Apple reportedly held talks about investing in the financially-challenged iHeartMedia, the largest US radio group, in a deal that could give its music-streaming service a major advantage over rivals such as Spotify and Pandora.
The Muzen OTR Wood is a Bluetooth speaker and radio that not only looks great, but helps support a great cause. Check out our hands-on video review to see how the minuscule speaker holds up.
Finally AM/FM radio will be controllable through CarPlay’s native interface thanks to a new app from music-tagging database Gracenote.
You can now user CarPlay to tune to Sirius XM radio channels, play on-demand episodes, view your favorites and more.
Plus, more than 70 new emoji on your wrist.
watchOS 4.1 brings Radio app tweaks, Control Center updates, new emoji, and more alongside the usual plethora of bug fixes.
Here’s your first look at Apple Music streaming and the new Radio app in the upcoming watchOS 4.1 software.
The forthcoming software enables cellular streaming of Beats 1 and other radio stations, as well as Apple Music and your iCloud Music Library via LTE-equipped watch models.
As part of ongoing renovations, Apple’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan will feature a dedicated broadcasting booth for the company’s Beats 1 Radio station, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke with MacRumors. It will be a “very unique area” for broadcasting Beats 1, said the source.
Apple’s global 24/7 Internet radio station, Beats 1 Radio, has gone live in Singapore on Tuesday. As first reported by Mashable, the online radio station has arrived to Singapore almost two years after Apple’s streaming music service first launched in the country. Beats 1 Radio debuted in 100+ countries. The online show does not require an Apple Music subscription to listen to and is being aired live from Los Angeles, New York and London, with an anchor DJ producing the show in each city.
Anyone who uses Spotify to listen to their favorite music might be able to benefit from a new free jailbreak tweak called SpotStationNoLikedSongsPlz by HiDaN, as it helps to diversify what you hear on a regular basis from Spotify-based radio stations.
It’s intended to work in tandem with the free Spotify Music app by preventing the radio stations in the app from queuing songs that you’ve already liked in the past.
CBS today announced that CBS Sports Radio is now available via a dedicated 24/7 radio channel for Apple Music members. This means that Apple Music subscribers can tune in to CBS’s popular sports channel via the Music app on their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Apple TV, no desktop using iTunes for Mac and Windows, via the official Apple Music app for Android and on Sonos speakers.
