionality simply has to be improved in order for me to get the news that I need. I expect intermittent ads. But give me access to the news!

by Grandpadan8

Way to many ad banners for kiro tv. I have counted as many as 7 after you go to commercial. Even then I have to click “ watch live three times to get back to the news only to find they are half way thru an article I was interested in. Also some of the anchors are very biased and don’t do a good job of investigating. Jesse Jones is about the only one who thoroughly investigates.

by Zeegha

What a drag. I’ve used KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea for several years perfectly satisfied, but the last 2-3 months, it keeps crashing. It crashes even after i reload it from KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea store. It crashes on my phone and on my iPad. Guess I’ll have to switch to a competitor’s app, sorry!

by Kshorses2

It seems the news stories posted are not complete. When reading them they have very little information and end abruptly... more like an expanded headline than an actual article. Please post complete articles and not condensed versions to KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea .

by BillPri

Hi KIRO7 - I'm nothing without Michelle, Tracy T. Matthew, Tracey and Nick in the morning! This whole week the KIRO News App on my i-pad, Firestick, AND PrimeTV is not working. It goes through the same 3 commercials then gets stuck. I’ve uninstalled on all of my devices and then reinstalled KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea . Still getting stuck on the same commercials. I’ve tweeted to make you aware. I have sent you a DM as well. Still nothing. Help?!?

by Pussycat64

I worked all day don’t have time to watch tv KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea is the best way to catch the latest news around the globe.

by Fircrestshooter

I have several news apps and this is by far my favorite. I like the layout and the content is easy to select.

by Thankful71

I am a snowbird in the winter. My family and friends are there with you during this crisis . I am grateful that I can watch live news feeds as well as getting news alerts sent to my devices. Thank you so much for all you do and helping me and others to stay in the loop with the news in Western Washington.

by Gramma And Kid

When I miss seeing the news it’s really great to come to KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea and get caught up. I’ve been a fan for a very long time and appreciate you all.

by Old Blood & Guts

I like KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea and reporters; however, I think more headlines for stories would be appropriate. I live in Spokane and keep up with West side news every morning with a good cup of Joe. Thanks guys!

by Thoma8532

I am tired of the ads at the bottom of the screen. I even turned them off at google and they still return.

by Sheila Linggi

Thank you for covering the Pierce County Public Heath Department news conference. It was well covered & professionally presented by the PIerce County Health Department panel. Thanks for covering South Sound so well. Kudos to ALL involved... I appreciate in your regular coverage as well & that you are reporting facts. I think it is important that we don’t react with fear ...especially of the unknown! Good job, KIRO crew!!😊👏😊👏

by Popeyepeas

I am so angry at CBS and Dish. We can’t change from dish to whatever and sign another contract. I hate greed and both parties are guilty. 50 years ago I started watching 7, watched Steve get balder ( I liked his cookie duster ) and his sharp wit. Debra Horne always out in all kinds of weather and her beautiful voice telling her story. Darn it I miss you!

by Ragime

Up until a couple weeks ago, I was ble to view the articles in both the landscape and portrait orientations. Now KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea immediately closes when I have my device in the landscape orientation. I can view it only in portrait. I prefer landscape because it is easier to read.

by DreamRider2

I do Enjoy The News from KIRO - But when I get notifications sent to my phone that I want to read and I tap on it. It opens your app then I have to hunt for the info. Which I usually can’t find. It is very frustrating. Today I was wanting to read about T- Mobile and couldn’t find it anywhere. You should have a - Search section.

by Caliii123

I love KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea and getting my local news every day. However it would be nice to have a comments section where people can discuss the stories!

by Apple Worse UX Than FB?

The KIRO website is unusable in the Facebook app because it's so busy trying to load ads, excessive unrelated content and play video. When it finally does manage to load it pops over a full page ad that tries to redirect to KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea. I installed it just to leave this review. Your user hostile tactics are not appreciated.

by Iaaiuser

If only those annoying ads were gone would be better. A lot of times I get on to watch livecast and you have to sit thru few minutes of annoying ads. Please get rid of those ads

by MizzDiana

I stopped using the King 5 app because their new format is impossible to read. One news story, then scroll DOWN AND DOWN through endless ads, to try to find the next story. Since then I’ve been using KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea exclusively. Today, a full page ad for Sutter BBQ pops up, with no way to close it. Did someone forget to check this out before finalizing, or is KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea doomed as well??

by SuperShoeDiva

This is an example of how NOT to design a web app, their site is the same. Not designed as much as thrown together. It’s as if they hired a friend of a friend to put this together for experience instead of actually paying someone who knows what they are doing and has an eye for a good user interface and a professional looking app.

by Kiroparkland

When you changed KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea you totally ruined it. Much too much need to navigate through it. Also ads that are distracting and frustrating. Overall not very helpful. I used to tell others about the great feature that KIRO offered but now I express my disappointment.

by Dan-in-Seattle

I saw a story on TV and went to KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea to find out more but the story is nowhere to be found and there is no search function to find it. So far KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea is useless

by Ottfjdijde

Yesterday I discovered KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea had used over 2 gb of my cellular data in less than 2 hours while running in the background. That’s almost half my monthly allowance.

Bye bye Kiro news! Had to uninstall KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea .

by MLS 2667

Can’t find where to report an issue with KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea . Commercial(s) tend to take over screen after opening app. Tried removing and reinstalling app but didn’t work. Can’t watch KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea right now.

by JayEssbey

Severely outdated, videos won’t load after full 30 second ads, numerous article editing errors (titles, misspellings, incomplete sentences, high school-level errors). No links within article body for reference or further reading, pictures are usually stock photos and not of article content. Good thing it’s free.

by DracoGem

What’s the point of having KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea if the notifications send me directly to the website instead of KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea . On rare occasions it uses KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea . Is it only around to notify me of articles?

by Pgw72

I’m watching 6th consecutive anti Dino commercial. I use KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea on my streaming device, and because I’m a cord cutter I am thankful that I can still watch news in the morning.
For goodness sake please find some new advertisers!! I’m so sick and tired of watching same commercial over and over and over!

by Vmarinaro

KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea is archaic. The developer needs to listen to its users. You can’t zoom in of pictures to look at detail better. Why mention anything in your news if you can’t look at what you are talking about? To the developer, do your research and take ideas from other apps and their abilities.

by Phloofcat

I use this for traffic updates but otherwise it’s unbearable.

The notifications are worthless. Sometimes it loads your story. Sometimes not. Lots of sports spam and always a video ad.

KIRO wants to load a video ad before each news story regardless of data/WiFi so they don’t care if some people are on capped plans or slow connections.

Then, most of the time, the story you’re clicking on the notification for doesn’t load and can’t be found 🤷‍♀️.

There are way too many sports notifications and no way to turn them off 🤦‍♀️

And people with KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea probably don’t care about on air stories and don’t want notifications about stories coming up on air. Keep what is in KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea local to KIRO7NewsAppSeattleArea .

And let me mention again that there are major issues with the video ads and notifications.

by Airwave539

App works most the time however since last update neither my phone or Apple TV so can play the live stream, strangely they play the ads just fine

by Windydji

Really enjoy checking out the news here. The only complaint I have is it takes a long time before they change some stories. Same stories for days