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BBC launches new personalised app bringing together live radio, podcasts and music

June 26, 2018 - Staff@seenituk

BBC has released a new audio app called BBC Sounds which brings together its live and on-demand radio, music and podcasts into a single place.

Available to download for free from Apple, Google and Amazon app stores, the app is part of the BBC’s efforts to re-invent itself and provide a more personalised experience.

Inside the app users can:

  • Scroll the dial (a much-loved feature of the BBC iPlayer Radio app) to listen live to any of the BBC’s 18 national stations (and online-only station CBeebies Radio) or tap All Stations to listen to any of the BBC’s 40 local stations
  • Pick up where you left off with ‘Continue Listening’ which surfaces part-listened podcasts and radio shows and next episodes for you
  • Enjoy hand-picked collections of podcasts and on demand music shows to match your mood, from Funny Chat to Upgrade Your Life, from Live Sessions to Dance Mixes
  • Discover new audio via the ‘Recommended for you’ section, with a dozen great on demand listens picked just for you and constantly refreshed based on your listening
  • Browse by category: from Crime to Science & Technology, from Classical to Hip Hop
  • Add any individual episode or clip to ‘My List’ to listen to later
  • Subscribe to any podcast or programme and get a personalised feed of the latest episodes in ‘My Sounds’

Writing on the BBC blogs, Dan Taylor-Watt, head of BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, describes the app as “very much a first release – we wanted to get it out as early as possible to start getting feedback to help develop the app.

“There’s a bunch of additional features we’re already busy working on (including downloads, to enable offline listening), and we’ll have lots more to add later in the year.”

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