Works great on iPhone 5.2. The WEAR web news team gets it first and gets it right! This is the best way to get Pensacola breaking news. The WEAR webpage and app gave the quickest and most accurate updates to that horrible murderer on the loose situation last weekend. I noticed the Associated Press used their reports 'word for word' across the US. I also like the WEAR weather app to stay up on the the Pensacola area daily forecast and weather alerts.
This would be a 5 Star review IF ONLY you could give us left right swipe functionality for next article. Instead of this, you have to scroll down to the bottom of the article and press the link to the next article. It is a tiresome process especially if you aren’t interested in reading the very next article. If u aren’t interested in reading the next article, u either must press it, get to it, scroll down to the bottom of said article u don’t want to read, and press on the next link at the bottom of page. Either that, Or u must go back to the list of articles and access the next one u’d like to read like that. Most news apps have left right swipe functionality to view next articles. I really hope you will make your app to have this function. It would be much more effective and a bit more of a breeze to get through. Hope this makes sense, as I love to read Pensacola news, and I am from Louisiana. Thanks!
I would think that fewer notifications would be more effective. It is my understanding that notifications are to inform of important events happening currently of which people should be made aware. On a scale of 1-10, the top 25% of stories would qualify. Not every story is newsworthy and can be considered a 10, but the amount of notifications I get on my smart phone from WEAR is staggering. Only Fox News exceeds WEAR in that capacity. Please consider reducing the notifications sent out every day to the truly important ones (i.e. Amber Alerts, etc.) and relegate the lesser ones (i.e. drainage ditch issues and such) to the evening newscasts. Just a suggestion. P. Reed
The app is super easy to use but I have a couple complaints. First of all, it is never as "up to date" as the stories say they are. For example it will say something was "Breaking News" 1 hour ago, when really, it's a story from 9 hours ago! And the only reason I know that it is a broadcast from nine hours ago is because the newscasters will state the time-NOT because there is a correct time posted on the link-because there isn't, which was my second complaint. During the storm it would have been nice to be able to rely on this app but I was unable to. Highly disappointed.
For 33 years I listed and sold real estate in Pensacola Florida. Since I moved out of the state, I needed a REALTOR who could sell my property in Pensacola. It was not a hard decision, because I’ve known MARTHA HOBGOOD for 30 years. Martha has handled every aspect of the listing and sale of my property in Pensacola with the utmost of professionalism and integrity. In my opinion, there is no finer real estate agent in the greater Pensacola area than Martha Hobgood..
Why can’t your app be as up to date as other channels? Yours is so antiquated it takes twice as long to show a “breaking news story “ and that’s IF you ever do get it. I’ve added it to my app page a couple times and it just mysteriously disappeared. I have channel 5 loud and clear but that’s all I get forthe Gulf Breeze area where I live. I also have apps for Arkansas, KARK, KATV and KTHV. They all perform properly with breaking news except yours. Please help . Thank you.
I am updating from my last review, which was not good. Just upgraded to the iPhone 5 and the app works great, it's even compatible with the 5! Awesome job guys
You may be reading reviews and thinking, “I’m not really concerned about the opinions on content or commercials.” Here’s is a review you should consider. I have a new iPad and a fast internet. However, this app will not stay on live feed. If you are going to advertise “live TV,” then the app should be simple to use and actually function, neither of which this app does. I hit live TV: Lloyds auto glass commercial. Then, blank screen. I hit live TV again: Lloyds auto glass commercial. Then, blank screen Repeat, repeat, repeat
I really do enjoy watching WEAR 3 but this app is just as horrible as visiting WEAR TV's website in mobile mode. As of version 1.7 each time you open the app it redirects you to one of their built-in ads. Then you've gotta reopen the app again and it takes forever to load. Once everything loads, the information is so out-dated that it isn't even worth using. There are still stories on there from a week ago that aren't even being reported about anymore.
I use an iPad and have issues with the app's orientation. Most apps seem to allow portrait or landscape, but this app seems only to allow portrait. It seems as though it is intended for use on a phone and not a tablet. I twice attempted to leave feedback directly to/for the developer but could not locate a send button. This review is the only way I know that I can connect with the developer. I'm just asking for a version that allows both orientations.
Not worth to one star I had to give it. What little news is updated, you can't read because it says no text and that's all it says. None of the videos will play. What a joke and I'm not laughing. Come on channel 3 get with the program and fix this ap. UPDATE: waited for a fix to come out and you released one that stated the video bug was fixed. Well the videos still won't play, so I'm uninstalling.
Enjoyed this app until recent update. Now crashes when opened. App support link just goes to mobile website- no place to report a bug. Update: deleted and reinstalled; working fine again! Good free local news app.
There is no reason that if a live broadcast freezes and I have to close it and reopen it that I should have to watch another ad before I can go back to the live broadcast. I understand that they sponsor the app but good lord I don’t need to see there as every single time I open the app to watch something. Or every time I change video’s I swear if I have the app open 10 min atleast 3 of those 10 min are spent watching ads for a law firm! Annoying!!!!
Still buggy, notifications don't go anywhere, and now, navigation is less friendly, and Display is horrible. Have to jump around to get to news instead of being able to do all news, and text is so large only half the headlines show like a disappointing teaser. They should have just fixed what was broken instead of creating another mediocre product
I see no problem with this app at all. With new updates it looks nicer and run smoother for me. No complaints here... It's just a local news app after all, and it's free... These other people expect WAY to much for a news app. I give it a 4/5
The videos work just fine for me, the app is easy to navigate, only issue I had was trying share stories on Facebook. I always get an error, but other than that it's pretty good.
The articles on this site are riddled with basic grammatical errors. Florida already has a reputation for low education and this app isn’t helping. I can’t send articles to friends from out of state because it is an embarrassment. This new channel is truly a disappointment and a negative reflection on Pensacola. Do Better.
Very basic way to get a few news stories...when it works
If the app is working, and the news pages were loaded properly, this app is a quick way to read a few news stories. It's full of typos and glitches - very frustrating at times.
Behind on timing & numerous grammatical/spelling errors within app. Pushing towards left-leaning, bias national news. Weather info is fairly good. This app (& possibly news station) prefers to report on crashes & arrests…not a lot of positivity from their viewpoint in NWFL news.
Once again, your failure to respond to overwhelmingly negative feedback can only lead one to believe you simply don't care. This App is useless without landscape presentation. Very unfortunate that that Pensacola does not have a reliable news app other than the PNJ. Please take some hints from the WKRG app!
Slow to update. Whoever is in charge of this app you need to be fired. It's our only local news app and you do a terrible job! I watched Hannah McKensie do a live feed on FB over an hour ago and your stupid app still has no story on a shooting just blocks from my house!!! I would rate this app LESS if I could.
Every time I launch the app the news app goes blank; also I have rebooted numerous times and deleted the wear channel 3 app and reloaded it is still blank, I checked for updates ;app is still dead and not functioning
This app is garbage! It never works right, freezes, and won’t let you go back nice you’ve clicked on a story. The stories are filled with ads and the news isn’t actually news worthy. The articles are poorly written. Journalism is dead and so is this app.
But they still don’t care to give you any notification controls. Turn off to possibly miss an important update, or turn on so you can get about 40 per day, many duplicates about manufactured news.
There is no sound with this app or setting controls for this app. It’s pretty useless to watch live or receive weather updates cause it doesn’t work!! I will just continue to use Allen Strum Facebook page to get my weather. Too bad WEAR get an app that works!
Unable to view stories via landscape on iPad. Only able to watch via Potrait. I looked in the settings and I don’t see any place where I can change it to Landscape.
When you open the app it never updates. It is very annoying. Even if you close it and then re-open it. It's great that it is free but it needs some upgrades. I deleted it not worth the hassle.
Your app used to be awesome. Now, not so much. Weather reduced to 30 second sound bites. Can’t even see the hourly percentages for rain fall. Living on the coast and making a living on the water… your app is a fail.
I seldom write reviews but this app is absolutely terrible. It has a settings feature which has absolutely no settings control. The live stream has quality so bad its unwatchable. Let alone hoping for an Apple TV app...just abysmal and Sinclair should hope for a new app developer.
When clicking on a notification it takes forever to load the article and most of the time the app crashes before the article is displayed. The worst app every created.
App is broken, opens to a white screen with logo but never fully loads. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling but no change. Deleted it and will use website.
Too aggravating to use. Last updates made the app useless and I agree with too much Levin. Also agree that not updated in a timely manner and seems to be in a frozen state. Old news is not good news.
I have tried to use this to get a more accurate idea of the weather forecast, however they only show you temperatures, not rain chances. So it’s honestly pointless for weather.
Can’t watch their weather on the internet without it freezing,looks like adds are taking over my phone just like in old days trying to watch on computers .
Well this was a decent app for a while and then a couple of days ago an update was released and now it redirects you to an ad website. Way to screw it up with an update that wasn't needed.
This ap for WEAR 3 is very seldom updated and I am using it less & less. This shouldn't be surprising since the tv is poor in it's coverage of local news but alas it is all we have.
The message: Allow 'WEAR ABC3' to access your location even when you are not using the app froze on my Iphone 7 even I chose either 'Don't Allow' or 'Allow'
The WEAR News app delivers news, weather and sports in an instant. With the new and fully redesigned app you can watch live newscasts, get up-to-the minute local and national news, weather and traffic conditions and stay informed via notifications alerting you to breaking news and local events. • Breaking news alerts and stories • Live streaming • New weather section with hourly and daily forecasts • Live weather radar and traffic information • Completely overhauled app that is faster and easier to use
