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. Browse and play stations from your wrist even when your phone isn’t in range, plus a watch-face Tile for one-tap control. See RadioShake on Wear OS for setup steps, Bluetooth audio requirements, and the offline caveat.
Android Auto
Android Auto was a constraint from day one, not a port-after. The browse tree and voice search are designed for glance-and-tap behaviour behind the wheel. See RadioShake on Android Auto for setup steps and what varies by vehicle.
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, uses no advertising SDK, and never sends what you listen to. Your listening history and favourites are stored locally on your device. Release builds do include Google Firebase Crashlytics (anonymous crash reports) and three named Firebase Analytics events for product-signal telemetry — the Privacy Policy discloses these, and the no ads, no account page lists exactly what the events carry.