NBC 6 South Florida app review: an all-in-one news app

Introduction

If you live in South Florida and own an iPhone or iPad, you should consider getting the NBC 6 South Florida app on your iOS device.

This app will keep you posted on all that's going on in the South Florida region including current events, breaking news, weather forecasts, and traffic reports in real-time, ensuring that you are connected with your locality on the go.

You can find this app in the News section of the App Store, where it is available completely free of cost. Most free apps have a catch, and for this one it's an ad banner that remains at the bottom of the screen throughout the app. I find that the colors merge with the NBC theme and therefore it's easy to overlook and ignore the ads.

Let's take a closer look at the features of this app.

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Layout & Top Stories

NBC 6 South Florida will take up 8.6 MB of space on your iPhone or iPad, so you can be sure it's going to be a nice and compact little piece of software. Not only can you stay up to date with all the current happenings of the city but you will also find a whole Latin Beat section covering stories from the thriving Hispanic community of this area.

The functioning of this app is smooth as silk, making for a very pleasant user experience. The interface of this app is also very pleasant, themed with the classic blue of NBC and the NBC 6 South Florida logo is perched at the top of the screen throughout the app, giving it a very official look and feel.

When you launch this app, you'll be taken to the default screen, which is the Top Stories section, where you'll find all the stories published recently in chronological order. The listing is in thumbnail form, so you can easily scroll through the stories until you find one that interests you. Along with the thumbnail you will also be able to view truncated headlines and the date and time of publishing.

 

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News Feed & Navigation

This feed updates automatically as and when new stories are published, but you can also set up push notifications to get alerts. Unfortunately I found the push notifications to be far too frequent and sometimes even outdated, so I personally wouldn't use it.

The article layout is really well-conceived, so each time you tap on an article, you'll find it laid out in a pretty format with the image at the top, the headline, date and time of publishing, and the text. The article can be read in full-screen mode and will fit your iOS device's screen just perfectly.

You can easily explore the other sections of the app by using the Menu icon located at the top left corner of the screen. This gives users access to the Weather Forecast, Video section, and the Latin Beat section.

 

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Enjoy catching up on the latest news from the South Florida region on a lovely user interface
• Read or watch the latest news stories from around the area
• Get real-time weather and traffic reports

Cons

• There are many ads at the bottom of the app which detract a little from the otherwise beautiful UI
• Push notifications are too frequent and sometimes show outdated articles

 

Final Words

I think NBC 6 South Florida is a lovely app that is definitely worth downloading on your iPhone or iPad, especially if you live in the South Florida region or wish to catch up on the latest news from there.