WOIO Cleveland 19 News

Generally I don't really care that this app has so many ads, until last night's (Oct 21 2021) extreme weather event when I was trying to open the live feed and was stuck with a 30 second unskippable ad. It would have been really nice to know if a tornado was barreling down on my location, instead of hearing about Serpentini's latest deals.

The app was good before the video's started to play without being clicked on. And when you are in a place where you can not make any noise. And it starts playing with the volume up. It is a bad thing. December 2021 update it's happening again. February 11 2022 it blasted a commercial as soon as it opened. I received some people's dirty looks for making noise

This app will probably be removed from my phone today. I have been using the 19 News app since its inception. I liked it before. This change was unnecessary and poorly thought out. Get rid of its developers, you got robbed. I will find another local news app to read daily. Tried again. Still terrible. National news no longer available using the menu.The videos start automatically and must be shut off if you prefer to read. Pages go white. Return to stories sends you to top of page.Terrible