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Yesterday when I opened my NBC12 app, it contained a statement that a new version of the app was available, in that the current version that I was viewing would no longer contain updated new stories. It directed me to download the new version of the app. So I did. The new version is nothing short of terrible. It is extremely cluttered, filled with ads and annoying pop ups, and a ridiculously oversized default font. Several times now, I have inadvertently opened and I merely trying to scroll among different stories. And, curiously, several of the news stories appear TWICE. This new version of the app is a huge step BACKWARDS. If if significant improvements are not made to the NBC 12 app, I will likely delete it and instead download one of the other Richmond news station apps. They cannot be any worse. I truly do not understand what NBC12 was thinking when it thought this new version was an improvement. Very frustrating.

I love NBC12 and used to love their app, but the new design makes it so convoluted to find news stories, and there are so many more clicks to navigate than there used to be and the ads keep you from locating the stories easily. Having podcast links buttons within news stories article buttons while scrolling is also very confusing and annoying. It also seems to work more like an html site not an app, so when you click on the side bar it doesn’t collapse and you can’t get back to the list of stories without closing the app. I hope this is a beta test and that they have big alterations in the works otherwise I’m going to have to defect to a different news app!

Battery charge has started to show battery charge percentage drop from 100% down to 80-90% charge with little usage. A review of which apps are sucking the life out of the charge, this app is number one with no close second runner. The app this morning is showing 54% battery usage due to background activity. I have turned off location & blue tooth - background app refresh was already turned off. What the heck is this app doing in the background when background refresh has not been turned on? iPhone is up to date on iOS. I am deleting this app and will check for update that stated battery impact issue bug has been corrected.