ARD Sounds: Podcast & Radio

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About this app

ARD Sounds. Your play button for the day. The free podcast app for Germany: exclusive ARD podcasts, exciting radio plays, free audiobooks, live radio, and reliable news – all in one audio app. For on the go, at home, or while traveling. Here you're connected to the voices you love – from your region and from across the ARD network and Deutschlandradio.

Discover a new way of listening: emotional, informative, inspiring. Whether it's a crime thriller for the car ride, a true crime podcast, live football commentary, or a children's podcast to help you fall asleep – the ARD Sounds app brings you top-quality audio, whenever and wherever you want.

🌟Your free podcast & radio app

• 🎙️Podcasts in German: politics, culture, science, true crime, documentaries, comedy, sports, and more – all the important ARD podcasts in one app.

• 📚 Audiobooks & Radio Plays: Fantasy, classics, novels, and children's audio dramas – you can stream many titles for free and save them to listen to later.

• 📻 Live Radio: Listen to your favorite stations like NDR 1 Niedersachsen, WDR 2, SWR3, BR programs, or Deutschlandradio live anytime – digital radio in the best quality.

• 📰 News & Live Sports: From NDR Info and BR24 to major sporting events – stay up-to-date with the latest news, background information, and reports.

⚙️ More Convenience When Listening to Podcasts

• 💾 Listen to podcasts offline: Download episodes and use the app as a podcast player – perfect for trains, planes, or when you're out and about without reception.

• 💽 Personal Playlists & Watchlists: Create personal playlists with your favorite podcasts, audiobooks, and radio shows.

• 🔁 Continue listening on all devices: With your ARD account, you can sync your favorites and history between your smartphone, web, and other devices.

• 🔍 Intuitive operation: Quickly find new podcasts in German for free – by topic, station, or mood.

📡 Radio & Podcasts in one app
ARD Sounds brings together the best of podcasts, radio plays, audiobooks, and radio: the programs from BR, HR, MDR, NDR, RBB, Radio Bremen, SR, SWR, WDR, and Deutschlandradio in one modern radio app.

❤️ For everyone who loves audio
ARD Sounds is your app for podcasts, audiobooks, radio plays, live radio, news, and knowledge – with depth, heart, and perspective. For everyone who appreciates quality. For everyone who loves to listen. For everyone who wants to stay connected – with the voices they love. Download now for free and immerse yourself.

Ratings and reviews

The predecessor worked better for SWR3. After 2 months of using this app, it's still buggy. For example: I stopped listening at 08:45 am. Now it's 13:51 pm. I tap the "live" button. Usually that brings me to the live stream. Today it doesn't work. Killing the app, trying again. No difference. Still stuck at 08:45 am. Separately: Who designed the UI? Active interactive elements are grayed out as if they were disabled. I'd forgive a design student such a rookie mistake. I know you can do better!

Somehow the all does not reliably run in background... Not relate to this app, but why are those podcasts not showing up in my standard podcast app? I don't see a point using another app to listen to podcasts.

Only very small time window for radio playback.. What a let- down. Hard to use for radio. Thank you for your response. The playback window in current BR Radio App is 1 week, hence 5 hours is big change. If the window can be extended that would be appreciated.

What’s new

Die Anzeige der Suchergebnisse wurde verbessert. Im Hintergrund haben wir außerdem an Performance und Stabilität gearbeitet und viele kleine Fehler behoben. Viel Spaß beim Hören!