# WSAZ News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id416888137](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id416888137)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id416888137`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 2.90 / 5 (648 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-16
- **First published:** 2011-02-10
- **Size:** 91 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wsaz-news/id416888137)
- **Website:** [https://www.wsaz.com/](https://www.wsaz.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wsaz.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.wsaz.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The WSAZ News extension brings live newscasts and breaking news directly to your browser. It provides quick access to WSAZ's streaming video, ensuring you can follow the latest headlines as they unfold.

Stay informed with local updates, weather alerts, and breaking stories, all from a lightweight Chrome extension designed for fast, in-browser access.

## Rankings

- #79,286 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviews consistently complain about the WSAZ News app's reliability and usability: the app freezes and runs slowly, ads are intrusive and numerous, updates have worsened the experience, breaking-news notifications are excessive, and there is a perception of bias with inadequate local coverage. Accessibility and loading issues are noted by some users as well. Overall, reliability and editorial balance are the dominant concerns driving user dissatisfaction.

### Cons

- Poor performance: app freezes, lags, and slows down other apps
- Excessive ads and commercials, including pop-ups and auto-playing videos
- Updates/format changes are poorly received and degrade the user experience
- Frequent breaking-news push notifications; perceived over-notification
- Perceived bias and insufficient local coverage across Tri-State area

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id416888137)