BBC Sounds: Radio & Podcasts
British Broadcasting Corporation
- Compliance
- Law-aligned
- Category
- Music And Audio
- Download
- 500K+
- Safety
- 100% Safe
- Price
- Free
- Developer
- British Broadcasting Corporation
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About this app
BBC Sounds is the new way to listen to BBC audio – your favourite programmes, podcasts, radio stations and music all in one place. Explore a wide variety of new podcasts, music mixes and live sets. Listen live to BBC radio stations. Catch up or listen again to your favourite BBC radio shows. Features include: ‐ Listen live to all BBC Radio stations ‐ Continue listening from where you left off on any device ‐ Autoplay multiple episodes of series or podcasts ‐ Subscribe to BBC podcasts, mixes and programmes ‐ See the latest episodes from your favourite programmes and podcasts in one handy list ‐ Get personalised recommendations to discover new audio you’ll love ‐ Browse by speech and music categories To give you the best personalised experience, this app tracks what you’ve listened to on BBC Sounds and how long you’ve listened to programmes for. It also tracks when you add something to Bookmarks or Subscriptions. You can switch this feature off by signing into your BBC account and turning off “Allow Personalisation”, more information can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/account/about-your-personalisation-settings/. For more information about how and why we use information about you, please visit the BBC Sounds TV Privacy Notice. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/about-bbc-sounds-and-our-policies/sounds-tv-privacy-notice To read the BBC’s Privacy Policy go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy/ If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/ The app is published by BBC Media AT (BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Full details of BBC Media AT are available on the Companies House website at: http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/07100235 BBC © 2020 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking: http://www.bbc.co.uk/help/web/links/
Listen your way
BBC Sounds: Radio & Podcasts plays the tracks, playlists, or stations you choose.
Build playlists
Save favorites and organize them into lists for any mood.
Keep listening
Playback continues in the background and through headphones.
Advantages
- Playback stays steady over Wi-Fi or mobile data.
- Your library and playlists carry across sessions.
- Controls are reachable from the lock screen on most phones.
What users say
Iain Marshall
Apr 6, 2025
The latest version of BBC Sounds, 0.6.4, kept FAILING to install no matter how many times I attempted to do so. I tried clearing the Play Store cache, data, as well as restarting my device, but it STILL wouldn't install. I had to UNINSTALL it first, then REINSTALL. I now have the latest version.
Uktv Eisbaer
Mar 7, 2025
For the amount of effort they put into advertising it, it would be good if it actually worked on Chromecast with TV. But since February 2025, there's always "a temporary problem" error 2100 or 3100 which never gets fixed.
Lee Moore (ljredux)
Mar 26, 2021
It's suboptimal really. I'm only using it because it was preinstalled on my Chromecast WGTV, and the content seems lacking in both diversity and quantity. Searching for a generic genre like 'jazz' produces very underwhelming results for example. Then there is the static screen on playback of audio streams which will inevitably cause image retention issues on some monitors and TVs. I can't help noticing it was last updated five months ago... which makes me wonder if it's already on some internal 'hot garbage list' and about to be canned.
David Perren
Jan 19, 2024
There are no Subtitles. I understand it s radio but surely on this app, transcribe the on demand shows for deaf people as after all they can read it on the screen after it was aired live.
John John
Nov 30, 2025
Unable to install on android tv, please fix as would love to be able to use this app again...
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