WRIC 8News - Richmond, VA

Name: WRIC 8News - Richmond, VA
Rating: 4.6 (2962 reviews)
Author: LIN Television Corporation

by LIN Television Corporation

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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At a glance: Free to download

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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4.6 2962 ratings · App Store

5/5Love this News App
I 💜💜 this News app! Its on point and keep me updated with school closures, weather, sports, Breaking News and the News in general! I’ve told my friends about it! ABC has always been my favorite News station! Honestly, I downloaded the app because I was out of town and my youngest son is in Middle school. I wanted to keep abreast what was happening with the snow and school closings! I’m glad that I downloaded this app...ABC News 8 WRIC...🎉Happy Holidays to Everyone 🎉🎄✨

MsDLSmith · 31 Jul 2026
2/5App Ignores Notification Preferences
This app is a fine news app, but if you’re someone who likes control of notifications, don’t get it. Within the settings on the app, you can pick what type of notifications you want to get — traffic, local news, weather, breaking news, sports, etc. However, the app ignores your selections in those settings and notifies you of everything. So it’s an all-or-nothing proposition with notifications. As a result, you will get about 10 notifications per day about everything from a new hot chocolate recipe to a traffic accident on a road you never travel, to a robbery at a nearby store. It’s all too much for me, uninstalled.

LexJoshua · 31 Jul 2026
2/5Keeps Opening Internet Browser
The app is relatively well organized and easy to navigate. However, I’m taking 3 stars off of my rating because it keeps opening my internet browser when I use it. When I tap on and open an article in the app, it’ll subsequently open my internet browser, open a new tab, and pull up a blank page. It only recently started doing this, and not only is it obnoxious, but it also feels like a huge security risk. If the developers fixed this issue, I’d happily give the app a 5 star rating. Until then, 2 stars it is.

tignorjl · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Always on top all events and weather
Can always rely on 8 news when it comes to all events and weather. No one can top them. Been a channel 8 news watcher since I was young. Keep up the great work😃. Still on top of everything! Keep up great work!

MidniteFallynStar · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Crash/freeze
Your app always freezes up and then closes right in the middle of an article ...it always does it and your notifications don’t take you to what the notification says when you click on it and then when you do click on some notifications...poof the article is no longer available, where did it go like the title said on the notification it was breaking news well so important that it’s not there anymore!!! Fix this crappy app , a child could do a better job than whoever developed this crap!!!

Zextacy11 · 31 Jul 2026

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41.14.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
41.15.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
41.16.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
41.17.1
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
41.19.0
If you're holding your device in landscape when entering an article screen, the video will no longer automatically jump into full-screen mode. If you're holding your phone or tablet in portrait orientation when you're on an article, then you can still quickly launch video full-screen mode by rotating it to landscape. We also fixed some minor bugs.
41.20.0
If you're holding your device in landscape when entering an article screen, the video will no longer automatically jump into full-screen mode. If you're holding your phone or tablet in portrait orientation when you're on an article, then you can still quickly launch video full-screen mode by rotating it to landscape. We also fixed some minor bugs.
500.1.1
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
500.1.4
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
500.4.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
500.5.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
500.6.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
500.7.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
500.8.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
500.8.1
We’ve fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
500.9.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
501.0.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
50.11.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
502.0.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
502.0.2
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
503.0.1
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
504.0.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
505.0.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
507.0.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
508.0.0
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.
509.0.0 · 8 Jul 2026
We've fixed some bugs and improved general performance.

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