WCVB Newscenter 5 - Boston

Name: WCVB Newscenter 5 - Boston
Rating: 4.6217227 (3637 reviews)
Author: HTVMA Solutions, Inc.

Boston's breaking news, live newscasts, weather updates, and local coverage.

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Stay connected to Boston with the WCVB Newscenter 5 Chrome extension! Get instant access to breaking news, live newscasts, real-time weather updates, and comprehensive local coverage. This extension provides push notifications for urgent stories, interactive radar maps, 10-day weather forecasts, and detailed sports highlights including Boston's major teams.

WCVB Newscenter 5 also emphasizes community engagement by allowing users to submit news tips, photos, and videos directly to the newsroom. Stay ahead with in-depth stories that matter to Boston and New England residents, all conveniently available at your fingertips. Download the extension for free and experience news like never before!

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By:

HTVMA Solutions, Inc.

Downloads:

304,462 216

Rating:

4.62

(3,637) 5 new ratings

Version:

5.7.83 Last updated: 2025-05-27

Version code:

50783

Creation date:

2012-05-15

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
android.permission.AD_SERVICES_CONFIG
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE

Size:

53.89MB

Email:

ht*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 114,286 ▼ 173

User reviews

Users appreciate the WCVB Newscenter 5 app for its timely, accurate local news and weather updates with customizable alerts. It serves as a trusted source for breaking news and detailed weather information. However, multiple reviews mention consistent issues with excessive ads that disrupt viewing, control panels not hiding during video playback, location settings reverting unexpectedly, malfunctioning widgets, and unstable casting features. While the app delivers quality content, these usability and technical problems affect the overall experience.

Pros

Provides timely and accurate local news and weather updates tailored to New England.
Includes detailed weather features such as minute-by-minute updates, forecasts, radar for past and future conditions.
Trusted source for breaking news, political updates, and world news, praised for being unbiased and straightforward.
Allows users to customize alert preferences for specific news categories.
Useful for users relying on it as a primary news source when other options are limited (e.g., satellite TV users).

Cons

App frequently forces users to watch multiple ads before or during news videos without option to skip or mute, leading to frustration.
The video control panel (play, pause, closed captions) does not auto-hide during playback, obstructing the video view.
Location settings are buggy, often reverting to Boston despite user attempts to select another locality.
App widget frequently ceases functioning, failing to provide quick news updates as intended.
Casting functionality with devices like Google Nest Hub is unreliable and often causes the app to hang.

Recent reviews

Great news app timely alerts on area specific weather and local news. Weather is accurate down to the minute with alerts for bad weather. Allows you to choose the updates you wish to receive. Has a built-in forecast, current conditions and radar past and future. I use this app daily. An Informative New England news and weather app. Channel 5 Rocks.

Jo*****, 2025-01-20

great app and I love the way they keep you up-to-date with weather, politics, and especially everything that's happening around the world and then some keep it up channel 5 great work..