Global Player Radio & Podcasts

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.9
9.4K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Mature 17+
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About this app

Welcome to Global Player, the award-winning home of UK radio stations, including Smooth, Gold Radio, Classic FM, Heart, LBC, Radio X, and Capital.

Global Player is the ultimate live radio app for streaming the best UK radio stations from Global such as Capital & Heart, offering a diverse range of music & audio for every listener. Whether you're looking to tune in to your favourite radio station, or explore UK hit music, the Global Player app brings together the best of UK radio in one seamless experience, with access to Global’s greatest UK radio stations and exclusive shows.

The Official Global Player app is home to:

📻Capital, Capital Anthems, Capital XTRA, Capital XTRA Reloaded, Capital Dance, Capital Chill & Capital Scotland
📻Heart, Heart 70’s, Heart 80’s, Heart 90’s, Heart 00’s, Heart 10’s, Heart Dance, Heart Musicals, Heart Love, Heart Xmas & Heart Scotland
📻LBC, LBC News
📻Smooth, Smooth Relax, Smooth Chill, Smooth Country, Smooth Soul, Smooth 70’s & 80’s and Smooth Christmas
📻Gold Radio
📻Classic FM, Classic FM Movies & Classic FM Calm
📻Radio X, Radio X 90’s, Radio X 00’s, Radio X Chilled, Radio X Classic Rock
🎙️Podcasts like The News Agents,

📻 Tune in to dab radio & FM radio to stream, listen & enjoy the greatest hits on UK radio stations! Browse live radio channels, curated playlists and a wide library of on-demand podcasts, all in one place. Global Player is the go-to radio streaming app for audio entertainment and radio lovers across the UK.

🎵 Stream and download original Global hit podcasts such as The News Agents, My Therapist Ghosted Me, The Sports Agents, LuAnna, and Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files. Catch up on other popular podcasts such as Diary of a CEO, The Rest is Politics & Off Menu.

YOUR PERSONAL HOMEPAGE

Global Player features a personalised homepage where you can set your favourite UK radio stations and catch up on anything you’ve missed on live radio. Receive personalised music and podcasts, curated playlists and stay up to date with the latest news. Global Player is designed to provide you with more than just radio; it’s an all-in-one audio entertainment with podcasts, videos, and playlists all available in one place.

TAKE CONTROL

Tune in to our array of UK radio stations and listen to live radio or rewind to your favourite song. You can also listen to the music you want, with the ability to skip any songs you’re not vibing with - there’s no limit (for UK listeners). You can like and dislike songs to keep getting more of the music you love. For the greatest hits on UK radio and non-stop audio entertainment, choose Global Player.

CATCH UP

Global Player allows you to tune in & catch up on the greatest hits from your favourite UK radio stations & shows from the last seven days. You can listen back or download them for offline listening when you’re on the move. You can also discover and download the most popular podcasts, such as The News Agents, Diary of a CEO or The Rest is Politics or dive into our expertly curated collections. Whether you're on the go or relaxing at home, Global Player gives you access to everything from chart music to exclusive interviews and podcasts.

FURTHER INFORMATION

We have a variety of radio stations available such as: Heart Radio, Heart FM, Capital Radio, Capital FM, Smooth Radio, Gold Music & Smooth FM. Get personalised updates, listen again to your favourite moments, and enjoy audio content that spans music, talk radio and entertainment!

Global Player radio, podcasts & playlists for every you!
Updated on
3 Nov 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

5.0
8.93K reviews
Becki Blair-Jones
22 August 2024
Increasingly unstable. The app closes for no reason at least once a day, live radio video broadcasts crash through transmission. Podcasts will suddenly lose all sound. Considering the size of the organisation and how long people have had these issues, I am surprised it's still not improving. On radio broadcasts with full video (I.e Moyles birthday show) it was impossible to watch as the video crashed every few minutes.
110 people found this review helpful
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Global Media & Entertainment
22 August 2024
Hi, thanks for leaving your feedback. If you would like to speak to us, please email customer.support@global.com. Thank you.
Darren Kelly
20 March 2025
I am forced to edit my review from 2 to 1, this app constantly crashes to the point of being unusable. Dear Global Management team, if you are reading this will you please do yourselves a favour and start from scrtch with a different app development team so you have an app which reflects the quality of your radio stations. I don't have any of these issues with BBC Sounds or YouTube.
51 people found this review helpful
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Global Media & Entertainment
2 December 2024
Hi, thanks for leaving your feedback. If you would like to speak to us, please email customer.support@global.com. Quoting reference: 462165 Thank you.
shawer
8 October 2025
This app is rubbish. It is so unstable. If you pause on catch up, when you press play again it jumps back to the start of the show. How annoying. If buffers frequently, regardless of how good your connection is. Honestly, it would be awesome if a non potato was employed to support development. I have stopped listening to global stations because of their useless app.
4 people found this review helpful
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Global Media & Entertainment
8 October 2025
Hi, thanks for leaving your feedback. If you would like to speak to us, please email customer.support@global.com. Quoting reference: 537094 Thank you.

What's new

Bug fixes and general improvements. Fix included for some users who had experienced performance issues.