Stay ahead of the story with the ABC News app, your destination for live breaking news and nonstop coverage from Good Morning America and World New Tonight with David Muir, Nightline, 20/20 and This Week. Dive into Verts, our all-new vertical video experience, and get customizable push alerts on the politics, weather, health and business news that matters most to you — including live results and analysis from the 2026 midterm elections.
VERTS
Our all-new vertical video experience in the ABC News app, designed to bring you closer to the stories shaping our world. With a simple swipe, explore a continuous stream of news, exclusive reporting and must-watch moments. Verts makes it easier than ever to stay informed on the news that matters most to you.
MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Get ready for the biggest political story of the year: the 2026 midterm elections. The ABC News app will be your front-row seat, delivering live results, breaking news, expert analysis on important issues and on-the-ground reporting as races unfold across the country. From key battleground contests to the fight for control of Congress, ABC News will bring you every major moment in real time through live coverage, vertical videos and customizable push alerts.
GOOD MORNING AMERICA & ORIGINAL PROGRAMS
Wake up with Good Morning America, then follow the day's biggest stories with expert analysis on Nightline, This Week, 20/20 and more. Watch exclusive interviews and roundtable discussions on the day's headline news.
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
Start your morning with an ABC News Live First Look and wrap up the day with ABC World News Tonight with David Muir — the most-watched network newscast in the U.S., streaming daily on ABC News Live.
Download now and gain access to all the latest news in the palm of your hand:
- Experience Verts for quick videos on the top news
- Live results, analysis and on-the-ground reporting from the 2026 midterm elections
- Watch live news coverage from ABC News Live wherever you are
- Get personalized push notifications on the stories that matter most to you
- Watch full episodes and clips from Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, 20/20 and more
- Listen to ABC News Podcasts, including our award-winning 'Start Here' daily show
- Dark mode available
- Content loads faster than ever
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Just opened the latest update and previously, after reading an article, I could swipe right, anywhere on the screen, to go back to the main page, with the list of stories. Best feature of any news app. Now, just like every other news app I have tried, I need to swipe down, to get the backup arrow to appear, and then reach up to the top left corner, to back up. I might as well use the CBS app, which I previously deleted, since the ABC interface was much more intuitive and cleaner. Now it it no different than the others, so any incentive to use this app is now gone. Don’t fix what isn’t broken. Just lost me. Bye.
It just randomly decides to play audio
RebYell5
I had to delete the app because there’s an extremely bizarre glitch it’s been having lately: it starts playing audio of a news feed, while the app is closed. And it’s nearly impossible to turn off. It actually drained my battery and used God only knows how much data because it was doing it for hours once before I finally realized it (my phone was on silent so I couldn’t actually hear it). It happens at least a couple of times a week. I like the news updates, and I feel ABC is better with doing updates than Fox or CNN or anyone else, and the app looks nice enough, but this has caused me to delete it. If it can turn itself on without me doing it, what else can it do without my knowledge? With recent security and privacy concerns about Iphones, it does make me wonder.
Held Back by Ads & Playback Issues
mysagan
I would rate the app five stars, but for two glaring problems. First, it makes you watch an ad before EVERY news story. I understand ads are the price of free here, but 1:1 ads to news stories is obnoxious. Painful. (30-second ad, 2-minute video, repeat.) Plus it’s the same couple of ads over and over. The other big problem is that, if you’re watching a story when they publish a new story, it kicks you out of the one you’re watching. Screen goes black, a new ad plays, and their new story starts. Really bad experience. Happens to me a couple of times per week. Not sure why these things are acceptable to the folks who work on this app, but they’d have all the stars if they’d fix it. (This review is for the app on Apple TV.)
Videos play while app isn’t open
Gertrude Hawkins
I really do love the app and would definitely rate it 5 stars for the easy navigation, favorites tab, and how it keeps up with my interests but I can’t. The one single downside to this app is that it plays videos whenever my phone connects to Bluetooth audio and also randomly sometimes. It’s extremely frustrating since I spend a lot of time in my car and my Bluetooth takes a minute to sync with my phone. Every single time I have to pull over and shut off the ABC News app that video that I wasn’t even watching in the first place. If this didn’t happen the app would completely be 5 stars.
- Introducing Verts — our all-new vertical video experience. Swipe through a continuous stream of breaking news, exclusive reporting and must-watch moments.
- Live coverage of the 2026 midterm elections: results, analysis and on-the-ground reporting as races unfold.
- Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.
