# ABC13 Houston News & Weather

> Watch Live News & Local Shows

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id407345290](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id407345290)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id407345290`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Disney
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (49,146 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.96.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-08
- **First published:** 2010-12-22
- **Size:** 123 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/abc13-houston-news-weather/id407345290)
- **Website:** [https://abc13.com/](https://abc13.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/](https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/)

## Description

Paragraph 1: The ABC13 Houston News & Weather Chrome extension delivers the latest breaking news and weather with personalized alerts and a 24/7 live stream. Navigate quickly with Home, Watch, Explore, Weather, and My News sections, access on-demand videos and full newscasts, and use picture-in-picture to multitask while staying informed.

Paragraph 2: Personalize your experience with topic-based feeds and location-specific alerts, view hourly forecasts, Doppler radar maps, and real-time weather and traffic updates. This app may include advertising; you can manage targeted ads through your device settings and privacy choices, and you can review the provided privacy rights and DNSMI links.

## Rankings

- #6,319 — Overall

## Review summary

Many reviews express frustration with the iOS app’s reliability and UX. Recurrent problems include notifications failing to open the exact story, misdirected article links, and frequent freezes or crashes. Additional concerns include perceived political bias, stale headlines, and excessive weather content. A minority praise the app for timely updates and relatively easy navigation, but overall sentiment is negative with a clear call for stability and improved UX.

### Pros

- Timely and comprehensive updates across local, state, and national news.
- Easy to manage and navigate.
- Decent local news coverage.

### Cons

- Notifications often don’t link to the specific article and instead open the home page, forcing manual search.
- Frequent performance issues including freezes/crashes.
- Article links frequently point to the wrong topic or unrelated content.
- Perceived political bias or censorship in coverage.
- Content freshness issues and heavy emphasis on weather, with older headlines and repetitive weather content.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id407345290)