Action News 5

Name: Action News 5
Rating: 4.5 (4590 reviews)
Author: Gray Television Group, Inc.

by Gray Television Group, Inc.

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: Free to download

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News
Weather

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Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Free app	Yes	Free	—	Store published

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9 store screenshots

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Free

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Ratings & reviews

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4.5 4590 ratings · App Store

3/5Always Loved The App But....
Always loved the app, been highly reliable for some years, but the past year(2020) the watch live has not been perfect, only works maybe 50 percent of the time. Since I work early in the mornings it’s the only way the lifted doesn’t always work, not good in severe weather events o can catch the news and weather live. It’s really aggravating during bad weather events , luckily most of the time I can go the Facebook page and watch then. Don’t see another way to report this, I hope that the right people over the app sees this. The Watch Live is a really important tool for when there’s no TV around during live news broadcasts.

Kraig K. · 31 Jul 2026
2/5Recent upgrades lost me
Been using for 6 years. The weather radar used to be one of my favs. In 2020 the “upgrades” resulted in loss of functionality. The May upgrade also resulted in articles from last year showing up in the feed (“possibility of wintery mix” from Nov 2019 when current date was June 1) and many others. And worst of all, one political pac has bought up the vast majority of advertisement space and it is very unsettling to see the same non-sense over and over and over and over. Uninstalled. (Please note WMC is a great station with great people. Their web app service is terrible)

JFRAF653 · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Terrible App
Before the app revamp, I used it a lot. Now it’s just too frustrating to use. If you get a notification of a story and click on it - the app holds you hostage for a bit to force you to stay on the initial ad and then click o. The small arrow to “continue to appear”. Then, even if it’s a text article - say a traffic update, it overrides whatever audio you are listening to and plays audio- usually to a video unrelated to the story you clicked on. Links sometimes don’t work correctly. Haven’t deleted the app only because I hope they will eventually update it again to something better (or just go back to previous version).

Memphis Winn · 31 Jul 2026
2/5Notifications or just click bait?
Someone needs to tell the people at Action News 5 that every other news app tells us who died, or what company is going out of business or whatever.. this deal of “legendary director dies..” without mentioning the name etc does not make me open the app. I either just wait for a notification from another news app or google it. Also if a video starts loading I leave and stop the app.

LynneinTN · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Don’t waste your time on this one!
Here’s what you get, horrible flow and content that seems to be written by a monkey. There are gaps in logic and missing words, so many times you are left wondering if they even read their own content. You cannot trust what they are reporting is accurate. One thing that this app excels at is whenever you click on an article you are re-directed to advertisement videos that you have to watch for several seconds before returning to the content you actually wanted to see. So, if you want an app that sandwiches worthless content between unrequested advertising, download this one and enjoy!

Citoldyouso · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

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6.7.14
General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.1
General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.10
General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.11
Improvement to livestreams in webview
7.0.12
Change to iPad splash screen images
7.0.13
Station branding update
7.0.14
Station branding update
7.0.15
Changes to the livestream player
7.0.16
General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.2
Fixed an issue where push notifications were not opening to the correct pages. General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.3
A fix for push notifications not taking users to the correct page
7.0.4
General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.5
General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.6
General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.7
- Improvement for notification badges on device homescreen - Improvement for notifications in the in-app inbox
7.0.8
General fixes and performance enhancements
7.0.9
General fixes and performance enhancements
8.0.1
Welcome to the redesigned app! Get the latest news directly on the home screen, easy-to-find live news and weather video and instant notifications about what’s important to you.
8.0.2
Addressed an issue causing stories to not load
8.0.3
Improvements to the video players
8.0.4
Corrected the look of splash screen images Added support for some embeds in stories Addressed issues with some images being cut off in stories Addressed issue causing users to not be able to share stories
8.0.5
Improved how images display in stories and on the home screen. Fixed an issue where sharing a story was not working on some devices. Video playlists now display all videos correctly Improved video playback reliability.
8.0.6
Improved how images display in stories and on the home screen. Fixed an issue where sharing a story was not working on some devices. Video playlists now display all videos correctly Improved video playback reliability.
8.0.7
Improved how images display in stories and on the home screen. Fixed an issue where sharing a story was not working on some devices. Video playlists now display all videos correctly Improved video playback reliability. General bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.0.8 · 16 Jul 2026
Improvements to the video player, including addressing a crash caused when using video controls

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Last verified: 31 Jul 2026
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