The largest US radio group iHeartMedia has been saddled with $20 billion debt for some time now so they filed for bankruptcy protection in March, and now we learn that Apple is among the suitors that have talked with the struggling company about a potential deal of sorts.
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.
After being quite the holdout, the popular Sirius XM app for iPhone and iPad was updated recently to include support for Apple's CarPlay platform, bringing a bunch of radio channels to in-car infotainment systems that don't support the app natively.
Apple on Tuesday released the watchOS 4.1 software update for all Apple Watch models.
The initial watchOS 4.1 beta was released just under two weeks ago, and now we have beta 2. That first beta brought with it several new user facing features including updates to the Music app, and a new Radio app.
Beta 2 adds to those features, bringing cellular support to the Radio app, and the addition of the ESPN station.
Apple's first developer beta of watchOS 4.1 that dropped today brings untethered music streaming to the wrist.
As per the official release notes for the latest developer-only watchOS 4.1 beta that can be found on Apple's Dev Center, the forthcoming software includes new capabilities like an all-new Radio app that supports cellular streaming on Series 3 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.