News 12 Mobile Reviews

by Cannabusdriver

Every article is a copy from another publication and most, if not all, have terrible spelling and grammar. Nothing original. It’s worse when trying to view a 1 minute video. You have to sit through a 15-30 second commercial to watch a 5 second highlight. Forget about trying to browse through pictures. You can’t swipe through without swiping to another story. You can’t click through because the forward and reverse buttons are on top of each other.

News articles are not updated daily. I’ve seen the same article highlighted about kid that assaulted some woman in Westport for the last 6 months, while others have been posted and removed. Not defending the kid but it certainly seems like there is an agenda here. Who is editing and curating this “news”?

It’s utterly laughable News12 is part of a multi billion corporation. This should supplement the channel, not hinder it or ruin its value and reputation, albeit slim as it is already. There are other, national news organizations that provide better local news coverage than “your local news 12”. It’s also laughable when that is a rebuttal they use when you tell them you want to cancel their service. “You’ll lose channel 12 access and local news coverage of you switch to any other provider.” Good riddance. Utter trash.

by Marsfrog

News12 simply doesn’t work. The live stream constantly freezes after about one minute of viewing. The problem exists over multiple platforms. Réinstallation does not fix the problems. News12 has not worked for months and updates to it are ineffective at rendering News12 functional.
Update: foolishly gave News12 another try. Don’t bother, obviously optimum does not care to make a functional app. Always works flawlessly for the endless advertising but freezes quickly when there is actual “news” programming.
Waste of time.

by Kplan23

The Notifications never take you to the story. Right now it’s irrelevant because you get a blank page that says, “There was an error loading this content. Try again”
There’s still an ad so if you like to look at ads this is your app. It’s 58°,not 78°.
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If you pay for this app through your cable service you should demand that ads be removed from News12 . This goes for all the news apps you may pay for through your cable company. As soon as I see the ad is going to be long I go find the story somewhere else where it can be read without an ad. As someone else already pointed out. The stories are all cut and pasted. It’s not journalism. It’s plagiarism.
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Technically News12 works far better then it did ever did. Crashes, freezes and refusing to open all appear to have been fixed over the years.
I don’t open News12 unless I get a Notification of a story that may interest me. If you don’t open the link soon after it arrives News12 opens to another story after an annoying ad. Then you have to search around and see if you can find a link. It’s really not worth the effort as it’s the same stories you can find in the Patch or Newsday.

by Steven$123

The recent upgrade to News12 dropped it from 5 stars to 1 star. With the upgrade they took away the live news stream and ruined the weather forecast. The weather only shows for Jersey City no matter what town you live in. It used to be town specific. Now I have to use another app for accurate weather forecasting for where I live. Also they used to show the video of the latest weather forecast broadcasted on tv and now that is gone. It would be great if they would go back to the format before the upgrade.

by Gvran

Noticing the recent uptick in ads, its WAY too much...20 second ad every time you click... utter torture. Ads blocking view above the fold. Deleting app after much enjoyment in getting my news here for the past year/s- it’s just too much... too much waiting, same ad over and over, and so slow to load anything. Bleh, so disappointing, especially as an optimum costumer and having forked over Thousands of $$, over the years. This just stinks, why cant i just enjoy a service.

Update- now they took out the weather report from the weather section? I like to hear what the weather man has to say. What is the point if News12? I can look at pictures of clouds and suns on my apple weather... again, chipping away at every reason i use News12. I searched for traffic & weather and got a report from last May. Its September.

by Enuf20

News12 has become horrendous! First, too many ads. Then freezing during live news feed. Now, there isn’t even an option for live news! What gives, Optimum/Altice?

I don’t understand how there has been no response from the developer or the this app organization (Optimum/Altice) about the lack of live news feed and all of the other issues and comments in the reviews. I’m still getting alerts to watch some breaking news piece, but watching live still isn’t an option. The website doesn’t mention the lack of live news either. We pay a hefty monthly fee for Optimum’s service, but all we’re getting is a lack of service and no response. If you want customers to switch service providers, just say so. Otherwise, respond and fix the issues!

by Fastcars901

The News 12 app has a new logo and little things here and there but it doesn’t fix the #1 problem I have with News12 and even the News 12 website: I can’t watch videos or News 12 Live in landscape mode. For some reason it will not allow me to put the video into landscape like it it used to, it will only allow it in portrait mode even when I click the enlarge button and turn my iPhone sideways. I do not have orentation lock on my iPhone by the way. Also News12 sometimes crashes and has ads every second which really gets on my nerves. And the traffic section is gone. I deleted News12 from my iPhone. Waste of time!

by 2 Sea

New update makes News12 pretty much useless. Why would you take away features?! It’s unorganized, hard to navigate, the weather section is just awful, I can’t find the weather radar and other useful weather features, live feature or the traffic updates seem to have vanished, the layout is not user friendly, when you click on an article the video automatically starts to play which is super annoying, it isn’t updated regularly, there is hardly any new content which is probably why old news is mixed in, videos don’t always work and are preceded by endless ads which is inconvenient, and it’s visually unappealing . Also the articles have many spelling and grammar errors. I don’t understand the need to constantly “fix” things and make them virtually unusable when they were decent before. Each update seems to make things worse. I barely use News12 now that’s been “updated”. I look elsewhere for Long Island weather, traffic, and news. I wish News 12 would make it easy to access traffic and weather quickly. Now there’s really no point to News12!

by Liberty1793

Why do you guys keep ruining the live traffic and weather video feature? The last time you did this, you took it away completely without warning. Now it’s back, and you have to wait through over 3 mins of commercials! Also, News 12 “Plus” just means that they cluttered the actual content (when you finally get to it) with Non-Traffic/Weather related crap (which should have it’s own app). C’mon. News 12 Traffic and Weather should be just that, no exceptions, no frills as it used to be. I rely on that for quick updates through my phone. Now I don’t even bother. Fix It!!!!

by Mx14

So if your an Xfinity or Comcast customer you cannot sign in or view live TV? You also cannot use your Xfinity stream app on your mobile device unless you’re connected to your home Wi-Fi network due to licensing issues. In today’s Mobile world this makes little to no sense. My family is sick and tired of paying $200 a month for Comcast and then on top of that, paying extra for everything else all the while not being able to watch news 12 New Jersey on the go. This is why we have data plans on our mobile devices.

by Nonsleeper

First, stop auto playing videos when you click the link to read an article. If I am reading my phone in a location where I need to be super quiet, the last thing I need is a video blaring unexpectedly. Second, on the main page it shows the date and time of the article which is great. BUT when you click to read one of those articles at the bottom of it are suggested articles to read that are OUTDATED and do not have the date stamp so you don’t know what’s real and what’s not. Reading a current article in April but the link at the bottom says “12 inches of snow expected” or “Covid cases skyrocketing”, neither of which are CURRENTLY true. Please fix this ASAP.

by Steilin78

I use the news 12 app each morning with my coffee to get my news however recent”updates” now having ads auto open 10-20 seconds I to trying to read an artiste working my last nerve. I understand the premium s reason for such advertising but if I’m interested in the ad, I will click on it. It doesn’t need to auto open and be shoved in my face. What you get instead when this happen is a frustrated and annoyed viewer who starts to think of where else she may get her AM news where this doesn’t happen. Seriously consider disabling this obnoxious new feature.

by JVGJEF

Why are there duplicate headlines/news under TOP STORIES section?

I’m in the SPORTS section and select an article/news to read. Once I’m done with the article, I tap on the “<“ sign to get out of the article and go back to the SPORTS section since I was there before i selected the article/news to read. I don’t end up in the SPORTS section. Instead I was taken back to the TOP STORIES section. Shouldn’t I be taken back to where I was before which, in this case, is the SPORTS section?

by Benzgirl8

Each morning starts with coffee and News 12. I’ve noticed new faces with the weather updates although Rich Hoffman will always be my favorite weatherman. I also would like to express my appreciation for the segments with Marty Cantor as an outgoing guest. I also enjoy Doug Geeds segment on what’s happening on the East End. Ty Milburn is always a face I like to see on weekend airings.
I have one piece of constructive criticism. News 12 always shows people getting their Covid vaccinations. It’s constantly showing people getting pricked with a needle…we get it but must we see it constantly? Can’t enjoy watching the news while eating a meal, enjoying a beverage when the news shows needles going into someone’s arm…queasy feeling watching it all the time.

by Hot Rods And Customa

I watch it daily and love it but miss when you had the news summary channel it was a vital part of your news so I could catch up during the day in just minutes. In my option is you need to bring it back to all your viewers
Thank you

by Velmen123

They no longer have the option to watch them live. The best feature News12 had! I used to watch the news on my phone while getting ready for work in the mornings since I was able to take my phone with me into different areas of my house.

by Partydude1942

I wish the news on “news 12” was a little more current and up to date, instead of news from previous day!!! The weather seems to up to date
But I wish local news would be same or better than other news stations!!

by Mgmiller68

Love News12 , have been using it for a long time, and I especially appreciate today’s newest app update. Am hoping at this point that the developers add support for the new iPhone X, so that News12 fills the screen entirely (I’ll email the developers and ask them if they can add this enhancement). Otherwise, it’s a great app and it keeps me updated on important events going on in the area 😊

by B Schmaling

I’m so happy Fios has the channel 12 now I’ve been waiting for this for so long .. Thank you news 12 and Fios for coming together.. As now I will watch this news channel and no other ever again I wasn’t happy how they treated president Trump just not right I’m hoping News 12 keeps up there honesty and don’t be like all the other news broadcasters and lie .. So far I’m very happy with you ..

by Kaylin O.

Personally I like News12 . A lot of people are giving the worst ratings over ads, but forget that when they watch tv that commercials are ads themselves and take almost 2-3 minutes to go away every 10 mins or so. You guys can’t relax for a thirty second ad? Jeez. I’m from white Plains and honestly a app that’s easy to check the headlines of the top stories and quickly review the weather for the week is amazing. I look, and I move on with my day there’s no reason to click on the video since the title of the video says all you need to know. Good job news 12.

by Tsuami

As soon as you launch News12 it closes. Not isolated and ongoing issue. I reached out an emailed this app allowing them to know the trouble with their app, using a completely updated iPhone with News12 updated and the response was “ call at ..... “ it was a 4 word response lacked any customer care or gratitude for allowing them to know users are unable to use their app. Will delete News12 now

by 67flowers

The new version, 5.1.0, actually added more bugs. Tried numerous times with complete dropouts, so I deleted & reinstalled. I actually got further this time - got to the beginning where you have to choose your region, but again dropped out. Needs another revision.

I waited to see if News12 was improved, but it has not. App worked beautifully until this new version. Still can’t stay open & News12 help link says its invalid. I guess I have no choice but to delete!

by Zachattackbrown

on the rare occasion i DO get a breaking news alert and want to read more about it, i click it and it brings me somewhere else where i can’t even find the article the alert was about! on top of that, News12 freezes, then crashes and closes EVERY SINGLE TIME i open it after about 10 seconds. come on N12, you can’t fix an app that MILLIONS of Long Islanders would like to use on a daily basis. absolutely pathetic. worst designed news app on News12 Store, and that’s saying something.

by Linniek1

What a worthless piece of garbage! This new update has done nothing for my iPhone or iPads. News12 never gets any further than the opening screen and even that is in complete then it just crashes again and again and again.

I don’t know what bugs were fixed in this l latest update, but it sure hasn’t done anything for News12 on my devices. As I said, worthless piece of garbage cup.

Unfortunately news 12 is the only local weather forecast I can get and since this piece of crap doesn’t work I’m left weatherless

by Grumpy2312

Omg News12 just keeps getting worse with each update! The news can never just have a 10 sec delay and start! You have to hit play to watch tv live,then have 1-2 ads, then News12 pauses, then you must hit play again and pray live tv is not on an actual commercial break because then its more commercials. They dont need any more commercials, we already pay for the ads since you must be a subscriber to the cable company to get it. Now it also wants to play any region other then the actual region i want.

Kill the Snooze, Just play the News!!!

by J203Redding

I get updates and crashes every time I try opening News12 . Erased and reinstalled still having the same problem. Plus I have tons of memory on my phone. Get it together please. Contact me if you need someone to fix it I know a few companies that can fix your bugs. Your website link on your app is down as well by the way.

by Kdelhi

For some VERY STRANGE REASON about 1+ months ago News12 changed my default location to the Bronx!! I live in New Jersey & Every time I open app I have to change it!!! Maddening is all I can say. It used to work fine but NOT ANYMORE!! Stop touching stuff, you need to fix this, because I’ve stopped using it for my local weather.

by Rls2nd

I’m a LI resident and long time News 12 viewer. I also have a second home in Cary, NC. I’ve always stayed in touch with LI streaming News 12 on my iPad. How sad that I can no longer view News 12 this way. I have an Apple TV, but not the latest here. Otherwise this would have been 5 stars.

by Duchessofblue

News12 provides all necessary and desired information. But that’s if you can get it to open and work without freezing or it force closing before it even opens. I guess you can enjoy looking at the logo at most. Maybe that’s why they changed it? They really need to fix the bugs in News12 . I don’t recommend.

by Lucien J. Wolf

I don’t have any problems watching the news. News12 is working good in my IPhone. The only complaint that I have is: why News12 is not available to streaming on tv without using an Apple TV? Please do something about this. Thanks.