# KIRO 7 News

> Seattle Live News & Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id337600570](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id337600570)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id337600570`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cox Media Group
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (12,677 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.9.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-11
- **First published:** 2009-12-08
- **Size:** 82 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kiro-7-news/id337600570)
- **Website:** [https://www.kiro7.com/](https://www.kiro7.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.kiro7.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.kiro7.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

KIRO 7 News for Seattle and Western Washington delivers breaking and developing news, live video streams, PinPoint Weather forecasts, and RealTime Traffic alerts. Stay informed with location-based push notifications and access to exclusive content across Western Washington, including Seattle, Tacoma, Renton, Everett, Bremerton, Olympia and more.

This app uses Nielsen's proprietary measurement software to help deliver market research like Nielsen's TV Ratings. Note that continued use of GPS in the background can affect battery life.

## Rankings

- #15,895 — Overall

## Review summary

Users like KIRO 7 for timely updates and a straightforward interface, and many rely on it as a trusted local news source. However, widespread complaints center on intrusive ads and ad-heavy streams, live video quality issues, unreliable navigation, misdirected notifications, and concerns about bias. Stability problems on iPad and occasional crashes also appear. Overall, the app delivers timely news but is undermined by ads, reliability problems, and perceived bias.

### Pros

- Quick notifications for local and national news
- Simple, easy-to-use interface
- Long-standing trusted local news source (favorite station)
- Content available via both TV broadcast and online reading
- Keeps users informed and up-to-date on events

### Cons

- Ads are too long, frequent, and intrusive (pre-rolls and in-content ads)
- Live streaming is often glitchy with interruptions and ad-heavy experiences
- Navigation and reliability issues (links/taps often lead to ads or live feeds, app crashes)
- Notifications can misdirect users to a live feed or ad instead of the actual article
- Perceived bias or incomplete reporting in coverage
- iPad/landscape orientation issues and general stability problems on iOS devices

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id337600570)