HISTORY: Shows & Documentaries

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Description of App

Stream your favorite HISTORY TV shows!

Alone, The Curse of Oak Island, Pawn Stars, Mountain Men, Forged in Fire, American Pickers, to name a few.

Watch your favorites and discover your next binge from HISTORY’s best-in-class documentary events, industry-leading nonfiction series and premium fact-based scripted programming.

HISTORY serves as the most trustworthy source of informational entertainment.

With the newly re-designed HISTORY app, you can:

> Watch full episodes and clips
> Catch up on entire seasons of new and classic shows
> See exclusive clips and deleted scenes, never shown before on television
> Create a profile with HISTORY TV so you can continue watching episodes whenever you want, on any device

POPULAR SHOWS ON HISTORY
Alone
Pawn Stars
Colosseum
After Jackie
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch
Lost Gold of the Aztecs
American Pickers’ Ancient Aliens
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War
Food That Built America
Forged in Fire
History’s Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman
History’s Greatest Mysteries
I Was There
Modern Marvels
Mountain Men
The Curse of Oak Island
The UnXplained
Toys That Built America

...and so much more!

The HISTORY app is free to use. If your TV Provider is supported, you can sign in and get access to even more content.

This app features Nielsen’s proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Nielsen’s TV Ratings. For more information, please visit:
http://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy

HISTORY content is only available to stream in the United States.

Version

1.3.0

Free or Paid

Free

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

9

Accessibility Comments

The app is almost completely inaccessible to Voiceover, with no plans to improve it. See other comments from the developer

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads a few page elements.

Button Labeling

Few buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is totally inaccessible.

Other Comments

The response after I contacted the developer through the app for a second time. Ticket has been closed. Hello Brian, Currently, there are no plans to add accessibility to the blind with the app. I will take your feedback however, and forward it to the appropriate parties. Thank you for contacting Watch App support. Andrew

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Comments

By Misty Dawn on Monday, April 3, 2023 - 13:35

Since this review was posted 10 years ago, I was wondering if History finally saw the light, no pun intended, and decided to actually comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act?

By Jim D on Monday, April 3, 2023 - 18:45

Misty and others:
As I am a big History buff, I just tried the most recent version of this app on the iPhone. I wouldn't call it exceptional, but it is certainly accessible and usable. I was able to watch an episode of Pawn Stars (great show) with a little scrolling and fiddling. I certainly think the accessibility rating of this app needs to be updated as it is not inaccessible and progress has most certainly been made over the past ten years.
As a side note, the Apple TV version of this app, which is what I usually use, is also mostly accessible.
Hope this is helpful.
Jim