# AZFamily's First Alert Weather

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943708573](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943708573)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id943708573`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (4,536 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.604
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2014-12-05
- **Size:** 237 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/azfamilys-first-alert-weather/id943708573)
- **Website:** [https://www.azfamily.com/page/apps/](https://www.azfamily.com/page/apps/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.azfamily.com/privacy-policy](https://www.azfamily.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

AZFamily's First Alert Weather is a fast, feature-rich weather extension for Chrome that brings trusted AZFamily data to your browsing experience. It leverages the same First Alert Weather team's insights, offering timely, location-based information right in your browser.

Key capabilities include a 250-meter radar for the highest-resolution view, future radar to anticipate severe weather, high-resolution satellite imagery, and current conditions updated multiple times per hour. The extension provides hourly and daily forecasts from computer models, lets you save favorite locations, uses integrated GPS for current location awareness, and delivers National Weather Service severe weather alerts with optional push notifications to keep you safe.

## Rankings

- #27,120 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for accurate local forecasts and an easy-to-use interface with radar tools and mobile access. Common downsides are a heavy advertising burden, an excess of alerts that aren’t always relevant, occasional radar display issues, and sporadic crashes or slow performance. Some users also want more local-targeted alerts and features like air-quality data.

### Pros

- Accurate local weather information and forecasts
- Easy to use with clear information and decent graphics
- Helpful weather alerts/notifications and mobile convenience
- Radar imagery availability for tracking weather

### Cons

- Ad-heavy experience with frequent interruptions and pre-content ads
- Too many or unwanted alerts, including non-significant updates
- Radar can fail to load or display properly, with intrusive warning overlays
- Crashes and slow loading on some devices
- Alerts/content sometimes feel non-local or irrelevant to the user’s area

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943708573)