FM Radio (8.1)

[ven07]

Hey guys,

As we all know MS gave us an FM Radio..
No big deal right? Well as it turns out you can now blast your music through a separate speaker if you have one of course.
In the menu users are now able to use their phone exactly like a small transistor radio, useful for listing to match commentary or a radio station while working.

The app also has other improvements, such as being able to pin a station to start, and some UI changes.

Just a quick tip for those that still listen to local radio
The only downside is you still need to plug in the headphones to act like an antenna :/

 

[Ashish Mohta]

This feature was there in Windows Phone 8 as well. Problem was not everybody knew that the FB radio could be long pressed to get those options. So in WP 8.1, FM radio just had minor UI bump!!!

Cheers!
Ashish

 

[ven07]

This feature was there in Windows Phone 8 as well. Problem was not everybody knew that the FB radio could be long pressed to get those options. So in WP 8.1, FM radio just had minor UI bump!!!

Cheers!
Ashish

Lol thanks

 

[Terry Mason]

Can I get some help with the radio please? With the windows 8.1 update when I click on radio it now acts like the radio stream on the PC version (aka Pandora) were do I fine the FM radio?
Thanks for the help.

 

[DaT Franchise]

Can I get some help with the radio please? With the windows 8.1 update when I click on radio it now acts like the radio stream on the PC version (aka Pandora) were do I fine the FM radio?
Thanks for the help.

Its a separate app now, look in your apps list

 

[Terry Mason]

Its a separate app now, look in your apps list

Thanks for the help. I went to play it this morning not knowing about the update and it was telling me I needed an Xbox music subscription that threw me off. Haha.

 

[Lu520]

in 8.1 Update i think we missed the feature like viewing the Storing Stations and need auto tuning option too

 

[ven07]

in 8.1 Update i think we missed the feature like viewing the Storing Stations and need auto tuning option too

We might still get it We still have two more updates to go for this year

 

[CreepinJesus]

Thanks for the help. I went to play it this morning not knowing about the update and it was telling me I needed an Xbox music subscription that threw me off. Haha.

That 'radio' is the customised playlist part of Xbox Music.

 

[Lu520]

We might still get it We still have two more updates to go for this year

Hope So

 

[Scott Berfield]

But you can't send it over Bluetooth. For some reason, when you send it to the speaker it ignores the Bluetooth music connection.

 

[ven07]

But you can't send it over Bluetooth. For some reason, when you send it to the speaker it ignores the Bluetooth music connection.

8.1 seems to have some problems with BT... Hope it's solved before 8.1 is available for the world... oh wait it already kinda is :/

 

[troylytle]

8.1 seems to have some problems with BT... Hope it's solved before 8.1 is available for the world... oh wait it already kinda is :/

Do you have a version with firmware?

 

[ven07]

Im also running 8.1
Ven

 

[troylytle]

What I was saying is we don't have very good Bluetooth because we don't have updated drivers.

 

[ven07]

Oooh yes lol... Good point tho

 

[dacarter77]

This thread is a bit confusing. FM radio used to be in the Music app, now it still says Radio, but you get a message that you have to be logged in. Did FM Radio move to a separate app? If so, what's it called?

 

[Ish68]

I think some of the people working for Microsoft (Nokia) need to give their heads a good shake. I felt like listening to some music and knowing it was sold as having both an FM and internet radio feature I thought I'd look at them for a change.

I couldn't believe what I found! The FM Radio on my old Nokia Lumia 800 worked loads better and it had a great Internet Radio app, but the 925 does not include the Internet radio app (that I can find) and an old 50's radio has more features. I cannot believe you can't save stations with a name and it does not have an auto search. I can purchase a FM radio for less than ?10 that would include pre-sets (standard these days) and I purchased a leather FM, DAB radio from Tesco's for ?8 in the sales last year. If they include something they could at least create a good app to work with it.