myTuner Radio
Developer(s)AppGeneration
Initial releaseApril 2012; 11 years ago (2012-04)
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, Windows Phone, Microsoft Windows, OS X
Available inEnglish, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish
TypeMedia players
Websitemytuner-radio.com

myTuner Radio, or simply myTuner, is an Internet radio app directory/platform owned by AppGeneration – Software Technologies, Lda,[1] a development company based in Porto, Portugal founded by Eduardo Carqueja in October 2010. myTuner Radio has over 50,000 radio stations and one million podcasts from all around the world (except in the UK where only UK stations are available).[2] On June 7, 2017, AppGeneration announced that its service had over 30 million users and a database with radio stations of 200 countries.[3] my Turner Radio platform is available for the web at mytuner-radio.com, for a suite of mobile apps: iOS,[4][5] Google Play,[5] Samsung, Huawei, Amazon, Windows Phone;[5] for desktop devices: Web, Windows, and Mac,[6][7][3] wearables: Apple Watch[8] and Android Wearables, for connected devices like Apple TV, Samsung TVs, LG TVs, TV sets and set-top boxes with Android TV (Sony, Sharp, Philips, Mi Box, etc.),[9] Amazon Fire TV, Roku TV[10] and Chromecast, connected cars: Apple Carplay, Android Auto, Bosch mySPIN, Jaguar & Land Rover InControl Apps,[11] and also on home appliances and smart speakers like Alexa and Sonos.[12]

History

On April 27, 2012, myTuner Radio v1.0 was launched for iOS on the AppStore.[13] This was the first version launched and the app was known as iTuner Radio [14] app, owned by Digital Minds,[15] a development company based in Coimbra, Portugal.[16]

The Version 3 of the iOS app, brought a new and improved design and new features, such as the most popular podcasts in each country. It was launched on August 26, 2013.[17]

During 2013, AppGeneration – Software Technologies, Lda acquired the software and started to change the brand's vision of a single app development to a multi-platform directory of Internet radio stations.

These changes were visible during 2014: in January it was launched for Android [18] and in February it was rebranded as myTuner Radio and was launched to Mac OS X.[19] During this year it was launched on several other platforms, including Windows Phone and Windows Desktop.[5] The website mytuner-radio.com was also completely transformed from an institutional landing page, to a directory of streaming radio stations, where users can listen to radio stations, podcasts and music charts.

On April 23, 2015, during the launch of myTuner Radio for Apple Watch, AppGeneration announced that the platform reached 10 million users.[20] myTuner Radio was available for the Apple Watch since the first day the Apple Watch companion app for the iPhone became available. myTuner Radio also announced the tvOS app for the Apple TV, on the exact day the 4th generation Apple TV was released to the public, on October 30, 2015.[21]

Generally, myTuner Radio is available in two versions: a paid and a free version supported by ads. The free version for iOS (v.4.5), launched on April 16, 2016, featured for the first time in-app purchases to unlock ads. This version, named in the US AppStore as “myTuner Radio - Live Stations” was available for iOS 7.0 and above and was a universal app for iPhone and iPad. Plus, it also included an Apple TV version, as well as a companion Apple Watch App. In this version the app became available in 13 different languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Arabic.[22]

On September 21, 2017 version 6 was released for both iOS and Android and it became available in 7 new languages: Danish, Dutch, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish and Thai.[22] Currently, myTuner is available on a total of 20 different languages and is used by 30 million people from all over the globe.[23]

In March 2018, it became available for Samsung & LG TVs,[24] Android TV (Sony, Sharp, Philips), set-top boxes (Mi Box, etc.), Amazon Fire TV, Alexa and Sonos.[25] On April, myTuner Radio added one more platform[26] to the list and became available on Roku.[27]

Function

myTuner Radio's platform offers users the ability to listen to the streaming audio of more than 50,000 radio stations of 200 countries,[28] including AM, FM, HD, LP, DAB and online/Internet stations. Additionally, it features one million podcasts and charts of the most played songs on the radio, per country, with a 30-second music preview from iTunes.[29]

iGeeksBlog choose myTuner Radio as one of the 12 best Radio apps for iPhone and iPad of 2016 [30] The Italian non-profit association for the consumers, Altroconsumo, elected myTuner as best purchase, in 2017.[31] The Norwegian TV channel, TV2 nominated myTuner as “Best International Radio App” in 2017.[32]

After upgrade to 7.8.3 on iPhone, previously available stations are no longer available in the UK, and an error message appears stating: "This station is not available in your location".

Availability and supported devices

myTuner Radio is available worldwide on the web and also on dozens of platforms, including mobile and home entertainment. The following is a list of all the platforms that currently support myTuner Radio:

References

  1. ^ "AppGeneration - digitally powered".
  2. ^ "The 4 Best iPhone Radio Apps Compared". 6 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "myTuner Radio update for Mac: Listen to 40000 radio stations on your Mac". 19 June 2023.
  4. ^ "myTuner Radio's Free Universal App is Launched Today for Apple TV".
  5. ^ a b c d "myTuner Radio brings thousands of radio stations to Windows and Windows Phone". 16 January 2015.
  6. ^ "myTuner Radio: Major release of new features also for desktop computers - OnYourMac". 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Disfruta de la radio por Internet con la app myTuner Radio". 14 March 2017.
  8. ^ "iCulture vergelijkt: dit zijn de beste radio-apps voor je iPhone". 24 June 2023.
  9. ^ "myTuner Radio: Multi-Plattform-Webradio jetzt auf neuen Smart TVs & mit Update fürs Apple TV". 9 March 2018.
  10. ^ "myTuner Radio".
  11. ^ "InControl Apps".
  12. ^ "Alexa and Sonos play myTuner Radio!".
  13. ^ "myTuner Radio - Live AM / FM Radio Stations and Online Radios". 23 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Conheça cinco aplicativos gratuitos para ouvir rádio no celular". 26 September 2012.
  15. ^ "iTuner Radio : The best radios stations on your iPod, iPhone and iPad".
  16. ^ "Digital Minds, SA".
  17. ^ "iTuner Radio - Major upgrade of this acclaimed iOS streaming radio App". 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  18. ^ "AppBrain".
  19. ^ "myTuner glisse 30 000 stations radio dans la barre de menus". 14 February 2014.
  20. ^ "myTuner Radio celebrates 10M users with a new version for Apple Watch". 23 April 2015.
  21. ^ "myTuner Radio's Free Universal App is Launched Today for Apple TV". 30 April 2015.
  22. ^ a b "myTuner Radio - Live AM / FM Radio Stations and Online Radios on the App Store". iTunes. 19 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Celebrate World Radio Day with myTuner Radio".
  24. ^ "myTuner Radio for TVs: Apple TV, Samsung and LG".
  25. ^ "myTuner Radio 6.0.2 Now Offers Alexa and Sonos Support". Archived from the original on 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  26. ^ Redazione (2018-06-16). "Radio 4.0. Streaming, myTuner a NL: futuro della Radio siamo noi aggregatori. Impossibile che emittenti possano presidiare da sole tutte le piattaforme smart - Newslinet". Newslinet (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  27. ^ "myTuner Radio". 25 December 2020.
  28. ^ "myTuner Radio – A Free Cross-Platform Internet Radio App". 12 March 2018.
  29. ^ "Top 40 Songs is the "Most Wanted" Top".
  30. ^ Padhiyar, Jignesh (26 February 2016). "Best Radio Apps for iPhone & iPad (2016): Streaming Internet Stations From The Globe".
  31. ^ "myTuner Radio Pro Elected Best Purchase". 2 March 2018.
  32. ^ "Slik blir FM-radioen digital for kun 70 kroner". 19 October 2017.

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