MSNBC app not working? crashes or has problems?

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Published by on 2024-05-17

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analysis through commentary and informed perspectives – anytime and anywhere.
Watch live or catch up with full episodes of your favorite MSNBC shows the day
after they air, including: • The Rachel Maddow Show • Morning Joe •
Hardball with Chris Matthews • All In with Chris Hayes • The Last Word with
Lawrence O’Donnell • The 11th Ho.


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Reported Issues: 28 Comments

By Shelly   2 months ago


The newly redesigned MSNBC app for IOS is terrible. Every time I start the livestream, it opens a new tab. Why? I end up with 10 open tabs before I realize it. Then it constantly freezes. Watching MSNBC via the NBC app for Vizio TV is equally bad in different ways. After 10 minutes, I get "Uh oh you need to add this channel...". I have my provider linked. The only app that works well most of the time is the Roku app. I do not have these problems with other apps. Your competitors are much better. Paramount+ is great. CNN is great. Hulu is great. Even Peacock is great. Get it together NBC/MSNBC. You quite literally have the worst performing apps.

By Bob   5 months ago


I have a Roku device and Xfinity cable. When streaming and I select the NBC app, I navigate to Networks and select MSNBC. The app appears to want to stream the current show but immediately fails with a Cloudpath Error Authorization msg. I’ve been watching MSNBC streaming for more than one year, without problems. If I switch to cable, I can watch MSNBC. This seems to have started around the beginning of January. Is there a fix? Do I need to do something differently?

By Lynne Dunphy   6 months ago


Have XFINITY & MSNBC crashed today around 4pm & still not functioning!!! Very frustrating Forget getting an answer from Xfinity

By James Ralph   6 months ago


Msnbc live: Screen goes blank while audio continues.

By Ray   7 months ago


The quality of your news content and the anchors and disseminators is first class. But your App completely undermines those efforts because it is glitchy, bug ridden and borderline unwatchable. I have never in my life experienced more spinning wheels than with your app. Audio is frequently out of sync and audio volumes are all over the place requiring repeated manual adjustment. Leaving the app sometimes does not disconnect audio which continues outside of the app. Opening the app frequently two audio tracks are playing simultaneously - one holdover audio from when you last left the app and the new audio track from reopening the app. The only way to get rid of this dual audio is to trigger the audio in another app before going back your app. I could write an essay on everything that is wrong with your app but I have better things to do with my life. Just know this - you are sabotaging the best news on the Internet. This issue should be escalated to your chief executive so that all the bad code and glitches are fixed in an overhaul of the app. I am an extremely loyal viewer but my patience is being tested beyond endurance.

By John Pierce   8 months ago


audio extremely out of sync

By Karen   8 months ago


I do not have audio on my MSNBC app. I deleted the app and then reinstalled it. Still not audio. I am able to hear sound on all other apps installed on my iPhone. What can I do to 'hear' what is showing on my app again?

By Jeremiah Q. Schreyer   8 months ago


all I can get on my tv are prerecorded segments of msnbc. Can't open live, current programing

By Linda Schiffman   8 months ago


For over a week I have tried to browse the shows I watch every day (multiple shows) and I get the message saying that the video has failed and try again. and that I should go into settings, which I've done, and I've turned the phone on and off and I am getting the same messages. I can't watch Lawrence O'Donnel, or Dateline or Chris Hayes...etc. I am only getting live tv FIX THIS!

By Hendrik Daman   8 months ago


The shows that are left on the app “fail” to load!

By Dave Loiselle   8 months ago


Viewing MSNBC via Sling on Roku platform, there are frequent dropouts and crashes.

By Randy Grein   10 months ago


Tonight, App starts to load a clip then gives a failure message about can't load, looping back to the main menu where it picks another clip and fails. Tried restarting Apple TV, removed and reinstalled app, no change.

By Jay   10 months ago


On my iphone xr I intermittently (but OFTEN) get a failure message. Occurs on both wifi networks in my home. FRUSTRATING!!!

By Dana Riseberg   10 months ago


The MSNBC channel is having issues (Midtown, NYC) The sound and picture is off - lagging and the image is broken up completely. All other channels are working. Perhaps it is RCN/Astound. At one point, I got a message on my tv saying I can not access MSNBC because I am not a subcriber? WHAT? FAKE NEWS!

By Mark Anderson   11 months ago


iPhone app closes when focus is directed to another app (text, phone, email). Watching/listening to MSNBC, program randomly changes to another NBC program. Can this be avoided?

By Edward Van Vliet   1 year ago


I have the MSNBC app on my iPhone and I stream it to my Roku TV. Up until about 6 months ago, I was able to continue watching while I did other things on my iPhone such as reading email. For some reason, that stopped and now I have to keep my iPhone on the MSNBC app and also have to change my screen settings so that my phone does not go to sleep. If my phone goes to sleep, the app stops streaming to my TV. This did not happen before.

By Will   1 year ago


Fix the F*cking app. Echo and crosstalk persistent. Offload/ reinstall, doesn’t work. The app has serious issue. Since February can no longer go back 30 minutes on live cast only 30 seconds; and that doesn’t even work right.

By Bob Rosenstock   1 year ago


The app has no audio when watching the live feed. It’s been like this for over a week. What is the timeline for a fix? Thx

By Cathy Sweeney   1 year ago


Audio on app has not worked for 2 months! I have deleted and downloaded again several times. My son is having the same problem. This started with the last update.

By Vicki   1 year ago


MSNBC app not providing live news anymore. No Morning Joe. No Rachel Maddow Mon night. Help!

By Jan   1 year ago


The audio on the app on my iPad does not work. I have deleted app and reinstalled several times but doesn’t work. No volume button on app to see if that would work. Please fix.

By Barbara K   1 year ago


No sound with MSNBC app on my iphone. Other apps work fine. Have deleted app and re installed. App works my ipad. I looked for mute button found nothing. CC works. This started about two months ago. Phone up-to-date. Rebooted. Still no sound.

By Vicki   1 year ago


Love MSNBC! Morning Joe, etc will not play. I can read headlines but no live TV on 2 apps. Help!

By Shannon Ferguson   1 year ago


beginning March 2023, nbc news app (ver 4.0) crashes after 3-5 seconds on roku 4 (11.5.0 build 4312-17). other news apps work fine. crash problem persists after clean app re-install (after reboot), moving roku adjacent to wifi/router. glitch pattern points to nbc news app.

By Patrick T Kearney   1 year ago


This is my news outlet. I watch everyday loyally. There are some bugs or issues that now make it impossible to watch crashing ,tiling ,freezing every 10 seconds etc .constantly!. this is NOT Ok to operate this way and it seems no one is even attempting to fix the issues I know by now you know they exist. You apparently do not care that much about your ratings or your loyal customers to put out a product that is about Viewership this way.Diminished to the point I am going to leave and maybe 1 day I will see someone say they finally fixed their issues. No one seems to care about it so far and been this way over 2 months now at my house. Feedback . I hope it doesn`t freeze up on you every 10 seconds like your programing. Unfortunate because it`s the best news on tv you have made un-watchable

By Larry Graham   1 year ago


Tired of MSNBC dropping out every hour, on the hour. Tried all of the suggestions, nothing works. Tired of this crap.

By Lynn DeTuro   1 year ago


I can't get msnbc to stop crashing. It does it on the firestick and my TCL smart TV. It's so frustrating to have the picture freeze or just dump me back to the main screen.

By Larry Graham   1 year ago


Using Roku. Every hour, on the hour, usually in the evening, MSNBC drops out with "parental control" error. Usually turn off the TV and do a restart. Or, have to unplug it to clear it. What is causing this? Really aggravating.


Common dislikes about MSNBC app

- Commercials are in Spanish

- App freezes, no rewind feature, and crashes

- Forced "highlights" feature

- No way to disable the "highlights" feature

- No screen in screen functions

- App keeps getting worse



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