WAFF48 News

Name: WAFF48 News
Rating: 4.5 (2959 reviews)
Author: Gray Television Group, Inc.

by Gray Television Group, Inc.

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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At a glance: Free to download

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News
Weather

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Key functions

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 2959 ratings · App Store

1/5App Pop-ups and Alerts
When sports notifications are toggled off in the app, pop ups and alerts regarding highlights and scores of high school football are still received. This has happened multiple times. I have reported my concern through the app and asked for this to be corrected, which has not happened. People are allowed to chose their own notification preferences. You should honor these preferences. Forcing app prescribers to be subject to your notifications, ignoring their preferences, makes prescribers feel you are insensitive to their concerns and requests and may cause subscribers to find other information sources.

nicetalkn2ya · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Unwatchable
This app is so bad that it is totally unwatchable. I have to turn it on at 4:30 just to watch the 5:00 news which typically only comes on Monday thru Friday. I spend that 30 minutes trying to get the app to show anything at all and usually get something from Ohio, though a few nights ago I got news from Alaska. Most days it won’t come up at all. And when I do get news there are at least 15 or 20 minutes of commercial, some from Ohio and a few typical ads that display when playing computer games. I finally got the WAAY news app and now I can watch the news 😁

Hikerbee · 31 Jul 2026
2/5Annoying app changes
What happened to the functionality to be able to share a link to a news story?? Why does your “video” autoplay with the volume on??!! Do you know how embarrassing it is to try to read a “breaking news” story and have your promotion blaring for all around you to hear?? Why is the “video” now only a promotion and no longer followed by the video segment?? Should I kept going here?

MR. BTB · 31 Jul 2026
5/548 news review
All over best in news (local and national), community events and weather! Your team is tops in my book! I are primarily tuned in in the mornings beginning with the 4:30 news cast. It is so refreshing to begin the day with a smile thanks to that crew! Professionalism is exhibited, yet the relaxed display and often bit of humor, simply starts my day with that smile! Keep in keeping on!!! Thanks for allowing me to express my opinion and appreciation!

scodoodle · 31 Jul 2026
1/5WAFF is great, app doesn’t follow suit
WAFF is my go-to for news. The app is ridiculous. I can’t watch the videos attached to the news story without watching a commercial (understable). The commercial plays, I cannot make it full screen while it plays, then the news video comes on and any time I try to watch in full screen, the app crashes. To reopen and attempt to watch I have to watch yet ANOTHER commercial to get back to where I was originally. Can’t have a great news station with great news stories with a lacking app.

caitseahorn · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

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6.7.12
Fix for an issue with closings banner
6.7.13
General fixes and performance enhancements
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 updates
7.0.14
Changes to the livestream player
7.0.15
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
Improvements to the video players
8.0.3
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
8.0.4
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.
8.0.5
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. General bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.0.7 · 15 Jul 2026
Improvements to the video player, including addressing a crash caused when using video controls

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WVTM 13 - Birmingham — Same category + similar ratings

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