How to listen to internet radio on a Mac
Browser, VLC, the Music app or a menu bar player: every route, with honest trade-offs. Read this one first if you are new to radio on the desktop.
Best internet radio apps compared
Seven players for Mac, iPhone, Apple Watch and Apple TV, with prices, station counts and what each one leaves out.
How to record internet radio
Turn a live show into named, individual tracks on Mac and iPhone, and where the law of personal recording actually stands.
Radio on Apple Watch without an iPhone
Streaming on the wrist with no iPhone nearby: what standalone really means, what you need, and honest battery numbers.
Internet radio on CarPlay
Presets like a classic car stereo, worldwide stations instead of local FM, and what a long drive costs in mobile data.
Play radio with Siri
Every voice phrase Macdio understands, in 14 languages, and how a station name spoken in the car turns into the right stream.
Does the iPhone have FM radio?
The honest answer about the missing chip, receiver against transmitter, the emergency argument, and what to do instead.
What song is playing on the radio?
Three ways to identify a radio song, including one that reads the stream itself and never asks for the microphone.
How to find a station's stream URL
Four ways to get the direct address, what you may do with it, and how to add a station of your own.
The app behind the guides
Macdio is a native internet radio player for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV, iPad and Apple Watch. 55,000+ stations, recording, live lyrics and microphone-free song identification, in one purchase with no subscription.