# CBS News: Live Breaking News

> Top stories and local news

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id334256223](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id334256223)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id334256223`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** CBS Interactive
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (19,614 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.22
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-04
- **First published:** 2009-10-13
- **Size:** 143 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cbs-news-live-breaking-news/id334256223)
- **Website:** [http://www.cbsnews.com/](http://www.cbsnews.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://privacy.paramount.com/en/policy](https://privacy.paramount.com/en/policy)

## Description

**CBS News** delivers trusted breaking U.S. and world news, live events, and local reporting from CBS stations across major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Dallas-Fort Worth, and more.

Stream **CBS News 24/7** and 14 local news channels, watch full episodes and clips from *60 Minutes*, *48 Hours*, *CBS Evening News*, *Face the Nation*, *The Uplift*, and *The Takeout*, and explore CBS Reports documentaries. Customize push notifications for breaking news, local stories, elections, personal finance, consumer updates, and topics that matter to you.

## Rankings

- #13,695 — Overall
- #29 — news

## Review summary

Users like dark mode as a readability improvement, but major recurring issues hinder the CBS News app: constant freezing, disruptive ads, stale or repetitive content, awkward navigation and video UI, and concerns about bias. These problems appear across multiple reviews and outweigh the potential benefits.

### Pros

- Dark mode improves readability and is a sought-after feature.

### Cons

- Frequent freezing and performance issues, including during video playback and ads.
- Intrusive ads and popups that are hard to close or block content.
- Content quality concerns: outdated/repetitive stories and irregular updates.
- Poor navigation/UX: difficult to go back from stories, unwieldy video overlays with no close option, and missing features like save/search.
- Perceived bias and credibility concerns about CBS News reporting.

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