NPR

NPR

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About this app

The NPR app is your one-stop source for the best of public radio - news, stories, podcasts and more from NPR and local NPR stations.

Listen to news and podcasts
Just hit play at the top of the app to access NPR One – a mix of on-demand news from NPR and your local station, plus your favorite public radio podcasts. Or browse and playlist the latest from Morning Edition, All Things Considered and all your favorite shows.

Access live radio
Listen to live radio from your community's NPR station. Search to hear hundreds of other NPR news and music stations around the country.

Find new podcasts from all of public radio
Follow and keep up with podcasts from NPR and the public radio network. Discover new favorites with our editors’ recommendations, or easily find the latest episodes from those you already follow. Turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode!

Read top headlines from NPR
Get breaking news, investigative pieces, long-reads and more, right at your fingertips. Browse stories by topic for a wealth of NPR stories, including the latest Tiny Desk concerts.

Compatible with smart cars and speakers
In the car, tune in via Android Auto, or by connecting your listening to your Waze app. At home, just say "Alexa, play news from NPR." (Create an NPR account to bring your listening history with you.) Or connect to speakers via Chromecast.

Data Protection Choices
At NPR, we understand how important privacy is to you, and we are committed to transparency about how we collect, use and share your information. Please take a moment to read our privacy policy: https://n.pr/privacypolicy.

By downloading this app:
*You agree to NPR's terms of use, available at https://n.pr/termsofuse.
*You acknowledge that NPR may process your personal data as described in NPR's privacy policy, available at https://n.pr/privacypolicy.
*You agree that NPR uses devices, identifiers, tracking technologies, and information about the device you use to access NPR's apps to enhance your viewing, listening, and user experience, personalize content, personalize messages from NPR's sponsors, provide social media features, and analyze NPR's traffic. This information is shared with social media services, sponsorship, analytics, and other third-party service providers. See details in NPR's privacy policy.

Ratings and reviews

Far worse in usability compared to the old NPR news app for me. With the old app, you could pre-load all of the articles and read them, even if your phone subsequently went offline. The new app constantly requires an internet connection, which can be troublesome in an environment like a subway where signal reception is spotty at best. It's a huge downgrade.

I remember the old app and how bad it was. This app is prettier but just as buggy and poorly thought out. On a walk through my neighborhood I need to constantly press play as it randomly stops. When I want to look at my playlist that I am actively listening to I often have to go through several steps to get back to it as it seems to have forgotten where I was. Sometimes it just stops emitting sound even though I can see it playing and I need to kill and restart the app.

I am weeping at how buggy this app has become. Currently, the app just bugs out and stops playing audio and goes into a loading loop. Reproduced on mobile and WiFi. Also, it automatically starts playing when I connect to Bluetooth devices, which is GREAT when in a conference call. Autoplay is disabled, the app isn't even running when this occurs. And third, sometimes the pause/resume button just doesn't work at all. What gives! I am uninstalling this app because it is unusable.

What's new

This release contains bug fixes and performance improvements. As always, we appreciate your feedback!