WRIC 8News Reviews

Your app always freezes up and then closes right in the middle of an article ...it always does it and your notifications don’t take you to what the notification says when you click on it and then when you do click on some notifications...poof the article is no longer available, where did it go like the title said on the notification it was breaking news well so important that it’s not there anymore!!! Fix this crappy app , a child could do a better job than whoever developed this crap!!!

WRIC8News is unstable and buggy. It constantly hangs while loading pages, forces itself to quit, becomes unresponsive for 5+ seconds, and I have had it render my phone useless until i did a forced shutdown of the entire device. The articles are diverse and written with higher quality than NBC12 or CBS6, but WRIC8News must’ve been designed as a beta. Far too unpolished to be taken seriously as a fully-developed app.

WRIC8News is a fine news app, but if you’re someone who likes control of notifications, don’t get it. Within the settings on WRIC8News , you can pick what type of notifications you want to get — traffic, local news, weather, breaking news, sports, etc. However, WRIC8News ignores your selections in those settings and notifies you of everything. So it’s an all-or-nothing proposition with notifications. As a result, you will get about 10 notifications per day about everything from a new hot chocolate recipe to a traffic accident on a road you never travel, to a robbery at a nearby store. It’s all too much for me, uninstalled.

I enjoy WRIC8News because it keeps me up to date with I mean ALL of the local news, but it kicks me out everytime I use it. It’s annoying, I wish they would fix the bugs to prevent it from doing so..

WRIC8News is relatively well organized and easy to navigate. However, I’m taking 3 stars off of my rating because it keeps opening my internet browser when I use it. When I tap on and open an article in WRIC8News , it’ll subsequently open my internet browser, open a new tab, and pull up a blank page. It only recently started doing this, and not only is it obnoxious, but it also feels like a huge security risk. If the developers fixed this issue, I’d happily give WRIC8News a 5 star rating. Until then, 2 stars it is.

I enjoy reading the news on WRIC8News but I have problems with it crashing, locking up and disappearing entirely when I’m reading a story. Very frustrating .

Crashes constantly since the latest IOS update. Was my Go-To news app but now it has been unusable for over a month.

This was a good app that I used often. Especially liked the map weather feature. Now that’s gone. App not as user friendly. Can’t choose what to see first. More ads and poor map feature. Very disappointed. Won’t be using WRIC8News anymore.

Excellent at times and needs work too. Overall good news

The content of WRIC8News in regards to news is great. There are so many ads everywhere though. I click on the notifications and it takes me into WRIC8News but first I have to look at a full screen ad that has to be swiped away before I can read the story. Also some of the ads that are persistent on every screen are those real low quality click bait ads like “do this one trick to lose 50 lbs”.

Well I haven't finished exploring all areas. I'm disappointed with the weather part the older version was so much easier to navigate. Things like humidity and dew point was easy to find, the newest version humidity is buried and it takes a while to get to, forget trying to find Dew Point! Wish they would change that.

I use WRIC8News at home all the time for weather but this summer I also found it very helpful for weather at St. Augustine Beach and Disney World!! I downloaded apps local to the area but ended up deleting them. The radar map on WRIC8News was way better!!! Normally I don't bother with the news (unless it's on TV at the time) but I do follow a lot more news because of WRIC8News. It's easily my most used app!! Great job WTVR!!

I’ve been a fan since 1982,I simply love this News Channel!!

Great when I can get it.

ALWAYS follow 8 news! Love watching Morgan Dean and Katie Dupree in the morning as well as my favorite hilarious, sarcastic, and spot on weather man in the morning Matt DiNardo! Matt ALWAYS puts a smile on my face and makes me laugh!☺️👍🏻👍🏻

I like your quick updates in news!

So like the news today and getting touch with you right now so get you guys so pulled at least 6 :30 so to Zoom me right now hi it’s Aaliyah Guadalupe I was born in Virginia Beach

I absolutely love WRIC8News. WRIC is my favorite source for local news in Richmond. I can look at what’s happening anywhere I go. I can check the weather forecast as well.

I just downloaded this within the last 2 weeks. It’s so much better than 12’s or 6’s app - both in design and content. In fact, it’s better than most of the national news apps I use. Nicely done!

Can always rely on 8 news when it comes to all events and weather. No one can top them. Been a channel 8 news watcher since I was young. Keep up the great work😃. Still on top of everything! Keep up great work!