New Wave: 5 things you need to know about the BBC Sounds app
Finally! The BBC have made a tip-top app to showcase its audio dynamite
Wave goodbye to your iPlayer Radio App woes, because the BBC Sounds app is ready to muscle in on your audio app routine…
And this time it’s setting its sights to sit alongside the fat cat streaming apps Spotify and Apple Music.
This is excellent news for you loyal BBC radio fans, as a huge chunk of the great BBC audio content is now in one centralised, user-friendly app with over 80,000 hours of radio. This is perhaps an even more exciting prospect for those less familiar with the amazing roster of BBC radio shows, an untapped treasure trove.
The app itself is simple to use and intuitive. More importantly, it’s free and free of annoying ads too.
Whilst there are a whole host of new features yet to be introduced, here’s everything you need to know so far…
1) Content is curated based on user history
2) Scroll through all radio stations live
3) Listen to music and speech by theme
You can listen to music sessions or podcasts by browsing genres, stations, and even DJs.
The music or speech is divided into categories from Rock and Indie to a selection of audio treats from the rather modestly labelled list Quite Interesting. Good for when you’re not looking for life altering content, but just something you can mull over as you go about your daily commute.