Haystack News: Local TV News

🇺🇸 United States
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App Age
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Last Update
Nov 16, 2023
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$4.99 - 5.49

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5.7M
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3.96
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11y 10m
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$5
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Haystack News: Local TV News
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400+ News Channels. Local, Live & World Coverage. All the News in Just One Click
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Trusted by more than 30 million news viewers! Your go-to, from local news to world events. It’s the best way to watch a variety of coverage, all in one place, and absolutely free. The most local news available to stream anywhere. Choose the categories, sources and topics to create a newscast built just for you. Get the latest local weather for your neighborhood. Explore on demand channels like International News and Entertainment News with stories from only the most trusted news channels. Watch live news channels and get breaking news alerts on your phone, so you always have access to the news that matters to you. Take a deep dive into important topics and trends with dedicated channels that bring coverage from all over the world together in one convenient spot. Connect to the world around you with Haystack News. Featured National and World News Partners ABC News Live, Bloomberg, CBS News, Reuters, CBC, Cheddar, CNET, EuroNews, AfricaNews, GameSpot, NewsNation, Newsy, i24 News, Al Jazeera, Yahoo! Finance, Newsmax, The Hill and more. The Most Local News Stream local news including: CBS New York, News12, WCBS, KCBS, CBS Chicago WBBM, KYW, KTVT, CBS San Francisco KPIX, KTRK, WCVB, WGCL, WMOR, KPHO, WXYZ, KIRO, WCCO, WFOR, KMGH, WESH, WEWS, KCRA, KMOV, WTAE, WTVD, KPTV, WBAL, WRTV, KGTV, WSMV, WFSB, KCWE, WISN, WLWT, WYFF, WPBF, KVVU, KOCO, WGAL, WVTM, WXII, WFOX, KOAT, WLKY, WDSU, WMCTV, WKBW, KFSN, KJRH, Fox10tv, WFTX, WHIO, KCCI, KGUN, WNEM, KETV, KSPR, WTVG, WMTV, WMTW, WJCL, WAPT, WPTZ, KHBS, KIVI, WGGB, KVLY, KATC, KSBY, KSBW, KERO, KRIS, KOSA, WBOC, KPAX, KTVQ, WCAV, KBZK, KRTV, WTAP, KCWY, KXLH, WLNY, CBS Los Angeles KCAL, WLS, WPVI, KABC, KGO, KY3, CBS Boston WBZ, WMUR, WFTS, KNXV, WMYD, WFXT, WWJ-TV, KCNC, WKCF, KOVR, WFTV, WSOC, CBS Pittsburgh KDKA, KTVU, WRDQ, WPXI, WMAR, WJZ-TV, KCTV, WTVF, KMCI, KMBC, TMJ4, WCPO, FoxCarolina, WPTV, KTNV, KSHB, WFLX, WJAX, WLEX, WHBQ, WACY, KOKI, KMTV, WGBA, KWBA, WJRT, KOAA, KXXV, WNNE, KHOG, NBC Nebraska KNIN, KSAW, WTXL, KTRE, KZTV, WSYM, WSHM, NEWSPLEX, KXLF, KTVH, WHEC, WDIO, KOB, KSTP, KSTC, KAAL, WNYT, WNYW. Please let us know how we can improve by tapping the feedback button on the main screen of the app. Or email us feedback@haystack.tv Learn more about Haystack News at http://www.haystack.tv}
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Some Latest Reviews

Gopi Parthasarathy
28 Dec, 2025
5
Best app to know about happenings around the globe ! 👍😃
Tom Jordan
25 Dec, 2025
1
Horrible New Interface. It defeats the purpose of having a haystack of news to scroll through. Bring back the ListView interface.
Angel Rodriguez
24 Dec, 2025
5
love this app I can watch All news for free and other content
John Warren
24 Dec, 2025
4
I've used this app quite a while on iOS. it's an excellent news app. the only thing is on Android devices, unlike iOS, where you have the news story title, it doesn't tell you if it's an hour old or 24 hours old like it does on iOS. if the developers can add this and make the user experience ie swipe gestures, as close to the iOS version as possible, this would be worth five stars easy.
Topcat
24 Dec, 2025
3
Good app overall crashing alot phone wanted to put it in deep sleep because of the repeated crashing. Still crashing alot please fix.
Andrew Gaddy
24 Dec, 2025
4
the best part of this app is that the stories that you want to know are the stories that you going to see
Andrew MacLean
24 Dec, 2025
5
Great app. Gives you so much control over which news items you watch. We also watch the Haystack channel on Roku. This is how we get most of our news, including local news and weather. I like the "listen mode" in the app, it lets you listen to the items with the phone screen turned off. I also like the polling feature, it lets you weigh in on some of the issues. There should be a menu item just for the polls. I am a Premium subscriber.
Topcat
21 Dec, 2025
3
Good app overall crashing alot phone wanted to put it in deep sleep because of the repeated crashing.
Matt Lackey
20 Dec, 2025
1
this app use to be cool but it changed and is desperately trying to profit. deleting app

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Additional Information
Rating:
3.99
Voted: 1.86M
Google Play Link:
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Categories: News & Magazines
Size: -
iAP: 4.99 - 5.49 $
Installs: 5.61M
App Age: 11 years 10 months
Release Date: Feb 28, 2014
Last Update: Nov 16, 2023
Version: 4.37
Version history
4.37
Nov 16, 2023
<b>New Onboarding Experience on Mobile:</b> Start your Haystack News journey with a revamped onboarding flow that lets you tailor your news experience from the get-go.<br><b>Enhanced Video Performance on TV:</b> Experience faster, more seamless video switch times.<br><b>Updates on Google TV Live Channels:</b> Support for new upcoming live channel offerings for an even richer Google TV experience.<br><b>Performance Boost:</b> We&#39;ve optimized the app for smoother performance.
Nov 09, 2023
Improved app stability and responsiveness.<br>We resolved some bugs to ensure smoother performance.
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