The Charlotte Observer

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About this app

Connect wherever you are to The Charlotte Observer for news from around the Carolinas.

Get the latest local and breaking news from the seven-county region of Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, York, Iredell, Gaston and Catawba. The Charlotte Observer reports on the local topics you care about, including banking, politics, education, weather, traffic, crime, sports, arts and entertainment, food, faith, health, and national news. The Charlotte Observer brings you real-time updates on news from Charlotte, Concord, Fort Mill, Monroe, Lake Norman, Gastonia, Mooresville, Hickory and Rock Hill, and from communities such as Ballantyne, University City, Mint Hill, Steele Creek and more.

Are you a Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets or NASCAR fan? Are you a 49er, Tar Heel or Blue Devil? Do you get excited for the Friday night lights of high school football? Our app will keep you connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers.

The Charlotte Observer covers North Carolina and South Carolina like no other media in our area. Wherever you go, stay connected to news that’s important to you.

Features of the app include:

• Breaking news alerts and real-time updates.
• Local and national video from dozens of news sources, including Observer staff.
• Stunning photo galleries of news coverage and events.
• Charlotte Observer opinions, editorials and columns you love.
• Local and national obituaries.
• Ability to share stories and galleries on Facebook, Twitter or by email.
• Edition, a digital destination for the latest news, features, and insights. Like the printed newspaper, it is intended to be a complete report of the day’s news compiled by our editors overnight.

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Ratings and reviews

Update - That was resolved with a reinstall. Not sure why that was necessary but it appears to work again. Well they fixed the bug below and the app worked great for a while, but now it won't load. Just a logo page never getting to a functional mode with content. Literally can't use the app at all. Loading individual article or any other phone activity takes you back to the front page regardless of where you were; maddening. The Apple version doesn't do that, it takes you to the page you were on

I subscribed temporarily for some election coverage. Was surprised at the operation of the app. When you search the app, the search results are miniature physical newspaper pages, in 2023, I kid you not. You still have to go the web site for most articles, even if you are signed in with a paid subscription. I rate this app 1 🌟 or 5💩, take your pick. Better to read the "paper" or the web browser version.

I like the new app overall but app seems to download the e-edition to internal memory. When the memory on the device fills up, the app stops loading, have to delete app and download again periodically. There needs to be an option to use a device's SD card and also to clear the memory of prior issues. Was taking up 900 MB of memory on phone, causing other apps to slow down as well.

What's new

• Fixes an issue where puzzles weren’t displaying in the app and Edition.
• Fixes an issue where the app would freeze when panning and zooming on a replica page in Edition.
• Fixes a display bug with Edition article detail page section labels and author credit lines.
• Fixes an issue some users experienced with login persistence.