# NBC Bay Area: News & Weather

> San Francisco Bay Area Alerts

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id331796811](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id331796811)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id331796811`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** NBCUniversal Media, LLC
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (926 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-12
- **First published:** 2009-10-05
- **Size:** 232 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nbc-bay-area-news-weather/id331796811)
- **Website:** [https://www.nbcbayarea.com](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy?brandA=Owned\_Stations&intake=NBC\_Bay\_Area/](https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy?brandA=Owned_Stations&intake=NBC_Bay_Area/)

## Description

The NBC Bay Area: News & Weather extension delivers local Bay Area news, weather, and a free 24/7 streaming channel to your browser. It offers customizable breaking news alerts and location-based weather notifications tailored for your area, including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and surrounding cities.

Key features include a personalized news feed with urgent alerts, a live StormRanger radar, hourly forecasts with a configurable graph, and weather alerts for saved locations. The app also provides a 24/7 NBC Bay Area News streaming channel, articles and videos you can save for later, and access to investigations, sports, business, and lifestyle coverage. Nielsen measurement participation helps improve local programming; privacy choices are available in-app.

## Rankings

- #56,971 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers praise NBC Bay Area for timely local news and weather updates and reliable alerts, but repeatedly complain about notification spam, broken live video, post-update UI/UX regressions, intrusive ads, and lack of Apple TV support. Overall, strength lies in timely coverage and alerts, while pain points center on notifications, video playback, and usability across devices.

### Pros

- Timely and accurate local news and weather updates.
- Reliable weather and local alerts that keep you informed.
- Effective content discovery/navigation that surfaces relevant news and weather.
- Comprehensive local coverage with up-to-date information.

### Cons

- Excessive push notifications and badge counts (spammy alerts).
- Live video/streaming issues and video playback problems (livestream not working).
- UI/UX regressions from updates: redesigned UI, small fonts, white space, and harder navigation.
- Intrusive ads and difficulty removing or closing them.
- Platform/device compatibility issues, notably lack of Apple TV support.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id331796811)