RadioShake, a free internet radio player that also works with Android Auto
“RadioShake, a free internet radio player for Android that also works with Android Auto. It uses the open Radio Browser directory, which has more than 45,000 stations from around the world. You can browse stations by country, genre, or popularity, so there's a lot more to explore than what you'd normally find on your car's FM radio. It can identify songs playing on supported streams and display the artist, track name, and album artwork. You can save stations to your favourites, access your listening history, and even add custom streams if a particular station isn't listed in the directory.”
Apart from 45,000 plus streaming radio stations from around the world, it can also access podcasts, downloaded audio, and recordings. I also see options for radio alarms, mood discovery, sleep sounds, and song alerts. Settings options include equaliser, volume normalisation, smart station hopping, parental control, and shake sensitivity.
There is also a song log showing the songs that you heard playing. Pretty useful to get back to if you were driving but want to know what a particular song was.
Obviously it needs a data connection to work, and interestingly it is free to use without ads or subscription fees. The privacy statement states data is not being shared with any third parties.
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I turned my car's Android Auto screen into a radio with 45,000 stations, and it didn't cost a dime
There's a lot more to radio than local FM stations.
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