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App Store Preview. Screenshots iPhone iPad. Description BBC Sounds is the new way to listen to BBC audio — your favourite programmes, podcasts, radio stations and music all in one place. Small improvements and bug fixes. Ratings and Reviews. App Privacy. Size MB. Category Music. Compatibility iPhone Requires iOS Languages English. Price Free. App Support Privacy Policy. Family Sharing Up to six family members will be able to use this app with Family Sharing enabled. Siri Get things done within this app using just your voice.

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Classic FM. Radio X. While BBC Sounds has much to offer, the existing iPlayer radio app is important for a significant number of our members. We urge the BBC at least to give more time for the transition.

The BBC Sounds app and website is designed to appeal to the next generation of listeners attracted not just to radio, but podcasts and streaming services such as Spotify. However, within months of its launch late last year the BBC faced a backlash from listeners asking why it needed to replace the iPlayer radio app. The BBC Sounds app has received low scores on app-rating sites, being initially criticised for the lack of a sleep-timer function for Android devices, a failure to reliably display track names, the difficulty of sharing content, a limited range of programming and a mediocre search function.

The BBC has since added many new features. Supporting older systems is expensive and poor value for licence fee payers, given the relatively small number of people still using them. In the majority of cases, people with older systems can still use BBC Sounds on that device via the web.