Putting it on the lock screen makes it eminently more instinctive to start listening. It’s a chore to drill-down from the Home screen into the tabs of the Music app just to start some music in the morning.
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This would benefit all iOS users really as you could just put your favorite or most-used software in the slot for quick access, but it would personally help me get to Beats 1 more often. You know the Handoff app shortcut spot on the lock screen? Apple could add a way to permanently set a shortcut app there. There’s no affordance for that stuff today. Connect may not have set the world on fire as a social network, but at least try to make it better and more integrated with the rest of Apple Music and avoid yet another Ping. If I explicitly follow them on Apple Music Connect, I want to know if they are on the air. Beats 1 regularly features some fantastic interviews with musicians. Going further, Apple has this Connect social networking feature where you can already follow artists that you want to learn more about. I have no idea when it’s on though and a push notifications feature would help me tune in to listen. Another example: I really like the chart show where the host recaps the top songs at the moment and gives some commentary. For instance, I want to be alerted every time Zane Lowe goes live. What follows are some ideas to make it more modern and approachable plus my thoughts on how Apple could make Beats 1 better in general.Īt the top of my list of wants is some kind of push notifications or alerts system for Beats 1 shows. The station is meant to be worldwide and always-on but the only way to know what’s coming up is to check the schedule on the Beats 1 pages. Apple should add a feature to iOS so you can subscribe to hosts or particular shows, alerting you to when those shows goes live. At a high level, Beats 1 feels like an analog station. It is optimized for the iPhone 5.Use the poll above to give your input on Beats 1 usage. Even in the best case, I think it is pretty evident that Beats 1 could use some more features. The app is not universal, and it requires iOS 7 or later. NPR One is a useful app.I've had it on in the car, and it's a nice companion when I'm on the road. I'd like to be able to tell the app "no more of this topic." I'd also like to see a playlist of what is coming up, so I can edit it - that's something the NPR News app provides. Stories can be shared with friends via email or iMessage.If you pause a story, you can resume it at any later time.Ī couple of small complaints: while you can give a story a "thumbs up", there's no way to give one a "thumbs down". You can rewind stories 15 seconds at a time if you missed something, and drag the time bar forward or back. The app is not meant to replace the NPR News app, which provides live streams and archived programming. After a while, the app presents a unique newscast tailored just for you. If you like a particular story or topic you can let the app know, or you can search for topics of interest.
The app starts with the latest local newscast from your closest NPR station, then individual stories stream without user intervention. Getting started is simple: press the play button. You sign up using your NPR ID (if you have one), or you can use a Google+ login or Facebook.
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The free NPR One app streams news stories that should be of interest to you, using your local NPR station and any other that generates news you are likely to connect with. Think of it sort of like Pandora for news.
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