At a time when audio streaming apps like Spotify i Apple Music What has become popular as a way to consume music on the Internet are applications that take the radio listening experience and enhance it using the Internet and geolocation technology.

For users who are wondering what musical genres Be heard in other countries or learn how other languages ​​are spoken, the following apps are options that allow you to explore the world without traveling.

Radio Garden

Created in 2016 as part of a project commissioned by the Netherlands Sound and Video Institute, Radio Garden became an independent company in 2019 and currently has an app available iOS and Android.

Upon entering the application, users will be able to see a 3D image of the planet covered in green dots. Each of these nodes represents a specific radio station and where it is located in its country of origin. Users can pan around the map and zoom in to start listening to music and presenters from various registered radio programs.

However, this is not its only function. Users will be able to select the stations they want and save them in a named tab the chosen ones which makes it easy to locate the exact node.

If users can’t find a station that catches their attention, Radio Garden Also has a feature that allows you to see which stations are in a specific area, listed as the most popular in the country, those located near the selected location (including physical distance), and a list of cities in the country that includes the number of stations that can be found in each.

The search tab allows you to type in the name of a specific country, city or station, so finding new content is always at the user’s fingertips. This tab also contains lists The most popular stations Among the app’s users, along with their country of origin and city, in addition to one in which recently added stations are found.

A set of playlists can also be found in the navigation tab located in the bottom center of the screen. Stations are grouped in this section Genres, themes, language, dialect, major genres and more.

Radio Garden also accepts user input to search for new stations or delete them. Both case options are available under the Settings tab and prompt users to fill out a form.

Connect

It bills itself as a streaming platform that brings together information on sports, news, music, podcasts and live radio from around the world.

Available as both a web and app for Android and iOS devices, Tune In has a community of 80 million monthly active users and aggregates over 100,000 radio stations between its own and affiliate radio stations, as reported on its platform.

Basically, the app prioritizes content related to the user’s geographic location through recommendations of popular stations in the region, as well as local stations in the “For You” tab.

Unlike Radio Garde, which groups stations by music genres and topics, Tune In does so by categories including: local radio, sports, news and talk, podcasts, music and trends. This last section brings together popular stations among platform users from around the world. All of these tabs appear at the top of the navigation screen.

For the most curious users, Tune In allows you to explore radio stations by location, divided by continent, country and main city, in addition to considering the segmentation according to the languages ​​in which the programs are broadcast.

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