Russell MIlham
Works okay. I almost exclusively use the live stream feature. One major point of annoyance -- and what drives my three star score -- is that the stream doesn't automatically pause when Bluetooth disconnects. Instead, it toggles to the device speaker, which breaks UX conventions and is a real pain as I have to manually pause the stream in the app to prevent NPR from mumbling in my pocket.
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Whenever there's the slightest interruption in a data connection, or when my phone switches from one wifi hotspot to another, the radio feed stops. Sometimes it restarts by itself, but just as often I have to restart the app. And whenever it restarts, it first plays a promo spot for one of the sponsors. Very, very, very frustrating! In fact, I can't use the app as I had hoped: to listen to KUOW when I'm in locations where I can't receive the broadcast. :-(
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I have been a listener to kuow on the radio for 30+ years. I started using the TuneIn app and it would repeatedly stop at screen time out. So I switched to this app, hoping for a better experience. And it was better. Now it's the same experience as the TuneIn app. I don't have any other negative experiences with other streaming media apps like this. I'm close to eliminating news from my life because this stream stops. Fix it. It's pretty pathetic.
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