CNET: Best Tech News & Reviews Reviews

App is improving

Fat Tribble

In recent months since Cnet completely redesigned their app, I tried it several time and uninstalled it each time. Now Cnet is back on my iPad. They brought back filters which is very useful to narrow the news stories to what interests you most. The layout is clean which isn’t so bad for casual browsing. When I really want to catch up on Cnet news I still go to their web site. The strength of Cnet has always been their news and product reviews. They have a Deals section now. I can’t imagine buying something on a whim because the app told me it was a deal. People who like Cnet typically like to research their purchases before making a final decision rather than buying because of the price. That’s my opinion anyway. Anyway, I think the app is moving in the right direction and may soon be as good as it used to be.

Must read app for me.

GoBlue99

I ensure I read this app daily. It has a great combo of tech, auto, and entertainment news.

Awesome!

CeGoody

:-)

Have loved CNET for 15 years

thelma2222

At least 15 years... I think!! All I know is that there was a time when I did all of my investigative work on CNET, I JUST discovered the app for crying out loud!! Good to have u back!

Uses excessive data

JB2006inTN

This app auto plays videos without the user requesting videos to start. For example, some articles contain these videos that auto play. I click aren't article to read it, not be blasted by some video. This design wastes data on data plans and causes extra fees by wireless carriers.

Awful! Deleted.

Castgen10

How do I find my favorite shows? Well it doesn’t matter cause you have canceled them. The developer responded with look for “latest”. I looked four times before I found it. How bad is that With so many massive iOS 11 apps being shoved down our throats by Apple, I just realized I can live with one less... its CNET. Your app has been deleted and it's back to using YouTube.

Stop the audio video ads and unrelated BS

acrisis

One star, until you stop this BS practice with autoplay videos ... for waking my wife up with your unrelated BS. Recently found the CNET app, slow to fall asleep, want to read a few news stories, WHAM BLARING AUDIO ABOUT WHATEVER after I clicked on a certain story that should have been a text article with maybe a photo or two.

Politics trumps content

honest thinker

Watch out! This app likes to include political articles biased toward the cause of socialism. Honest thinkers beware. Socialism kills!

Worse than Ever

TimothyC

I used to consult CNET almost exclusively for reviews on any and all things that plug in or run on batteries. The app made it a challenge to do this. Today I saw an ad that CNET app was new updated better faster etc. So I took the bait. Well the so-called upgrades make it even more challenging to use. The search function is bizarre, to put it kindly. Searches are not at all intuitive. First I typed in the model number of a Samsung TV. All washing machines came up In the search results because unbeknownst to me, when I clicked on the search icon, an ad for home appliances had opened covering my entire screen. I was now on that company’s site. Back to CNET app. I tried again. One non-Samsung TV came up. Third try: I shortened the model number to remove the “65” thinking I’d get reviews of all the Samsung’s in the MU800 line. But no, Samsung TVs from a completely different line came up. And only three models. Call me crazy but when I type “Samsung MU800” in the search box, I’m thinking Samsung MU800 TVs will come up. And that’s just one really annoying aspect of the app. Another is that the attempted cool-looking graphics just don’t work well or smoothly and make navigating really frustrating. In trying to make the interface appear more sleek, you’ve made the app almost unusable. I could go on. Bottom line. The app is a mess. Worse than ever. I now avoid it completely.

Nice app but hard to impossible to change settings

Richard in Northville

In the previous version one could set their interests/favorite topics like Google, Apple, etc. It can be done in this one but hard to find and not intuitive

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