What's New
Optimized weather tab with faster processing and additional layers for a more robust interactive radar experience.
New weather layers:
- Satellite (including cloud cover)
- Temperature
- Topical Satellite
- Radar (precipitation)
- Wind Speed
- Transparency is adjustable to users preference
New home tab display for time sensitive breaking news including weather alerts, and other live, late breaking local happenings
New story layout with larger photos
The application has access to the following:
Network communication
full Internet access
Allows an application to create network sockets.
view network state
Allows an application to view the state of all networks.
Storage
modify/delete SD card contents
Allows an application to write to the SD card.
System tools
automatically start at boot
Allows an application to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the application to slow down overall performance of the phone by constantly running.
display system-level alerts
Allows an application to show system alert windows. Malicious applications can take over the entire screen of the phone.
Phone calls
read phone state and identity
Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to, ect.
Hardware controls
control vibrator
Allows the application to control the vibrator.
Your location
fine (GPS) location
Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the phone, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.
mock location sources for testing
Create mock location sources for testing. Malicious applications can use this to override the location and/or status returned by real location sources such as GPS or Network providers.
coarse (network-based) location
Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate phone location, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine approximately where you are.
Other
android.permission.ACCESS_GPS
android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION
rachel
Apr 24, 2012 5:06:48 AM
Droid x Always force closes. Would be a great app if it worked consistently but very unreliable
MJ
Apr 17, 2012 6:44:05 AM
Nice Great job Fox 6! Now I can stay connected whereever I go!
Rhonda
Apr 14, 2012 8:58:43 PM
Uninstalling Used to work fine but now keeps foreclosing.
Paula
Feb 5, 2012 1:11:31 AM
Pj Used to run better.
Tiffany
Feb 4, 2012 2:10:19 PM
This app is great but it only alerts me of news when I'm rebooting my phone hope it's FIXED soon
Christi
Jan 11, 2012 1:08:32 AM
*** Since updated runs too slow. Too many advertisements. Considering un-installing app.
Mandy
Jan 10, 2012 11:02:34 PM
Smith This app worked great until I updated it and now it won't work at all. I keep getting "force close"
Mandi
Jan 9, 2012 8:34:53 PM
Love my Fox6 news! It's always nice to stay on top of the news between airing times. Love the weather app too! Have never had any issues. No matter where I'm at I always know what's going on in the Ham!
Millicent
Dec 28, 2011 5:12:44 PM
Slow!!!! Receiving alerts is fine...just takes forever toy open. When attempting to open, the main page with Fox 6 just refreshes forever and never opens. I've had it for quite some time now but it hasn't improved so I'm uninstalling.
Cordes Family
Nov 23, 2011 10:23:21 AM
Great local news source. Keeps me updated on everything important. Not a good weather app, but it IS a "news" app.