DW - Breaking World News Reviews

by Usaappreviewer

I watch a lot of this app app on my iPad. I want to give DW 4 stars but I can’t. There’s no support for Picture in Picture. When I exit out of DW, I cannot use DW while in conjunction with another app. There are other news streaming apps, and safari that allows for this function. So I cannot look things up at the same time while I’m listening/watching the news at the same time. In addition to this, the lack of close captioning is alarming for a network of this size. No close captioning available when selected, same happened when I used to use the Apple TV app. I’m hard of hearing but it’s difficult to keep up sometime. I’m very grateful for the ability to rewind live as many times as I need to, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to keep up on both iPad app or Apple TV app. Please this app fix these these options.

by Klovesius

The application doesn’t allow to select a single word, for a look-up in a dictionary, for example. Only a whole paragraph can be selected. I wrote the developers about this issue a few months ago, but they seem to ignore it.

Another inconvenience is inability to use the swipe gesture to return to a previous screen.

Thus, the this app website has better usability than this application.

by Nonamemarine

Really enjoyed your service until this last update... when I open DW on my iPhone 11 I get white screen with the this app logo. I swipe right to get to the menu for regional news and pick one only to get a never ending "wait" circle. What's up guys?

by DanTheFilmLover

Content is good. DW ’s major technical need is to allow the text size to be adjusted to make it larger. The default text size is too small on a smartphone. Hope this feature can be added soon. Thanks!

by ClausP1953

Have been using DW for years. But since early this month (Nov2020) it will not open any more. I deleted DW and re-downloaded it, but with the same behavior. Reading now other recent reviews tells me, that DW must certainly have a glitch which needs to be corrected.

by Welsh Ladybug

I had to replace my phone and this app is the only app that won’t load. After removing from app from main screen, it will not allow me to download it again. this app still works on my iPad. 5 stars for iPad, 0 for iPhone 12 Mini.

by Dust Behind Truck

Articles generally okay for overview of German perspective on world events but no in-depth treatment. In sports, bizarre behavior with incorrect links—articles do not open to actual topic! Only plausible explanations are (1) programmed that way for a laugh (on reader) or (2) 11-year old Heiner (grandson of this app boss) hasn’t quite mastered HTML?

by Mark Stoneman

I read the news stories in German. Unfortunately, the text size is uncomfortably small for my eyes. It seems to ignore my phone’s settings, and it doesn’t offer any font-size settings of its own. Not all eyes are created equal. Please fix.

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Still no update. Given the service’s desire for global reach, their inattention to accessibility makes no sense. I only keep this on my phone in the hope that they make accessibility a priority.

by Baltimore Denizen

Time required to navigate between sections excessively long. When trying to connect to a story from a notification, goes into gangs all the time. May switch to the website.

by Looper(!

There is a bug in the French mobile version. After scrolling down one time DW gets stuck. This only happens when I change the language to French.

by Tucsonfootyfan

This latest version only plays live TV in a small box. Am I missing something?

by Alejossv

Please add an option to increase font size. It’s so hard to read unless you’re using a magnifying glass. Haha. Danke!!

by Swampalicious

The ONLY thing I hope the devs will add is ChromeCast compatibility. An Apple box isn’t in my future, so hopefully one day it’ll work with my cheap little Google doodad.

by Marino V

The only missing feature is the ability to play live tv. I used to play it before but after some updates it doesn't work.

by Xyzzypluggh

Stream stops when you exit full screen mode. Stream quality was excellent. Other thing that would be nice if DW continued playing the audio in the background if you switch to another app

by E-WALD

Strong people prideful make up this this app,,Just wanted to bring the news to the people anybody who wants to listen and get a good scope on the topic

by B00kman

App back to working well after crashing the last month. Thanks to the dev team for the fix.

by Jakal 3333

Crashing
Will not open.

by Stan From Madison

I depend on DW to stay current with events, especially in Germany. The reporting is clear, factual, and well-written. The coverage of events in the U.S. is outstanding.

One current glitch. I updated my iPhone 11 yesterday to iOS 14, and DW won’t open. I’m sure it will be ok soon.

by Diaresis

Been looking for a while for a solid and complete int’l news source with live tv and good African news coverage, well there it is. this app does the job with simplicity and efficiency.

by AmericanoInDeutschland

Latest version crashes all the time... how can an application as simple as showing the news can crash? You only had one job! 😂

by Masterpants422

I have to open a story in a browser in order to get a link. Most news apps let you copy the link directly from DW .

by Benno E.

Chromecast support would make DW much more useful. This is a basic feature now, as seen on other European News apps such as VRT in Belgium. Thank you this app for your excellent content, however. Please continue!

by Golden Lotus

It would be nice if the next update would be optimized for the iPhone X screen.

by George Beecher

DW lacks features and 'quality of life' elements that make it feel like it's from the early days of apps on the first iPhone. Very bare bones: no swipe to return to previous screen, no landscape mode on iPhone, no 3D touch to preview links, and the text size is incredibly small and impossible to adjust.

The content itself leans to the left ('Wie man Testosteron-Männchen ignoriert'? Really?) but is fairly well written and generally informative about interesting topics.

by Chriss29

Not only a quality app but one of the most trusted sources of world news, very well done !!!

by Mizo0oooo

I really like to read Germany news, but i really wish that to have an this app app for German learning.