News 9 Weather Reviews

I don’t allow weather apps to use my location. I always enter my home and work as set locations. It refuses to save my address as a location no matter how many time I hit save! The one time it saved it changed my home address in Norman, OK to Lebanon, KS. It also wouldn’t edit. I changed it to my address, hit save, and it’s set back to Kansas.

The new app is hard to navigate. It’s not like I’m not tech savvy but News9Weather doesn’t seem to be as smooth running. The 7 days forecast layout is harder to see since you have to scroll and it doesn’t fit on one screen without a scroll. The radar seems a little but if a mess.. when you try to move it, it drops a pin to give you the weather in that location. Putting in a new location in the search bar.. the search bar is tiny and the words are small.
On the radar, I do like when you play up to active time. That seems better! I wish you could combine a couple things from the new app but have the old app back!

News9 was my only go to during any type of weather but after the update it’s the last. It’s slow for the radar to come up (if it does at all), it doesn't have all the details like hail, spin, etc. and the 7 day was way better before to get a glance then click on the day to get more detail like you have it now which is the only option. News9 will still be my #1 news source but not News9Weather .

I’m not sure why News9 decided to copy Aaron Tuttle‘s app. I like the way News9 did their hourly forecast. It really help me plan for the day. Now you just see the weather trends through the hours but don’t see a percentage. The way News9Weather is arranged now the reason I quit using Aaron Tuttle’s app. I’m going to have to go to a different news channel app to get the weather forecast and the usability I’ve come to know with the old news9 app. Please go back to the old way News9Weather was.

The new one has so many glitch in it. Opened News9Weather and couldn’t get the update of the weather. The new version is so slow, probably because of the new looks, wallpapers, and more useless function added to it. Now if i want to see the forecast 7 days, i have to keep scrolling down through everyday to see the weather overall for that week. Plus, can’t check multiple locations weather like the old version could. Just give us back the old one.

The main point of a weather app:
1) What is the current temp?
2) What is the High and Low for today?
3) What is the weather doing today (e.g., rain, windy, sunshine, etc)?
4) What is the weather expected for the next 2,5,7,10 days?

News9Weather changed for the worse! You must hunt and gather - wasting time and energy while increasing frustrations.

If you want a “pretty” app filled with color and graphics, that takes you 5 minutes to piece together the basic information you are seeking, you found it!

If you want a streamlined app with the pertinent details at your fingertips... News9Weather did this in the past...sadly the latest version will drain your time and render you vulnerable to the elements! Good luck knowing if you need an umbrella, sunglasses, a parka, or your sunscreen!

News9Weather has been great from the time I first downloaded in 2013. I didn’t care for the new layout but I figured I’d get used to it. I used it a great deal for the radar when I lived in Oklahoma for farming. Then when I moved, I kept it because of how accurate the radar was and the notifications. I have family scattered all over Oklahoma; I have relatives that are terrified of tornadoes so I keep tabs when weather events are happening in their area. Last night I received alerts of excessive heat, lightning, thunderstorms, and flooding for the Guthrie area. At no time did I receive alerts for high wind or the freaking tornado that bounced through there. I emailed News9Weather to ask why the TORNADO notification didn’t come thru, explaining I’d received other notifications. I was told there were notifications and I needed to make sure the notifications option was turned on. I sent a screen shot of the notifications I’d received, asking if they could just have someone look into why some alerts were sent but not others and was told I should have had my news alerts on too.
Be aware News9Weather just isn’t what it used to be and the support isn’t very helpful.

Recently, News9Weather received a makeover. While the new look is more polished and attractive, it doesn't have the content or the ease of use that once made this my primary weather reference. Gone are the hourly projections, and all of my saved locations. Unfortunately, News9Weather is no longer distinctive from the other weather apps, and I will be looking for a replacement.

News 9 is the only news station I’ll watch in OKC but their weather app is not very user friendly. KFOR (who I don’t watch) has a very simple and clean weather app that sends out warnings when needed. I wouldn’t know if News 9’s app does because it’s too cluttered to keep on my phone. I strongly suggest making the home page of News9Weather more simplistic with maybe the radar with a strip along the bottom showing the forecast and maybe a side with options to watch live, recent videos etc. The current layout involving scrolling and and opening different stuff up is just not user friendly in my opinion. Again, News 9 is the only news station I’ll watch but I wish they’d update their app.

I like News9Weather to check the weather for the week but recently it started not to update the weather. One week it said there was about an 80% chance of rain almost all day on the hourly forecast. That day, it only rained early in the morning. I’ll also be looking at News9Weather and the forecast is different from when you watch it on TV. Please make your app accurate to what you forecast on TV. Had to delete it because it was accurate anymore.

The new update make it difficult to see what is going on with the weather. Before it was on one screen now you have to drag the screen sideways. It also doesn’t appear to give precipitation percentages for the 24 time frame any longer. It just has an over all. The update came at a horrible time since I was trying to plan a trip to the zoo, but had no idea when the rain would move out.

I have loved News9Weather for its push notifications of weather and basic layout for years but, this new update made everything clumped and accessed clumsy.

Please bring back the basic interface, this new one makes it look like a child’s webpage imo.

I have a few things 1. It does crash a lot 2. It could be more accurate 3. Everything else is okay just try to fix some of those things I hope you do cause living in Oklahoma is kinda scary with all the tornadoes and stuff

I would however like to see an app that I could also plug in where those I love were getting any warnings easily. Perhaps get an alert for those places as well . Family spread throughout Oklahoma. 😉

News9Weather is more sleek, and the update has provided so much more useful information. (e.g. sunrise/sunset, hourly wind, temp & precip, current wind, etc) I’ve seen some reviews that say it doesn’t have hourly projections or saved locations, but they must’ve overlooked those features, because they’re there.
I thought there was no way to change the alert settings (like, to pick and choose what I get alerted about.)It took me a week or two but I finally figured out how to change those settings.
Overall, much improved. Great app.

News 9 is the only OKC weather app I use, and the only weather I watch on TV. If there’s severe weather expected, or happening, I immediately go to News 9 on TV and News9Weather . The only one that I trust!!

The latest release is miles ahead of the old version. Looks much better, opens to much more useful information, and everything is just a scroll down the home page, no clicking around trying to find 7-day, hourly, sunrise and sunset times. Great job.

I love News9Weather especially in oklahoma with our crazy weather this really helps keep my kids and family safe. The only negative I have is I wish it would send more notifications. For example say we are under a tornado watch, I would wish it would send a notification about that or like a t-storm warning. Overall News9Weather is decently helpful and I partially recommend it.

News9Weather has some great features. Only thing I could suggest to add is in the hourly weather tab to have wind direction. Currently it only shows wind speed. It would be nice to know what direction the wind is coming from. I would also like to know if the radar on News9Weather is the same radar used in the studio. Is it Next Gen? That is an absolutely incredible radar. It would be nice if that was the same one used on News9Weather

News 9 weather app has been in need of an many upgrades for a while now. They have made a lot of very helpful updates, which makes me very happy, because news 9 is the only channel I’ll watch for weather information.. but unfortunately until recently their weather app has been pretty terrible.
Thanks for the much need improvement! I hope it only gets better from here!

This is an excellent weather application for my cell phone. I also have it on my home computer. I am 70 years old and I have lived in Oklahoma my entire life. I am very familiar with our give-and-take weather. I've watched all three major networks and have used their weather apps on my cell phone. channel4 and channel 5 do not compare with the excellent service provided by channel 9. Congratulations channel 9 on a job well done.