ABC listen: Radio & Podcasts

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

About this app

Download the free ABC listen app to take your favourite podcasts, radio & audiobooks with you on the go.

Stream live sport, choose your news, and explore music playlists anywhere, anytime, and all for free!

APP FEATURES

Live Radio on the Go:

• Instant access to all ABC local and national stations and radio programs, including ABC Radio National, ABC NEWS, ABC SPORT, ABC Kids listen, Double J, triple j and more.
• Tune in to live broadcasts and catch up on what you've missed
• See upcoming programs or recently played music and tracklists
• Limited internet coverage? Find the broadcast frequencies for local and national ABC Radio from anywhere in the country.
• Hear live, expert and ad-free ABC SPORT coverage of national and international games, including AFL, NRL, cricket, tennis and soccer.

Discover Podcasts & Audiobooks:

• Dive into a free podcast library with over 200 podcasts and radio programs available at your fingertips.
• Explore the free curated audiobook library, updated with new fiction, non-fiction and kids titles for readers of all ages.

Stay informed with Daily News and Sports:

• Stay up to date with essential news streams delivered in under 5 minutes.
• Go more in-depth with daily news briefings, covering local updates to global happenings

Tailored Music Playlists, Classic Albums and Live Shows:

• Music for every mood - explore curated playlists from popular stations like ABC Classic, ABC Country, ABC Jazz, Double J and triple j.
• Music for every occasion - soundtrack your day with Music for Your Warm Up, triple j House Party and Music To Sleep To playlists and more.
• Music, songs and children's entertainment for kids of all ages to help little ears sleep, learn and play.

Join the Conversation

• Tap directly into on-air conversations with Call or Text In buttons at your fingertips.

Life sounds better with ABC listen - download the free app today!

Ratings and reviews

It's pretty good overall and I haven't found many of the problems that others seem to have. But there are two very irritating things: Jump back in, and volume. I don't need to "jump back in" to a radio interview I listened to 90% of three years ago - let me easily remove it. And the volume of this app is so much lower than every other audio app I use. I need to crank to about 80% volume on my earbuds for Listen, which is about double what I need for music, youtube, or podcasts.

Maybe time for new developers. Why push out an update with 1/2 the original, most used features gone. To say on your help site "Due to technical limitations with the Android platform we are no longer able to support Chromecast" is a joke as it worked on the last app & many other apps. Now, I am not one to winge & not have a solution so why don't you roll back to the old app & only release an update if it is an update not a "downgrade". Is a major security issue with the old ver your not telling?

I previously used this app a lot and enjoyed it, but the recent update that has disabled Android Auto has greatly restricted its accessibility to me. Ironic really, as improved accessibility is supposed to be one of the reasons for the update.I'll be using I❤️ Radio at least until this is resolved and I might even stick with it regardless.