# Hawaii News Now

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id450571908](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id450571908)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id450571908`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (8,201 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.0.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2011-07-21
- **Size:** 104 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hawaii-news-now/id450571908)
- **Website:** [https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/apps/](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/apps/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Hawaii News Now is a Chrome extension that puts local, national, and world news at your fingertips. It offers breaking alerts, live headlines, sports updates, and video from KGMB, KHNL, KOGG, and KHBC, all accessible with a single click.

This extension requests location data to tailor content for you and may share location and usage information with advertising partners to customize ads across this and other apps. Please review the privacy policy for details and how to manage your choices.

## Rankings

- #20,848 — Overall

## Review summary

Most reviews focus on ad-heavy experiences, unstable live video, and a frustrating update that worsened readability and navigation. Users note content can be good, but the app frequently interrupts reading with ads, auto-playing videos, and unreliable livestreams. Sharing and navigation problems are common across reviews. The top requested fixes are fewer ads, stabilized live video, readable fonts, and restoration of smooth sharing/navigation.

### Pros

- News stories are generally good when accessible.
- Interface updates are appreciated by some users.
- Livestream/live news feature is available for on-the-go viewing.

### Cons

- Ads are intrusive and pervasive (pop-ups, footer ads, full-screen ads, ad fatigue).
- Live stream and live news features are unreliable or frequently fail to load.
- Readability and navigation deteriorated after updates (smaller fonts, harder to read, clumsy switching between local and national news, no swiping).
- Autoplaying videos with sound and intrusive ads interrupt reading (videos start automatically, no easy mute/pause).
- Sharing and other interactive features are broken (cannot share articles/links, issues with alerts, navigation limited).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id450571908)