Listen to radio

Listen to FM stations

Your phone automatically tunes to radio stations with the best signal. Listening to the radio doesn't use your mobile data.

  1. Plug headphones (any brand) into your phone. They serve as a radio antenna and allow you to scan for stations. Even when you listen through your phone's speaker, Bluetooth wireless speakers, or wireless headphones, you still need the wired headphones as your antenna.

  2. Open the FM Radio app.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • To view all stations and listen to any, use the tab.
    • To listen to your favorite stations, use the tab.
    • To seek stations throughout the radio dial, touch the tab, then touch or . Tune to specific frequencies by dragging the tuner to the appropriate number.
    • To change between headphones or loudspeaker, touch or .
    • If you're listening to the radio while using another app, use the mini player in notifications to seek stations or turn the radio off.
    • To turn the radio off, touch .
TipIf you're having reception issues, try moving your phone as far from the headphones as possible to increase the size of the antenna. Or, try moving a short distance, towards a window if you are inside or away from buildings if you are outside.

Manage your favorites

Add a station to your favorites
On the or tabs, tap by the station.
Listen to your favorite stations
Use the tab.
Remove a favorite
On any tab, tap by the station.
Save and reload your favorites

If you change regions or manually rescan stations, your favorites will be cleared, too, so save them first. Then after you rescan, reload your favorites.

To save your favorites, on the tab, tap > Save favorites.

To reload your saved favorites, on the tab, touch > Load favorites.

Record current station

  1. On the tab, tap to start recording.
  2. To stop recording, tap .
  3. If desired, edit the recording's name.
  4. Touch DONE.

To listen to a recording, tap menu icon > Recordings > .

To delete or rename a recording, beside it, tap more options icon.

To delete all recordings, at the top of the screen, tap more options icon > Delete all.

To change storage location for recordings, tap menu icon > Settings > Storage location.

Set sleep timer for radio

  1. Tap menu icon > Sleep Timer.

  2. Select a duration of time to listen.

  3. Tap .

    After the specified time, the radio automatically turns off.