Radio Lounge UK fixes bring it bang up to date

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From the developer of Podcast Lounge, the UK-based streaming radio player 'Radio Lounge UK' has seen a major update in the last couple of days, principally to get round the BBC's dropping of all their old WMA (Windows Media Audio) streams. See below for a full changelog and a link or two.

We've not mentioned Radio Lounge UK for a while here on AAWP, bur it has had quite a few updates since its inception (or at least its change to the current name) circa 2013. From the official changelogs for the new v3.4.5:

  • Updated app icons to support HD screens
  • Transferred BBC national stations to new streams
  • Added BlueSmart and Favourites support
  • Added Global Radio stations
  • Corrected jammed buffering message for national stations
  • Corrected build regression [whatever that is!]
  • Added check for WP 7.8 OS
  • Assorted fixes

Good stuff, here's the application in action today:

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As with Podcast Lounge, a welcome notice eases you into any changes; (right) up and running immediately with one of the BBC stations... The blue bar, by the way, shows you how far 'through' the current programme is.

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Tapping on the top-left Android-style pop-out menu brings up a panorama with 'all', the current directory of 74 stations, and (right) a list of your marked favourites...

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A nice reassurance in the settings - 22MB per hour is nothing in the grand scheme of things, over cellular, even over pay-as-you-go data! (right) for any playing stations, there's also the option to pin it to your Start screen...

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...as here, with three likely candidates; (right) the trial is limited to just a few stations, but heck, it's only a quid - go for it (I did)!

A solid radio player for over-the-air commercial stations in the UK, recommended. You can try (or buy) Radio Lounge UK here in the Store.

Source / Credit: Windows Phone Store