TuneIn, the radio service that permits customers to livestream information, sports activities, music and podcasts, at the moment rolled out its interactive map function, TuneIn Explorer, to iOS and Android gadgets, giving cellular listeners the power to hearken to stations from throughout the globe.
TuneIn Explorer lets customers entry over 100,000 native AM/FM radio stations from practically each nation on the planet. The function has been out there on the net since mid-February, however now TuneIn is increasing it to cellular gadgets.
To make use of the brand new function, customers click on on the “Radio” tab on the prime of the TuneIn cellular app. They’re then transported to a world map the place they will zoom in to discover a particular area or just sort a location or station into the search bar on the backside left-hand aspect.
There are additionally filters that customers can choose, which embrace music genres like classical, rock and hip-hop, in addition to information, sports activities, speak and extra. You too can search stations by language, whether or not you’re searching for English, French or Spanish-language stations.
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Since launching TuneIn Explorer final month, the corporate discovered that listeners who use the function hearken to twice as many stations as different listeners who don’t, CEO Richard Stern and SVP of product engineering Moksha Adyanthaya instructed TechCrunch. TuneIn has 75 million month-to-month lively customers, in line with the corporate.
“By providing TuneIn Explorer in a cellular format, our listeners have simpler entry to TuneIn’s huge assortment of audio content material in a singular and easy-to-navigate format,” Stern and Adyanthaya added.
The function will probably be useful for customers who’re both homesick and wish to hear their hometown radio station or wanderlust-stricken listeners who wish to expertise new cultures.
TuneIn Explorer is free for all customers. Nonetheless, if you need a “practically ad-free” expertise, the corporate notes, then you’ll be able to subscribe to TuneIn Premium for $12.99/month and get unique entry to information and sports activities networks like CNN, Fox Information Radio, CNBC, Bloomberg, MLB, NFL, NHL and extra.