Listening
45,000+ stations worldwide
Browse the full radio-browser.info dataset — from BBC Radio 1 to obscure jazz stations in Tokyo — by genre, country, or popularity.
Live ICY metadata
The current artist and track name show up under the station name, decoded from the ICY metadata stream the station broadcasts. No external API call.
Stream fallback
Stations often publish backup URLs. When a primary stream dies mid-listen, RadioShake automatically retries the fallbacks before giving up.
Sleep timer
15 / 30 / 60 minutes. Fade-out at the end so it doesn't cut mid-track.
Auto-resume on Bluetooth
Plug into the car or your headphones — the last station resumes automatically. No prompt, no second-tap.
Smart search
Search by station name, genre, or country with recent-history suggestions.
Wear OS
RadioShake ships a standalone Wear OS app — not a phone companion. You can browse the catalogue and play stations from the watch even if your phone isn’t in range, as long as the watch has its own data connection and a paired Bluetooth audio output.
How to listen to internet radio on a Wear OS watch
- Open the Play Store on the watch and install RadioShake.
- Open the app. Top Stations and Genres are visible immediately — no setup needed.
- Tap any station to play through your watch’s audio output (Bluetooth headphones or watch speaker).
- Add the RadioShake Tile from the Tiles carousel. It shows the current station, the live track, and a one-tap play/pause.
Android Auto
Android Auto was a constraint from day one, not a port-after. The browse tree and search results are designed for glance-and-tap behaviour with voice search as the primary input.
How to play RadioShake on Android Auto
- Install RadioShake on your phone and open it at least once.
- Connect to Android Auto (wired or wireless). RadioShake appears in the audio-app list.
- Tap RadioShake. Favourites, Trending-in-your-country, and Top Genres are the top of the browse tree — designed for one-tap navigation.
- Use the dashboard mic or steering-wheel voice button to search by station name, genre, or country.
Chromecast
A Cast button lives on the Now Playing screen. Tap it to open the route-chooser dialog and pick any Google Cast receiver on the same network — speakers, displays, Audio groups. Playback transfers seamlessly; phone audio mutes.
Discovery
Shake to discover
Physically shake the phone to hop to a new station matched to your taste. Three+ acceleration spikes within 500ms required — jostling in a pocket or bag won’t fire it.
Mood combos
Pick up to three moods at once (e.g. Chill + Late-night). Stations matching more selected moods rank higher; flip Strict mode on to filter to only stations matching every mood.
EPG programme guide
When-it’s-on schedules for stations in Spain, Sweden, Norway, Canada and Australia. More countries are being added per release.
How to use shake-to-discover
- Play any station — shake-to-discover is on by default while the app is in the foreground or playing.
- Give your phone a deliberate shake. Three+ acceleration spikes within half a second.
- RadioShake switches to a new station matched to your taste.
- Don’t like it? Shake again. Tap the X overlay to dismiss the discovery banner and stay where you are.
Library
Favourites
Save any station with one tap. Favourites are listed under their own tab and surfaced on Android Auto and Wear OS.
M3U / PLS playlist import
Bulk-import a station collection from an M3U or PLS file. Lenient parser, dedupe against existing favourites, snackbar summary of added / skipped / invalid.
Sort options
Sort station lists by popularity, trending, or A-Z — useful for finding a known station or seeing what’s currently popular in a genre.
How to import an M3U or PLS playlist
- Get the playlist file onto your phone (download, AirDrop / Nearby Share, or copy to internal storage).
- Open RadioShake and go to Settings → Import M3U/PLS playlist.
- Pick the file via the system file picker. Both M3U and PLS are accepted, leniently.
- A snackbar reports the result: added, skipped (duplicate), and invalid (unrecognised URL) counts.
Privacy
RadioShake doesn’t require an account, doesn’t track you, and doesn’t send analytics that identify you. Your listening history and favourites are stored locally on your device. See the Privacy Policy for the specifics.