While the iPhone did not even have a built-in FM radio to replace, Android hardware from all the major players has started to forgo the radio tuner in the last few years. Fortunately, Beeb listeners (at least) can finally access the iPlayer radio app, Which has made the leap across from iOS. Not only will you be able to install it on your Android smartphone, but Also Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet series. The new app does not use Flash, Given its absence on most up-to-date versions of Google’s mobile OS, instead using HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) to deliver your weekly dose of Doctor Who
Meanwhile, the radio app’s design has been for Given to rethink its Android debut, Following the design and navigation notions of Google’s apps homemade and hopefully making sense to any seasoned Android 4.0 user. The BBC’s James Simcock Executive Producer Explains exactly what’s been done differently at the source, but if you’re not a “reading” kind of … reader, there’s a trailer after the break.
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