ABC7 Chicago News & Weather Reviews

by Beatle

I love and used ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather for this very long time I am a Abc7 need fans in Chicago I lived in Indiana but now is getting so frustrating now because when I want to see the article and watch the news everyday to see what going around me I am depending on ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather to keep the updates now it get so out of hand it keeps crashing and it freezes when I tried to watch the video too also it so many ignoring ads it got so frustrating I had too ending up watch it on the website on my desktop please please please fix this problems 😩

by DrBap

I have always been an ABC 7 fan and therefore relied on ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather to keep up with the news. I’ve recently become increasingly annoyed with the relatively new feature that causes the video to a story to play automatically when a story is opened. Quite often I am not in a position, nor do I want, to hear the story when the words are right there for me to read. On top of that, it’s nearly impossible to mute the video quickly. I’m now finding myself using other news apps without that feature. Please change it back!

by Bob-O-B0B

Started getting pop-up message boxes (blue background) offering to install something or do something- the messages were very vague. I do not recall what they were, I am sorry to say. There was NO "Cancel" or "No" button option, only "Accept" or "Yes". It was not possible to get rid of them or go back either; I had to quit ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather each time. After three of these appeared in one day, I uninstalled ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather .
Was I looking at a trojan or something? Who knows, especially now that App store integrity has been breached, which is more reason to never, ever click on pop-ups offering no option but "yes" anyway.
As for ABC's news, as presented through ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather, the writing was often terrible, full of half-sentences with words missing or in a weird order. Contradictory statements were common. All the proofreaders seem to be on a permanent break.

by The Boys 97

This is a horrible update! Like other viewers it keeps telling me I need an internet connection, so there is nothing there. I know it’s ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather because all my other apps connect. When I can see things, it’s not user friendly, hard to find stories. Also, I stream the news, and can’t always find it, or it won’t work. I finally really figured out the last update and don’t know why such a drastic change had to occur. If a better update doesn’t become available soon I will have to find an app that can actually show me news, which I hate because abc7chicago is my favorite station to watch, especially in the morning.

by Alex & Kylie's Mom

I stream the morning telecast each weekday morning - at least I was able to until the upgrade to the new lay out/format. Never had a problem with internet connection. Now, I can’t live stream. Says I have to internet connection. Sorry, but I do. Same place as I used to stream this with no changes to my internet service. Also, everything is harder to find. I thought the previous layout worked very well. No problems with change here - change is good as long as we can still get the information we want and need. I would send a picture to prove I have internet connection, but I can’t seem to paste a picture here.

by Katyknock

If you just want the headline alerts, ok. But so often if you don't click on them within 5 minutes the story is no longer there or you scroll endlessly looking for the story. But you can be sure that the bought stories that CNN huffington post and the others have are all at the top and easy to find. What good is this "local" news

Furthermore why are items god enough to send headline alerts about but can’t be found on the site. This is a crummy - to give it a good name- and poorly executed app!!

by Bernijams

It would be better if ads weren’t crammed into every nanosecond of reports. A weather video won’t play until the ad plays and sometimes ad audio plays over the video. Then the video is cut short for another ad or the entire app crashes as soon as the ad starts. Suggestion: get rid of the ads or fix them so you can skip them like in other video apps it’s not necessary to play a 2 minute ad. Most you tube ads are 5-10 seconds long or are a banner that can be closed once seen. ABC Get with the program and dump long ads. Also Tracy Butlers morning forecast is Useless... ads run longer than her nanosecond weather report. I can look out the window and get more info on the weather. ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather is a waste of time for weather or any reports unless you like to watch ads.

by CJQu

Click a headline to read an article. And one of two things happen. Video auto plays. No issue there. But since April’s update, an ad will play at LOUD volume despite my phone’s volume on/off AND despite my pref in ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather to play the news video with volume or not.

I prefer to READ the articles, and most often as an activity while others are around which I don’t want to disturb. The sudden blast of an ad is startling to me and anyone nearby. It’s sorta nice to see the news video play as I read albeit muted. If I want volume, I’ll replay it unmuted. But for an ad to ignore volume setting within app and with phone silenced is enough for to stop using ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather if not fixed soon.

And, ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather crashes a lot. As in 2-3 times before I get to end of an article. Not every article but prob half the ones I click into in one sitting.

Again, that plus the ad volume is so frustrating I really don’t want to bother. Shame because this is the best app for local news here both in coverage and in user friendly interface (until last update).

by A Great Reason

In the beginning, ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather was great. It had excellent content, was timely and informative. Within the last two years, there have been nothing but problems. At times, ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather won’t launch at all. The wrong picture is often shown on the posts. Lively commercials are placed before horrible tragedies which is just awful.

Sometimes, when stories are selected, nothing happens or there is no sound or the wrong video is shown. You never know what you will get with ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather . I’ve been so frustrated with ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather that I’ve avoided it for weeks. It needs some major improvements.

by MikeBinDG

I don’t watch much tv any more. iPad mostly.

My fave restaurant always had the afternoon game show/news block from Channel 7 on and I have become a 7 fan.
Also having had a career in tv - I am impressed with the many news crews 7 can field on the street.
I think that ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather does a great job of synopsizing the leading stories down.

by Ladan And Shawn

I have been a loyal viewer of ABC7 Chicago News for over 30 years. This is an exceptional app. The new layout and design is phenomenal. However, I would give five stars if there was an option to bypass viewing advertisements. If not completely, then perhaps after the first five seconds. EVERY TIME you access a video associated with a news article, you have to view a 30-second ad. And it’s usually the SAME advertisement! If I view 10 videos, I am
forced to view the SAME advertisement 10 times—that’s five minutes! It’s a bit much. Please fix this.

by DJ20202020

Great show for Chicago. it’s great to be able to keep up on the news or catch news as it’s happening in Chicago because it’s such a moving city. Great to be able to tune in without it being the regular news times of the day. keep up the good work. I must add that sometimes it seems that your station is rather biased for Republicans for example when Trump was running for president it seems that your station was constantly talking about Benghazi Benghazi Benghazi which really prejudiced Hillary Clinton quite a bit but when it was Trump in the Whitehouse you did not talk enough about what a traitor he was or do it constantly. Thank you.

by Woodridg Two

I check your application for the latest news and most of times it never comes up on my I phone can you help me solve this problem or it’s it on your side thank you for some help

by Tony And Mona

I’m a 51 year old man who lives in Kenosha, WI, there is only one cable contractor that allows me to receive both Chicago and Milwaukee news stations. I’ve worked in the Chicago area for thirty years now and I’m soon to retire. I’ve been an avid channel seven guy since I was a teenager. I can remember when some of the ABC personalities came from other stations and I also see some of the old ABC personalities on other stations. ABC7CHICAGO is commuted to having the best, the brightest and the most beautiful people that it can find. There’s nothing like waking up to Tracy, Tanya, Roz and Terrell in the mornings. You also have my all time favorite in Judy Psu in the afternoon and I go to sleep with ABC7CHICAGO at ten. Thank you all for always delivering the news the way we can all receive it from people who seem to really care about Chicago and the surrounding areas.

by MyMrKasey

The only complaint I have is the weather portion, the video of the meteorologists are fine, then part where it shows the weather needs some improvement, way to often it has been a bit off. I sometimes need to know what the weather in a certain place will be. If it says it’s warm and sunny, I don’t want to see cool and raining.

by Catn75

I understand change is needed but rather go back to the old version of ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather . The new app does not allow a full view of all the news and have to click through each story. The old app allowed one to scroll through quickly with features story on top. Sorry but since the change, I don’t see myself using your app much longer. Just being honest.

by Tjcksn

I would like ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather a whole lot more if you all could fix two things. First ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather keeps closing after I’ve read about 3 articles, which is very frustrating. Next there’s way too many ads and on top of that it’s the same ad over and over again! Who wants to watch the sam ad everytime I go to read/watch an article?🤷🏽‍♀️ please fix this soon.

by EVIE611 :

Hello everyone. I just want to thank everyone that’s involved sharing the news. I’ve been a channel 7 Eye witness news gal since I was a teenager and I’m 55 plus years old. You guys are awesome, you deliver on point and so forth, always on the gooo! Keep going strong and continue too do your very best. May The Lord continue to keep you all of you safe, blessings flowing your way. Yours truly. The 👀witness news gal.😘

by GrafixPenguin

I've been getting nearly all of my news from ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather, the stories are easily accessible and the navigation is seamless. I still give ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather a 5 star rating, however, I wanted to point out that ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather with suddenly crash, usually after reading a few stories. Further, the top always shows flooding warnings, but even though my location is set in the settings, and I don't reside near flood prone areas, it still shows up.

Overall though, I've been very happy with its performance.

by PeteyRak

ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather automatically scrolls down to a video or ad that uploads to the story (it appears that way anyway) while you begin reading the story...it’s so annoying that if it doesn’t get fixed, I’m deleting ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather . I have had ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather for years and love the user friendly design but since this began a few months ago, I can’t take it! Thx!

by Allison50

While I’ve always been a loyal viewer of ABC7CHICAGO your app has way to many links in it. I can’t read even one story without being taken too another story because as I scroll through the article reading I inevitably hit one of the numerous links spread throughout the article. There are times i hit multiple links in just trying to read a four or five paragraph story. It is totally annoying to the point I’m going to delete your app! In addition the fact that the videos play as soon as you open a story is bad. Sometimes I’ll try to catch up on the news while waiting for a meeting to start and all of a sudden the videos will start playing If I want to play the video, I am really capable of hitting play. Another reason to delete ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather !!!

by Artchick94

The latest update has provided and app that is more difficult to navigate to get to the stories and topics that you would want to read first. I liked being able to just open up the navigation menu and select the topic I want to read. Now, even with the customizable news, you have to scroll through each individual story to find something to read. It’s annoying now. Bring back the navigation menu.

by #LatteLover

Although I wish I could get to full articles more easily from the alerts, I love everything else about ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather and the news information. The alerts are quick and timely even when I am traveling in and out of the country. The news feed is a good mix of local, national, and worldly news too. Keep up the good work ABC7CHICAGO!

by Reads Well

At first I loved the “swipe” feature on the articles, but now there is no written content, only video. Often I check the news when I’m out and so cannot use video as it disturbs others, like in a waiting room at the doctor’s office. Is ABC worried we don’t know how to read? Getting rid of ABC7ChicagoNewsWeather and signing in to NBC.

by Jazzie JJ

I have watched Channel 7 news waaaaaay before Roz Varon got there. 😀I know this for sure because I went to (Columbia College) with Roz. Lol. In fact, we had a lot of classes together.😄 over the years, channel 7 has always been my number one choice of news because the reporters have personality, empathy, and knowledge! Keep up the great job you guys continuously do.