Reviews (209)
Fluff news with enormous amounts of Ir-relevant ads. Not a solid news platform. It is more like a tabloid you would get at the supermarket.
Needs a setting for either videos to not autoplay or barring that, for them to always start muted. Tried to give that feedback through the app but the feedback function is broken. In fact the app has not been updated since 10/21, so it appears it may be abandoned by the developers
I always love newsy I used it when I was going to school I'm on medical leave right now because I had to leave because someone threatened me all this couple years ago but more important part is this is how you're not biased non-biased that girl in class with an undergrad and graduate this is how I think her name was last name was white and it's not by it's not at a Delphi it's Mike Spencer
A Refreshingly type of news channel. Very seldom do you get an obvious slant in the way a story is presented.
App always crashes, Android S22 - reached out to develper, got nothing, uninstall reinstall and it keeps crashing. Seems it only works on iphone.
135% AN EXCELLENT APP!!! THE APP ITSELF DOES WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO 🙏🙏🙏🙏 BLESSED BE... ALWAYS~LORRIE LEE KIRKPATRICK~SANTIAGO
It's refreshing to read news that aren't filled with biased views. Quick question though: Big fan of your documentary content in desktop. Any plans to make them available on the mobile app?
First time user, it sounded like a great idea. I am going to be deleting it immediately the copy or the type is way too small for older eyes.
Commercial on free TV was biased; insinuating water pipes are dangerous so I am removing the app. The particulates?! Wrong topic for scare tactics. Your point is NULL and VOID. Leave nature positive.
Only one thing wrong. You open an article and start reading without the sound and when the video ends it jumps to the next article before you finish. You have to continuously pause the videos before you start reading.
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so far so good but the reporters need to stop referring to January 6 as an insurrection when it was a peaceful protest of Trump supporters 🙄. Pelosi called in Antifa and BLM to SABATOGE President Trump! get it straight! Makes you sound ignorant!!
Newsy covers a lot of important, and interesting things. NOT constantly just repeating the same stories over and over. And, it's free!
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Newsy on Roku 😂🤣🤣😆 What a joke!! No way will I use this Newsy (So not news) for anything other than the trash! Irritating is what it is!! 😠👎👎
If Newsy wants to be considered "real news"? With everything going on in the world. Surely you can find something better then Cory Booker breaks up with girlfriend. For news breaks on Pluto TV. Also the news break hasn't changed in days. So much for "timely" news breaks.
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For a small app with limited content, Newsy is quick and easy when time is short. It is very non-partisan too, which is really important. No fake news here!
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Newsy is more and more just another regular news outlet. They used to be special. They used to give you the freedom to select which story you want to hear. Now it is LIVE news that just feeds you whatever it wants. Such a shame. They had a unique place in their own market and blew it. There is really no difference now and turning on Newsy versus any other live news channel app just sucks. Lost my freedom to choose what I watch. Lost the the old Newsy.
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Closest thing I've found to nonbiased news. Other outlets are shameless in pushing whatever their agenda is: for Newsy, the agenda is foresight and common sense.
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Crashes repeatedly on OnePlus phone using Android. Looks like older Newsy Radio app 1.0 which worked may have been replaced with this app 3.4 which has never worked. Pleae being back Newsy Radio!
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This app only lets you open what is displayed in the opening window. Do a search and results are listed but when you try to open any it kicks you out of the app.
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Stops instead of opening selected story. Restarted my phone (Samsung Note 10+} and uninstalled/reinstalled app. No improvement. Too bad.
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Becoming bias and very left winged conspiracy minded. Wont ever come back. Any shred of bipartisanship or normal news or Libertarianism is dead here.
The app closes down every one in three times I use it. However, the news is informative & exactly what I'm looking for.
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Google sensors, controls and controls all reviews and settings as they target people on here just like they do for the Chinese.
Liking it better and better every day I use it...thanks and keep up substantiating the news and issues without all the expletives and superlatives!
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Well done but would prefer a text option so i don't disturb other commuters @ 4:30a. Updating: appreciate the text of the report. 🤙
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Good news app, but with its embedded videos, it used a lot of data despite limited use. I reluctantly uninstalled it.
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I enjoy Newsy for its Honest reporting. Trust them not to have an opinion of their own known. Just the News the way it should be. Thank you.
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Used to be an Awesome news app!!! Now it just crashes most of the time. I have used multiple platforms and multiple phones. They have not fixed it for years now. Any suggestions on other news apps to use?
I love this so much because I dont have wifi or internet this changed my life because I dont have to watch re-runs on my TV and this app made me addicted when I'm at school I love this so much ty
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Newsy leans towards very predictable liberal one-sided reporting with their posture almost always favoring a typically Democrat liberal view which gets them to be, predictably boring. Usually when the story starts out that way I just cut it short and move on to the next story that I might have an interest in. In short it has a great platform for news of Interest , but in most cases not worth viewing.
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Needs a lot of work. The only customization settings are for notifications. No dark mode, no way to dismiss or exclude certain news categories. Within one minute of install, the app crashed while performing a search. Installed on an S21 Ultra. Uninstalled.
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I loved Newsy because I hate TV news. I could just get intelligent information quickly and succinctly. Now it's just 20th century style tv in an app. It takes 2 minutes to get 15 sec worth of news. I will pay money to subscribe to the old Newsy
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Anything you try to open crashes the app. Any information they may have had to show you is lost forever, good job....
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If you like video clips it's fine. I like to read, can't always play a video with audio. Transcripts would be nice.
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Crashes. And i hate auto play. Would rather read the article. Will re-install after they add a setting to stop auto-play of videos. Until then it's gone.
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I like the news content and presentation. But this app is a keeps crashing! I'll try it again later because I want news not opinions, or a biased slant to the report. And I value my time.
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Just like everyone says here, the app keeps crashing and is completely useless. I've got a new S21 with updated software and this app just can't keep up. Had it loaded for 5 minutes and already uninstalled it. Total waste of my time.
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Outdated for Android 10. Focus regularly moves back often to item 3 in list of news stories. Uninstalled.
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NEWSY DEVELOPERS - i see that you have updated the app's icon (on the Google Play Store). But no signs yet of an App update. Newsy, for the love God, we need an update on this app (plus an update on the app for Samsung TVs). 🙏 Please 🥺😥😭
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I absolutely love Newsy. I mostly watch Newsy each morning and now I have the app installed on my smartphone. Newsy is the only media channel that I don't hear myself yelling at. Just the way news use to be, just the facts man, just the facts.
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I really love the format of Newsy. Unfortunately, it's a little glitchy on my phone. It skips a second of the video here and there. But I really like the diversity of topics covered and how quick each story is.
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Extremely frustrating!!! Too many adds, too often!!! You can learn something from Cnn app Otherwise I like your news reports.
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Totally useless. I'm using it on an android device,a Samsung Tablet S 10. When l try to open a story, the screen goes blank
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Love the show on TV but for some reason my Pixel 2xl phone won't let me view anything or contact NEWSY. Wouldn't be surprised if it was just another effort to keep people from finding the TRUTH. The 1 star is for Google that says I'm not connected to a data plan. Complete BS. If it's on NEWSY's part, please update so I can access on my phone.
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After install it said it was for an older android. It starts up but won't play anything selected just a blank screen and gets stuck there, have to force close it. Looks like Newsy app needs to be updated to catch up to the newer version android. Best to stay with an news app that has an active developer. No sense keeping it installed. It was last updated 4 years ago. What a shame.
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Initially I really liked this app but lately it has to many duplicate articles and that gets old fast. I will up my rating when they stop repeating the same article 2-3 times every day , I mean if I want to watch it again I will but don't make me please
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Excellent. Quick to the point, dont have to listen to it for hours to get the up to the current news.. Love it. Thanks
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The app itself isn't 100% bad, but casting to my TV from the app rarely works and it's frustrated me to the point where I may just uninstall it. The share button also doesn't use Android's built in share function where you could share to anywhere, it only can share to Facebook, Twitter, and Email.
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I used to like newsy because I thought it was unbiased news, but lately all they seem to do is call down president Trump so I'm gonna unistall app and download Newsmax.
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Claim to be unbiased but they are blatantly one sided. Utter trash if you can't receive unbiased information
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App sucks!!!!!!! Cant run it! Videos won't play revolving circles...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Newsy claims to be unbiased, but it is as leftwing unbiased and "trustworthy" as CNN. Garbage. If you like pro-commie/pro-socialist viewpoints, then Newsy is for you. For a somewhat center print news source, check out Newsvoice.
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I have a android tablet. The app always just shows the previous days news even after multiple refreshes.
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This app, even upon first installation, states its an older version and to check for an update (this isn't one I can find). After installation, while playing a video, will time itself out and phone goes black. There needs to be an update for this to work correctly. Big fan of Newsy, not so much for this app.
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I love Newsy as a news source, but this app had not been updated for 3 years. Warning when I downloaded it saying it was made for an older version of Android.... Update the app am I will use it...
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Newsy says they're an unbiased news organization yet they continuously bash President Donald Trump every chance they get! Newsy is Just like CNN ((FAKE NEWS!)) Meanwhile I will still be on the lookout for an unbiased news organization.
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Stopped working, click on video and get a black screen then message saying app stopped, same problem on my tablet and phone, started around 2 weeks ago
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Trustworthy source, but app needs to be updated. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 with an up-to-date software version. This app is not compatible... very "moody"... i.e. sometimes it works, other times it freezes. ALL my other apps work fine.
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I love the content on newsy, wish there was more variety in global issues though. I also experience technical difficulty far more than I'd like and the app shuts down on my Android phone frequently. It has fewer issues on my Roku and on my iPad though.
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The information from the jounalism is very good and useful. The app turns off every 30 seconds with screen time our which is frustrating
I'm tired off fancy sets and fancy talking heads. Newsy does what it promises. Facts not propaganda. Keep it up. You have more fans than you know.
Sadly, I no longer use the mobile app. On my phone, I prefer to READ my news, not watch it. This has just video content. Please hire some writers in addition to anchors. I like the video content on my Roku. Great content though.
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Love the app but....it will not open. For the last two days it won’t open. Edit: It has started working again after two days.
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Great content.....if you can access it. The video is slow to load or doesn't load at all. It's great on TV and your desk top, my favorite place for news. Wish the app was reflective of the quality of the content.
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It makes you stare at Trump's face all day. The top story is pinned to the top. That top story often had Trump's face. You can't get rid of the top story by scrolling. 1/3 of the screen is always taken up by the top story. Pathetic
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I like the format. It's simple to navigate, with an interface that is perfect for me. So far, I've been very happy with it.
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The videos no longer play and it is useless!!! I wanted to use the app more because I can't see news much.
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Hasn't been updated in two and a half years, and no live streaming available. Would drastically increase the value of the app. I really enjoy watching the channel I'm thankful my carrier offers. Would like to always be able to have it with me.
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Offers diversified content at a glance, while the brief and objective reporting approach is refreshing.
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App hangs up on Roku and on Note 9, auto play does not work correctly and just ends up playing the same top headlines clip over and over.
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It looks like Newsy really tries to be impartial. That Is what built CNN when Ted Turner started it. If you can stay impartial, and just report, w/o spin, you will stay my main source. Thank you.
This used to be a go to news app but needs a severe bug fix of repeating what was just broadcast. Meaning consecutively repeating news episodes right after another literally. Kinda annoying (is this ground hog day!)
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While I love newsy broadcast, this app would start but lockup phone and eventually crash when I tried to watch a video. Samsung s9 phone.
In general I like the short, concise news reporting I see in the app, but I've seen some articles that should have been researched a bit more to verify facts before the running with the story.
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Concise reporting with a straight forward approach to broadcasting what actually is happening in important news stories.
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Real news without the influence of the the reporter and or the network. Keep up the great reporting!
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I do like this news, the set up as well as the delivery. I cannot get this to work on my phone tho. But content, the news casters and the non partisan view.. GREAT. Make it to where I can watch it listen on my phone
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A very biased left based news agency. Opinion is not news..I guess unbiased news doesnt exist snymore6
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Do you know your app sleeps? Without keeping touching the screen I can't finish watching a single news clip. It is unusable.
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Newsy is normally a good informative source of news, but I'm forced to give it a 2 star rating because lately it is failing to autoplay properly. It doesn't flow smoothly from item to item... It hangs like its waiting for something. I'm forced to go into settings and force close the app and then reopen it to get it to continue. Please fix this and I'll up my rating to the 5 it deserves to have under normal circumstances..
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Just another news company with oil company ads. I haven't seen a single story about the nationwide GM strike the whole time its been happening. Bought $ Paid For. #PropNews #FakeNews
UN-opinionated?!? I think not. I've had the app for a few weeks, now, looking at the articles daily and I definitely see a slant toward the left. I guess it's not possible to report facts only. If you're looking for un-opinionated news, look elsewhere...and good luck.
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Newsy claims to be unbiased, but I find that claim deceptive. While their journalists do not add commentary, editorials, nor facial expression. their political reports, social reports, and cultural reports are just as slanted as all the other news channels.
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It use to offer a live stream. Guess they decided to only allow that (sell out) to cable and satellite providers. Done. Uninstalled. Moving on.
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Great Stories but randomly, every other day it seems, it freezes or just crashes when trying to play a new video all on my S8+...please fix your issue Newsy...you play fine on my smart TV.
commercials on android and apple tv apps are wayyy louder than the news clips. Gave up on muting and unmuting over and over again and removed the app from both devices.
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Broke my wifi calling. Did not work with my chromecast at all. Uninstalled and my wifi calling magically came back
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it's ok so far I will continue to evaluate Newsy. It takes time for me to properly evaluate any news organization, fairness and consistency are important also are THEY actually gathering news.
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DOESN'T WORK ON TABLET! While the front page displays, tapping on an article just produces a black screen and the app is locked up. A news app that doesn't work with a tablet is worthless! It is the best way to view news content, NOT a smartphone! My recommendation: DO NOT INSTALL! This is one of the worst written news apps I've yet encountered...SORRY NEWSY!
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I like Newsy on Roku. I thought I'd give it a try on my phone. It keeps crashing. Won't play anything.
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Merely another biased news source. They claim to be straight news without the opinion. While they do not openly opine, there reporting sticks to the leftist view and often states unverified claims as "facts" in their reporting.
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I love newsy but it just opens in the background for no reason and begins to keep me up to date. It could be my dumb fault.
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This app on my Samsung Tablet is and has been terrible. The screen goes blank when I try to access an article. Not again! I have complained, updated, etc and it fails to work. Goodbye.
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using a pixel 2xl. you guys were doing well for a while... but now, once again, all the app is capable of doing is crashing. there are companies willing to help you here. I'll even help for free, tho this is anonymous... anyway, please work on this. your content is great but this app is just a sad representation, and i assure you it's losing you viewers.
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Good app but depends on video too much, on a phone using this as primary news source eats your battery and uses up you monthly data.
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I checked the app settings and the app is already set to not let my phone go to sleep when playing videos. Despite this, my phone keeps going to sleep even when the app is playing videos.
Newsy delivers news casts without the facial expressions, vocal cues or out right editorial comments that are used by the local broadcasters and the national televised "news" outlets to influence their vewing audience's opinions to theirs. In essence, Newsy delivers the news with strict journalistic integrity. 'Just the facts Ma'am, just the facts' as Joe Friday use to say.
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This app is so great for summarized contents. but only problem is that the app is slow sometimes when it runs.
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I really like Newsy but as much as I want to like this app, it crashes every time I try to load a story. I am giving it two stars because I can still read the headlines. Hoping for an update to fix the glitches soon. Please!
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At first I thought this app didn't work with Chromecast but I realize now the Chromecast icon will show up AFTER commencing playback of an article. I'm very happy to see that, even as a video app, it connects to all my Chromecast Audio devices too which is excellent for listening to Newsy throughout the house. The continuous play doesn't work though so I'm knocking off two stars. Solid news without the gimmicky theatrics and ugly biases makes this a winner.
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NEWSY is great, but their app is absolutely horrible. Pixel 2 XL here and like the other Pixel reviews the app crashes.
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I like this news app because it keeps me informed about domestic and foreign affairs without the biased opinions and rhetoric.
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No sound, have loved this app for years. Phone updated now no audio in any articles. Hope it gets fixed.
It's a great news source that doesn't lean left or right. Perfect way to get the news in a clear, unbiased way with lots of categories
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Doesnt work on Note 5. You can open the app and see the list of news stories, but if you click on one it takes you to a blank black screen the app hangs in limbo for a few minutes before Android asks you to Wait or Close App. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling without success.
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Hi ... videos don't play. Moto Z2. Tried every trick. Good content, judging from the thumbnails and my watching it on TV ... but useless app.
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App can not open on my phone. Don't bother with downloading it, contacted company a few times, no response. They do not care their app sucks.
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Only issue I've had was it sometimes has issues casting to Chromecast. It is not a Chromecast option, it can go from your phone though. The connection lags in software connecting to Chromecast.
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No sound playing on any video within the Android app onn Nvidia Shield TV 2015 version. So pretty much useless.
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Shows nothing but a black screen after selecting any article. Using Google Nexus 7LTE 2013 Deb tablet
App only functions properly about 50% of the times I try to use it. It always freezes up or screen just stays black once I click on a video. Tried re installing, no dice.
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Hi. This newsy & all is spectaculars. Continue to make more to the point news & not to waste time. Not too long not too short. Thank you very.👌☝️✌️🤝👍
Didn't work. App opens, you see headlines w/ thumbnails, click on one... dead black screen. Had good hopes for this.
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Continuous play doesn't work even though it is checked. Keeps trying to turn on wireless instead of using data. Hangs and freezes Note 4. Good idea bad code.
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I can't believe somebody is actually just presenting the news without all the commentary. It's incredibly refreshing!
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I was impressed by a Newsy article that was on anoter media outlet, so I looked for their app and installed it. Newsy had good reporting, unbiased and professional, but the app needs work. Very laggy and freezes. Plus, Newsy supports landscape mode, suitable for tablets.
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It's very slowly getting processes and always it shows cancelled downloading, I think was better old version not good it.
The app crashes and will not open on Pixel 2 XL. Content from Newsy's website seems to be (mostly) unbiased, though. 1 star because the app is useless.
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Someone must have paid for the negative reviews the app runs flawlessly and the unbias is truely unbiased. no cancerous liberal agenda or toxic right just the facts no matter how inconvient they are for special somebodies. Update: Nevermind. Trash Articles Same Stories of any other MSM
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I want this app to replicate my Roku version... One continuous video stream. Don't make me manually select every item to play. Also, the video queue doesn't play correctly over miracast
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Been a long time user of this app, however, with the latest Android software on my Google pixel 2 all the app does now is crash when I try to play a video. Can't even get far enough to read the transcripts. Unfortunate but looks like I will be uninstalling very soon barring an update. Issue has been ongoing for months now.
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More central than fox or cnn... the way news should be. The videos are actually news videos not what you see on CNN that you have to read or has nothing to do with the story. Hope Newsy continues to state both sides and would like to be able to turn my phone to see the video full screen.
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I stream on Roku. If you want to see the same stories week after week after week, then this is the place for you. Apparently not enough news to produce new stories. Not that that should be a problem within our great nation. Gonna HAVE to look for something else. Uninstall while you still can.
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I just wish they would fix the glitches. I support newsy and what they stand for, but the app needs help
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Does not work when connected to the Bluetooth speakers. This has been the case for my Nexus 6 and Pixel XL
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would be 5 stars all day off I could broadcast the live news feed to my Chromecast like I can what's in my queue....
I love Newsy. I watch it on my roku too! It's unbiased and keeps you very informed. Only reason Im giving this app 4 stars is because the videos often refuse to load. :/
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This app doesn't work when connected to the Google Chromecast. It freezes, crashes, and repeat the videos during playback. I've contacted tech support several times with no response.
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This app is just good enough to make you really want it to work. Instead it stalls and freezes the phone and just frustrates you.
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crashing when attempting to play a video on Galaxy S7 Edge. This app just simply does not work. As of 8/17 app still force closes and does not work.
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While the content is great every platform I try to use with newsy is awful. This app is no difference refuses to play some days, other days I have to kill it many times before it works.
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This is what I'm talking about. I haven't tried to download this app in 2 years, now that I have; I need to say this app has fixed everything. I used this app in multiple Android phones and tablets and you've done it. This app is faster and a way better user interface. Simply the best.
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This app blows. Do not install. First of all, when you decide to watch a video causes the app crashes. No casting capabilities and is very slow.
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movie needs to make their app for TV friendly like the Roku app most people nowadays have an Android tv box or two currently very badly lay down for tv tab
Why do we have to constantly see the title menu at the top with a thick bar why can't It just be a clean full screen of video like let's say YouTube in full screen why can't the menu be a pull down option instead of having it's stuck on the screen all the time
Love the content but app doesn't work on my note 5. It works for a video and then doesn't work. Freezes my phone up as well. Design flaws for certain types of media.
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Must have changed ownership or something completely left biased views... unusable app crashes every time since update, app can't play video on my Moto z on Nougat
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I had Newsy installed a couple of years ago and it was flawless then something happened. I've installed it periodically since then and newsy does the same thing stops running every time I run it and it freezes all the time. I wiped my phone to factory settings to eliminate a conflict with newsy and it still stops running all the time and freezes solid. I have to remove the battery and restart it to get it to do anything. Galaxy note 3. UPDATE!! now a year or so later and a new phone and a android TV box and same old story. I reinstalled app and couldn't get through 1 story and it froze up my phone. same thing on the TV box. This app is just crap.
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Used to be "mostly" unbiased. Last several months have seen them becoming increasingly bias and one-sided. Finally had to give them up.
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This app continuously crashes and hangs. There is no way to download then use that you can watch it when you don't have an internet connection. It seems like newsy went backwards with this app. Things were so much better when you could just put in an RSS feed into your podcasting app of choice and get all the news. This changes really made me rethink if I even want to watch newsy news every morning you to the difficulties in using this app.
Love the app. Been using for years, but the videos skip and replay the beginning multiple times. They are also very liberal leaning.
Will repeat the first 4 seconds of a video over and over and over to the point I can't even stand trying to watch the video. Just a few months after posting this comment, newsy has now decided that I can't watch any videos. I will now be deleting this awful app. The news is wonderful, but fix your app.
Provides all that I asked for ... but the Chromecast feature is broke for me (note 4). Back to Reuters app.
Keeps repeating first few seconds of all Newsy videos on my Note 5....I wish they would fix this issue "/
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The news content is unbiased, interesting, high quality, and sometimes funny. But the app with I view it on sucks. Videos won't finish, the app crashes, and you can't skip to another part of the video without breaking the whole thing! I wish it simply used the phones native video player instead the home-made unstable thing it does use. Better off just watching on the website.
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They not only propagate fake news they also create it. A few days ago I watched one of THEIR OWN videos and they listed legitimate news sites as fake. Well done guys. Now that same video has been edited (you can still see the original if you look) with no explanation for the redaction. LOL I guess they were hoping smart people would not notice.
A good mix of news, world wide information, and breaking news. Would love to have longer in deepth stories. But over all love it.
I have the newsy app on my roku. At first I thought I had found a app that was unbiased and would provide some truth. But I have found that you DO take sides, and you DO try to influence the people and how we feel instead of just reporting the truth and letting us make up our own mind, and like all the rest, you DO contribute to racial issue by keeping them very much alive with your reports. Not only that but 90% of what you report comes from other news stations, which is called plagerism where I come from.
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I have used this app daily for several years it is always been the perfect app for me after 1 update about a year ago the first time I click on any video it force closes aside from that no problem. For cheaper end smart phones try optimizing the video load more. Video clips often force close I believe due to load times. My device times out I believe.
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They told that they will show the news well balanced, but they are so pro democratic party, that it is impossible to get the true picture.
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I have been a listener ever since the inception of Newsy. It is the best way for me to get the news fast and easy. There are some funny presenters as well. Love Newsy
Lately the player is unable to properly play any content. It will start a report but after about 2 seconds it restarts and then restarts and restarts, replaying the same two seconds of the beginning of each report.
Been using the app for about 3 years but in the past 12 months it has started crashing on a fairly frequent basis. Wish that could be resolved.
Great app except for all of the Katy Miginty attack ads. Makes you feel sorry for her, sorry enough to elect her to office just to punish those who run the attack ads. I expect a little more from an otherwise great news service.
I was drawn to this app because it boasts unbiased, factual news; however I can't say for certain they are because I can't play most of the videos. I can give it a better rating once the problem is fixed.
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Still the Best news app. The service is #1. Love the hell out of this news service. That back up they're reporting.
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I have enjoyed Newsy for a few years now And it continues to be a great place to get news and more. The national news leans either too much to the left or right, depending on your taste. So it nice to get a multi source news organization that won't waste your time.
This has been my go to app for news for years now. But for some reason it fails miserably when used over Bluetooth. For the life of me I don't understand why it constantly crashes as soon as I try to stream the audio through a bluetooth devise. I've tried multiple devises from different speakers to different headsets and the app fails every time. Why!? Please fix this!
I've been using newsy since day 1. The Android App has not gotten better. I click on a push notification, and app freezes. I close the app open it again. Click on a story app freezes. I have friends with the IOS version. It doesn't crash soo please fix this app. Hire more Android help or idk, bit pleased fix it
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Great news, information is spot on but the app doesn't have support for streaming to other devices, like chromecast. Will rate 5 when I see an update supporting it.
I used to like this app and used it often (Samsung Galaxy S6). But then it started crashing. So I updated to the latest version. It's even worse! A damn shame - now I have to find another news app.
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ALWAYS STOPS STUTTERS BUFFERS EVEN ON THEIR too many commercials for such short content, short and sweet. It is the worst app with the most potential, sad
The content is great however the app is a resource hog and the features don't work right. App crashes a lot. Also they have added ads now and it sucks also why are most of the adds on the app for the newsy app. It's like they don't understand how advertising works.
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March 2016: the app will not work with my bluetooth headset on. I want to make it work because I like video news but the app has too many problems. April 2015, the new update fixed the notifications issue, but now it crashes. Feb 2015, please allow us to disable notifications or at least only send 1 icon to notification bar. There are too many! Sept 2013, update was an improvement visually but it lags much more. Love the continuous play but hate the fact that there is a way to skip articles. I love this app. They could change the interface a little but its my favorite news app. It is a must have if you want stay up to date with news.
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Ads play during news video playing. Please fix the bug.Newsy, your news content is really good, but please hire good programmers so that your app does not crash. It is really disappointing to see that app crash all the time. Hopefully somebody is reading these reviews, because I have seen other people complain about app crash too, but no useful action has been taken yet.
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Just opened it up, hit play, and it crashes. Cleared cache, app data, and uninstall/reinstall. No difference.
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The app crashes often. I was a little disappointed after watching the stories they post. I figured they might be fair and balanced without a strong bias. Wrong. Like pretty much any news outlet they report the news from a liberal bias.
There a long wait between videos compared to other apps like this, and the ad does not help it just makes it a bad experience.
All videos skip maybe a second around the ten second mark. Sometimes the fist five seconds plays over and over and over without me touching the app. Strangely, commercials play flawlessly. This app promises to occasionally send notifications about my interests, but I seem to get them about every twenty minutes. That is excessive. I liked this news group on my Roku, but the apps have always been unusable. I gave this a week, and I'm uninstalling again.
Keeps crashing. Why cant you keep this app running with out a glitch for at least a month. Update 4/25/16 Been like a year since last review and it still crashes. Should be called Crashy the multi Crash news app Update 5/5/16 I discovered if you have a bluetooth speaker connected it causes it to crash. Disconnect it amd the app starts up.
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Instead of browsing for hours for the news which interest me I am now simply using newsy to stay up to date.
Its the best app for top news. Would give a 5 star... but the app has issue with Bluetooth headset. (Skull candy Bluetooth headphones)
Still getting notifications, even if all of those are turned off. Happens both on mobiles and tablets. Would not bother so much if they weren't so plentiful, and often trivial. Get it fixed!
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On my Nexus 5 phone the live feed stopped working: it says "can't play this video". Also, even though I turned off all notifications, it keeps alerting me every day with things I'm not even remotely interested in. The video news are useless, because, seriously, no one is going to watch the same ad before every video! Waiting for an update and considering uninstalling
I have notifications turned off bit it still notifies me and I have none picked. Thanks for waking me up. Bye bye
I have all notification boxes within the app unchecked, yet since the last update I get a push notification from this app every day. This didn't used to happen. It must be a bug... I hope it gets fixed soon. This is the second time they pushed a similarly buggy update. If they can't keep their app well-behabed, I will uninstall it.
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Bring back transcript option. Without unlimited data plan I find I want to stream fewer stories. But newsy has been my favorite news source for years and I keep hoping that they'll realize that the reading option was often appropriate and popular
I used to be the a great Fair unbalanced Report with both sides of an issue presented. It's now become nothing more than liberal media bias. I am neither liberal nor conservative I found the fair nature of its reporting refreshing. But now it's a cheap CNN knock off.
I like the format, style, most of the content, modern feel, audio bits and simplicity of it. Being able to Chromecast is cool. App is a bit buggy at times. Crashes frequently. Not a fan of feminine men reporters (sorry).
I really like this app. Unfortunately it crashes with Bluetooth enabled. If I turn off Bluetooth , start a video, and then turn on Bluetooth the app works for that video...but you guys need to fix this bug, please. HTC One M8
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It instantly crashes upon use! It works perfectly on my roku. So I decided to try it on my nexus 6p and it's horrible. I'm disappointed to say the least. Hopefully they fix it soon.
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Every time I try to open a video it says "Unfortunately, Newsy has stopped". Works great on the Apple TV - love the service. I hope the bug is fixed.
Click on a video. App crashes with error box. This happens on wifi. Cleared my cache and app data. Still same.
Using a Nexus 7 - receive errors when first trying to open the app. Once opened, I seems like I get to enjoy the same ad every time I go to watch a news segment. It also seems like the ad is as long as the news segment. Then finally getting the app open, watching the same long app a few times, the screen goes blank and I have to start the whole process over again. :( Want to like Newsy, but it's getting harder to do.
I am using a Lenovo Yoga 10 running the latest Marshmallow (as of the date of this post). Every time I click to launch a video the app crashes. I can only watch the live stream. I wonder if anyone at Newsy monitors this ratings thread. I'll see if I get a response.
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I love this news source! Still a bit buggy, but much better than before! Sometimes the app crashes at launch, or during a video, I'm using a nexus 6P on marshmallow. Looks like other users are having the same problem. Thanks for continuing to support development for the app! I only trust newsy for unbiased reports on events.
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Not as bad as huff post but pretty bad. EDIT: now comes with unskippable 30 second ads. Considering the news articles are very short, leaves you feeling like a zombie after two or three times you've watched the same ad in 2 minutes. Uninstalled...
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Newsy used to be moderately stable until October 2015. Since then this App crashes within 30 seconds of opening. Deleting in 3, 2, 1.
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I used to like the app because I could sit down and pick a few news articles and watch what I'd like quickly. Recently the app has added a forced advertisement that you have to watch before starting each video which would not be such a terrible thing if the advertisement we're not the same advertisement every single time you play a video. I watched 6 videos and each video had the same advertisement at the beginning and it was long boring and made the app completely useless and wasting my time to watch an ad
Short sharp mix of news with witty banter... Just as I like it. Excellent work from all Newsy team. Thoroughly recommended!
The app used to be great but now it buffers for too long, and the videos always stop playing and start over.
I love watching Newsy on my Roku and installed the app on my phone when I can't use the Roku version. Wow not near as good as the Roku app. I enjoy watching the Live feed and the majority of the time it just doesn't work. I just get a message that says "Can't play the video" or it'll start to play and work for a bit, then I get the Can't play error after a bit. I also wish the Radio app was available on Android and not just iOS.
Doesn't let me share using the generic share mechanism. Lots of bugs, sometimes the wrong videos play despite selecting something else.
I like your app but it's buggy on my Samsung. It wasn't buggy before your update. Since then newsy keeps freezing up.
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There are so many technical issues and now constant ads, they seem to be on their last legs. The content it primarily good though.
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This used to be my primary source for news, but over the past several months, this app has crashed over half the time I've used it. Now, there are ads, which I can understand as a revenue generator, but the fact that the same annoying ad appears and after EACH video you watch is simply unacceptable. Not only am I never going to purchase the product in the ad, I'm no longer going to keep this obnoxious app on my phone.
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Used to use app daily, now way too many ads (and 30 second long?). I can't deal with ads after every 2 minute video. Going to delete if frequency isn't reduced
Newsy, cudos for monetizing the app. I don't mind that at all, but getting yelled at (i.e the commercials) for 30 seconds between every 2 minute story is ridiculous. This is a huge step backwards for an otherwise, great app. Previously in my top 10 favs actually. Can you tone down the ads so it isn't 25% of your overall content? Seriously considering deleting.
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If you think that I am going to listen to a 5 minute ad to hear a one minute news story YOU ARE CRAZY!!
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15 second same ads before every short video clip, very annoying. New interface is pretty but slow to render and constant video loop back to ads. Would not recommend anymore.
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Title says it all. The interface is nice and the content is fantastic but the developers need to do an overhaul to make Newsy more stable. At times it is completely unusable. For reference I have the Droid Maxx.
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Hey listen, we tried, you and I, we had good times, we had bad (mostly when you stopped communicating), I think it's time to move on, you are really pretty, and used to have a lot to say, hit me up when you are back..
Past versions were just ok with the wanna be anchors but now a 15 second ad before every 1 min news short is ridiculous. Don't waste your time with this crap
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Discovered it back when reduxtv existed and have been using it ever since for my daily newsfeed, forget TV... Good and clean UI and very responsive team to user submitted bugs
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When I'm home on WiFi, I get notifications, I select them, app opens, & video plays. Any videos I select in the app play too. When I'm not home on mobile data, I get notifications, I select them, the app opens, & force closes. Same issue if I open the app to select a story. I would like an option to not automatically play the video while I read the video details. I'm rarely able to have the sound on to listen to the video. Most of the videos are just words over pics, so I'm required to read it anyway.
6/15 (and 2 times prior) Update for the final time : 10/29 newsy has never replied back on the problem stated below. Lately it has been crashing and even freezing my phone I have to take the battery out to restart my phone. Before it had been working pretty good although 50 percent of the time it stops on your news story before it was finished. Still freezes up my phone and news articles are still cut off before they are done. And of course Newsy isn't doing anything about it. Samsung s 5 uninstalling now
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I love this app, it has been one of my news staples since shortly after I got a smart phone. However, I haven't been able to watch videos since the last update. I have an S6 and every time I click on a video I get told "newsy has stopped working" please please try to fix it. I miss your take on the news and the charming presenters from my generation. I would even pay to get this app back.
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Other than my opinion that Newsy has an overall left wing agenda, this app is the best video news app I could find. The content is interesting, the layout is very user friendly and it's an enjoyable app when you want to watch the news at your own leisure.
News aggregation and data analysis are great, but the app is quite prone to to crash in the middle of a story on Chromecast and just on its own. Stories will also get stuck in an endless loop but never finish at times. They will get about 10 seconds in and start over. I use Newsy a lot on Roku. It should be a market leader for news aggregation and analysis.