ABC13 Houston

Disney

Contains ads

4.2

18K reviews

500K+

Downloads

Everyone

About this app

The ABC13 app provides the latest breaking news and weather with alerts customized for you! Get more live video than ever before with the 24/7 live stream.

HOME
- ABC13's 24/7 live stream is always near the top of the app
- Breaking news and weather alerts also appear at the top of the screen
- Stay up-to-date on the biggest stories happening in the Houston area and beyond

WATCH
- All of ABC13's live streams are available in one place
- Looking for videos that aired in a newscast or entire newscasts you might have missed? Find those under the "videos" tab
- Use picture in picture to watch video while you use other apps on your phone

EXPLORE
- Find a news story by entering a keyword into the search bar
- Browse news by topic, including 13 Investigates, Texas True Crime, Localish and more!

WEATHER
- Easily choose your locations to get hourly conditions and 7-day forecast
- Get real-time Doppler maps along with detailed weather information
- Get weather and traffic alerts for severe conditions so you’re always up-to-date before you go

MY NEWS
- Stay informed on stories that matter to you by choosing topics you care about
-“My News” builds a unique feed just for you based on interests and locations you choose
- Choose customized alerts for topics and locations you care about, from entertainment news to sports updates and everything in between

Updated on

Aug 11, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

This app may share these data types with third parties

Personal info, Photos and videos and 5 others

This app may collect these data types

Location, Personal info and 5 others

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2

17K reviews

A Google user

March 30, 2019

3/28/2019. The performance is terrible, unusable actually. I have a OnePlus 6T and after the first two articles are read, it takes a minimum of 10 seconds, often longer to get to the next article. I have a 28 Mb/sec WiFi link. I do not use the video reports, I want to read the copy. I feel swamped with adverts. Worse than clickbait. Maybe it is designed better on iOS. There could definitely be a better way to cache the ads so bandwith is not swamped with them and smothering the news feed.

11 people found this review helpful

Robert V

August 14, 2025

Aug 2025 update: much work done to improve this app. Disney really does pay attention to the complaints and comments!

70 people found this review helpful

Disney

June 27, 2023

Thank you for your support as we continue to make enhancements to the ABC13 app. Our team is currently working to address this issue, so please stay tuned for a fix in an upcoming update.

Jackie

November 8, 2023

I'm not a fan of the new layout of the app. I dislike how majority of the stories are now small tiles at the bottom. I prefer how the top stories look where I can see a few lines of the article to determine if I would like to read more about it. I found I am not really going to the app anymore for my news because of this.

5 people found this review helpful