# Action News 5

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id449704439](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id449704439)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id449704439`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (4,594 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.0.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2011-07-19
- **Size:** 85 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/action-news-5/id449704439)
- **Website:** [https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/apps/](https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/apps/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Action News 5 is a local news extension that delivers Memphis and the Mid-South's top stories. It features breaking news alerts, live headlines, video, and sports coverage tailored to your location.

Coverage includes Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, Cordova, Millington, West Memphis, Southaven, Horn Lake, Olive Branch, Hernando, Oxford, and the surrounding Mid-South. Location access helps customize content and may share information with advertising partners to tailor ads; please review the privacy policy for details and choices.

## Rankings

- #27,543 — Overall

## Review summary

Users like having Memphis-local live news and breaking notifications, but reports overwhelming issues after a revamp: intrusive ads disrupt reading and viewing, autoplay videos are hard to disable, livestreams are unreliable and gate ads, the UI is frustrating and inconsistent, and the app crashes frequently. Tapping notifications often lands on ads, not stories. Overall, users want a cleaner, faster, ad-light app with stable live video and a return to the older, more usable interface.

### Pros

- Ability to view live local news broadcasts via the app
- Breaking news notifications available in the app

### Cons

- Excessive intrusive ads and pop-ups (pre-rolls, sponsored content, and misleading 'virus scan' ads)
- Autoplay videos with no off toggle that interrupt reading or audio
- Livestream unreliability and ad-gating (streams drop; more ads to view)
- Poor post-update UI/UX with broken navigation and slow updates
- Frequent crashes and general performance issues; notifications leading to ad pages

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id449704439)