Buffalo News from WGRZ Reviews

by TheRealDutchee

Especially the fact that every video starts with a mandatory ad ruins the user experience of BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ. To make matters worse, there is only one ad that you are forced to watch over and over and over again from Custom Carpet Centers, since they are the only company that advertise here. Not only doesn’t this help Custom Carpet Centers, but neither BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ , nor the user. Lose, lose lose situation. But that is a word that Buffalo is not a stranger of. Worst news app on my iOS device.

by Angry Birder #58

The old app was good - easy to use, informative, etc. Then they updated it. Now it is terrible. Hard to find anything. The weather radar is not close to accurate. When I looked at it to see when a rain shower might pass, it didn’t even show that there was rain in my area - we had a significant amount of rain! BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ on my phone is even worse. When you click on topics to get the news, it is blank. No news, I guess. Bring back the old version of BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ! The update is terrible!

by Ticket Tooker

Where is the watch live news tab/ button? I have had to watch it on the browser to watch news as I could not find any place to activate live news. The more I use it the less I like it. Old app was far better. This is another instance where new is not better. But it is real smooth on the crashes. Unless it gets better, I will probably delete it.

by Lashcroft

Recently there were no sponsor commercials during the station breaks and that was okay. But the station would be broadcasting and BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ would “Be right back”. Now there are sponsor commercials but BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ continues to break during the station news and weather! I don’t have much time to get ready in the morning and I would really like to see what’s happening before I leave the house.

by Danigrl81

I like BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ to keep up on local news but whenever I try to open an article from a notification I can never swipe up the ad to see the article, it’s always frozen. I can only access if I go directly into BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ . This is very annoying. I don’t have any other functionality issues with BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ .

by Technical Trish

While I enjoy using BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ for news and weather, I have little patience when it is not in use. There have been countless occasions when it is updating. When this happens I get a blank screen with a blue swirly symbol. The process can sometimes take hours! This is unacceptable and I hope the technical team can improve this.

by Bren610

Changing my rating from 2 to 3 stars. The reintroduction of past radar was much appreciated. I still feel like the ad intrusion is way too much. People are inundated with ads. I understand that ads equal money, but come on. Can’t even check the weather anymore without Custom Carpet Center taking up a quarter of the screen. I don’t need carpet, I want to check the news and weather.

by Northtown, Orleans

They don’t pay enough attention to the northern county’s. (Orleans, Niagara) when it comes to news or weather. And to many commercials on BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ . Takes forever to watch anything till you’ve listened to the same commercial over and over. But better than anything else out there.

by Ramblinman312

This site is not set up very well. It's not easy to navigate. Going from page to page just to read a story and back through pages just to get to another story.
The weather page should have the upcoming days weather info together and not have to scroll down in two parts.
Also this site is slow. Needs to be redesigned to get the news, weather and sports quicker without a lot of navigating.

by Dilly Dillt

I have my settings set to notify me of closings and weather However throughout the day I’ll get “breaking” notifications pertaining to local, national and world news. It’s annoying to be notified of what the news agency believes to be important but personally I don’t care about the deaths of celebrities, arrest of local persons, or trade deals by two teams who have never nor in the foreseeable future win a championship.

by Rollar Gorl

Liked it a lot better before that latest change. Difficult to read,access, go to news 4 first now, as there format on iPhone is simpler to read, and access. Go back to your original design before this latest one.

by Jack6x

It is nice to know daily updates on important subjects. However, the weather end of BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ needs help. It almost is never right and changes often, usually drastically. As if somebody just made a wild guess and the the day comes around and they were way off on their predictions.

by Pcove Wannabe

I find BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ very helpful when I want to keep up with news or weather while I'm not at home. The breaking news alerts help me keep up with current happenings. The only part I don't care for is live videos while every time I watch one I have to sit through an advertisement makes no sense. If I want to watch an ad I'll wait for the news at home to sit through commercials.

by Alijah Simon

My dad loves the interactive radar. There’s iPad AND split view support. Push notifications. Obviously, the design could be nicer, but BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ is very, very good. Keep it up. The only thing more I could ask for is an official Apple News channel, which is free. I do read most of my news in Apple News, so I sometimes miss out on WGRZ stories since you haven’t added it there.

by Nan 55

I like that when I receive a banner of news that the info is actually there. Some tv channels give a banner, but no details unless you listen to their live news. Love WGRZ!

by Lindalsmith

I'm new to having your app. But I was warned the other day of possible tornado and was surprised. Thankful for that! Tv cable gone so I can keep track of what's going on in the area with your news and weather app. Glad to be connected!

by Friend Of Channel 2

I am currently watching parts of WGRZ on my phone as I currently have Direct TV. I miss my favorite channel and want to be able to watch it. I will be cancelling Direct TV by this afternoon and am going elsewhere just so I can get my favorite news channel back. You all are the best!!

by 00chaut1

Southern tier here. We love to know what’s going on. Your weather team is spot on!! The best. One thing I don’t like is if there is a live update or the Governor is speaking, you click on it and have to listen to a commercial first, not hearing all of the speech. I know you have to pay the bills also though.

by Vin217

I am very disheartened that the issue with Dish has not been resolved. We always watched the local and national news on Ch 2 and have always been impressed with the sincerity and professionalism of anchor Scott Levin. Having had many opportunities to compare WGR with other local stations due to the length of time this has dragged on, reinforces what we like about the WGR team.

by #ME1

News reports just seem to be a little repetitive on the weekends...also would like to see what’s happening around in WNY during the weekend. Not sure if that is already available and if it is where can I look?
Thank you for your time:)
Lisa O.

by Avidnewswatcher99

The new update makes it hard to navigate. When I scroll down BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ is glitchy and will bring me back up to the top. It’s hard to view the videos and pictures because when ever I try to swipe through them BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ brings me to the weather tab. Overall BuffaloNewsfromWGRZ is slow and takes forever to load the stories and videos. There should be a new update to make several tabs for the news instead of putting it all in one page. The older app was way better.

by Jwd Qc

I moved from Buffalo to a small town south of Atlanta Georgia your app keeps me updated on everything that’s going on in my hometown of Buffalo. I am still die hard Bills fan.

by Faithfull Watcher

Would appreciate it if the background music was LOWERED during the weather. Channel 2 is our go to channel for weather BUT the background music is distracting 😳

by DML09

Always right on when reporting the news. Enjoy the news team at this station.