NPR News app for Android now lets you stream entire radio programs

NPR has launched a new version of its mobile radio app for Google Android. NPR News 2.0 has a new user interface, support for favorite stations, additional programs, and the whole thing just feels a little smoother to use. But one of the biggest changes is that you can now listen to an entire episode of a recent radio show without having to queue up… Read more »

NPR Music app coming to Android… eventually

The NPR Music app for iOS is a great way to find new music, live performance, and information about upcoming and established musicians, as well as links to music streams from public radio stations and programs. NPR recently launched an updated version of the app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad with additional concerts and access to music blogs. NPR also says that it’s working… Read more »

NPR updates iOS app with search, swipe support

NPR has released an updated version of its app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. NPR News 3.0 brings a number of improvements, including support for the retina displays on the iPhone 4 and new iPod touch, support for the taskbar audio player controls when listening in the background, and the ability to refresh the story list by pulling down on the screen. But… Read more »

NPR Music app for iOS now offers concert videos

NPR has pushed out version 1.2 of its NPR Music app for iOS. The update adds support for the iPhone 4 retina display and some stability improvements and bug fixes. But the biggest change is support for video. When you click on the Tiny Desk Concerts from the Programs menu, you can now watch videos of performances recorded at NPR. The current crop of concerts… Read more »

NPR Music app brings songs, concerts, news to your iPhone

NPR has released its second iPhone app. And while the first was understandably focused on NPR’s news programs and streaming audio from member stations, the new app is focused on music. In a nutshell, the NPR Music app for iPhone makes it easy to access all of the content available on the NPR Music web site on an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. And that’s… Read more »

NPR app for Android is now open source

NPR has released the source code for its Android app. For now, that won’t mean much to most users. The app still lets you listen to reports from NPR programs and fine live streams from local NPR member stations. It was available as a free download yesterday and it’s still free today. But NPR is hoping that by opening up the source code to the… Read more »

Public Radio Player 2.1 for the iPhone

The NPR News app for the iPhone does a pretty good job of helping you find live and on-demand content from public radio stations across the US. But there’s another app for public radio junkies that has a few extra features, including the ability to find stations that are streaming your favorite programs right now. The Public Radio Player iPhone app lets you find live… Read more »