# WBAY Action 2 News First Alert

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1209090496](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1209090496)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1209090496`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 2.30 / 5 (252 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-15
- **First published:** 2017-03-06
- **Size:** 87 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wbay-action-2-news-first-alert/id1209090496)
- **Website:** [https://wbay.com/](https://wbay.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wbay.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.wbay.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Stay on top of Green Bay and Northeast Wisconsin news with the WBAY Action 2 News First Alert extension. It delivers the latest stories, sports, and videos from Action 2 News, including breaking news, traffic alerts, school closing notifications, live newscasts, and local events.

Use Report It! to contribute photos and videos from your community, and check the Community Calendar for upcoming events — all accessible from your browser.

## Rankings

- #124,441 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers largely praise WBAY as a long-time local news source, but the recent update is widely criticized. The top concerns are auto-playing videos with sound, disruptive ads, and a cumbersome redesign that worsens navigation and performance. Users report stability problems (unable to open or load content) and intrusive notification sounds. Many wish to revert to the previous version or gain options to disable auto-play, mute sound, and reduce ad intensity to restore a smoother, more readable experience.

### Pros

- Longstanding go-to source for daily local news and sports.
- Widely used by readers as their primary local news app for years.

### Cons

- Auto-playing videos with sound and no option to mute or disable autoplay.
- Intrusive ads, including full-screen ads and video ads, that interrupt reading and consume data/battery.
- Poor redesign causing a worse user experience: messy layout, scrolling stutter, and loss of navigation features like swipe back.
- App reliability issues: difficulty opening the app or loading content, with crashes or freezes.
- Loud notification sounds (doorbell-like tones) and unread badges that are hard to mute or clear.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1209090496)