CBC Music for Android
Great so far. Loving it for the music streams, which have almost no interruptions. I can also live stream CBC2 which is awesome.
Chromecast integration is broken. Only plays one song on my Chromecast audio then stops playing. In app shows the song reached conclusion but doesn't play the next.
The good is the music streams with almost no talking. There is a quality music stream for most any music genre. The bad is the app keeps stopping - endless buffering with no sound. At first I would restart the app. I have found if you press the X in the upper left, then start radio 2 streaming, then scroll down to the music streams, they will work again. Odd. Still, this is better than how poorly CBC music works on a browser in android, so the app is most welcome. I would like to clarify, and give five stars to the music programming, and three stars to the app. I know the fault lies with the app, because I have another music streaming app called Replaio Radio, and never have problems with it. Replaio Radio has a rating average of 4.7, while the CBC music app has an average rating of 3.3. Kinda says it all. Fix this CBC, I know you can do it. I will 5 star this app when you do. Also CBC, pay heed to the points made in the review by Peter Donnelly. In the mean time, I'll keep listening to the great music.
The music content is great, really makes CBC worth while for Canada. And the Android app finally has Chromecast - thank you. However, the app keeps stopping, every few tracks I have to restart it. I've given it four stars because of the content (fantastic), but i'm frustrated with the continual stopping of the music stream all the time.
Yay, free music! And they took my suggesting and added Chromecast support! Photos are ok, I'd like to see the music playing come up sometimes, and perhaps Canadian landscapes.
The hand of graphic designers with no understanding of usability lies heavy on this app. We start with a full-screen picture of some personality and then have to hunt for our preferred channels in screen after screen - every time, because there are no defaults or favourites. Meanwhile the excellent CBC streams are no longer available to other apps or to AV tuners that accept URLs. Fail.
So annoying as it just keeps hanging up.Now it just stops a lot.With so many choices available for music this one does not compete.Too bad as I love the music on Radio 2.Seems to be a common problem based on reviews that I read.
I love CBC Music Apps. They have fabulous selection of different kinds of musics, songs...most especially their Jazz Songbook is really awesome????????????
Like the iPad version. Android version: meh. Hope it catches up quickly. Favourites a must have update please!
App is great, songs are fantastic but it is a data glutton so rarely use off WiFi.
Chrome cast support is great but app has no way to search and mark favourite streams.
Works okay but seems to hang up after a few songs
This needs a setting to stop it from using data and only functioning with wifi. It also likes to stop frequently. Great content!
Great app for listening to music with no commercial ads and playlists curated by some of the best DJ's in the country.
So what's going on with chromecast?
It's FREE. No ads, no pauses, no interruptions. You pick a genre and listen. You find me stuff constantly. It's my favorite my app.
This is my most listen to music app for streaming!!!!! The CBC Music app and Nobex music app are my two favourite music apps by far!!!!!
Got a notification from the Android system. App had used average 173 mb of memory in last three hours. Problem was I had closed it 6.5 hours before.???!!!**??!!?
Not compatible with Android TV. CBC, please update!
Please fix this app. It's dreadfully annoying.
Horrific redesign. Overly simplistic, total lack of features. No playlist, no login anymore. UI is cringe inducing. Can't navigate away from screen to browse for next song. No articles anymore. Solid connection still stutters audio. Tried with strong cellular and wifi connections. Both terrible.
Terrible! Crashes ALL THE TIME. I am forever getting the message that the CBC app has stopped... ???? Frustrating. Otherwise their variety of channels is good.
When it's working it's great, good selection of music and playlists. Crashes frequently. Every time it starts it defaults to eastern timezone for radio streams irrespective of your actual location.
It's ad free music so that's great BUT it stops working (and shuts down) on a regular basis for no reason and lately has started playing music on its own (app loaded but player stopped... It just decides to start playing, mid-meeting?!?).
Who developed this broken app?!?! Not a professional that is for sure. CBC execs, our tax dollars shouldn't be used for your kids school projects!! Embarrassing.
As others have said, usability has been sacrificed. Looks like you have to stop and restart the stream after every two tracks. Last June the developers said Chromecast support was coming, but still nothing. C'mon, CBC PS The supplied email (the one we're supposed to send feedback) doesn't work.
App keeps stopping after a couple songs. Very frustrating!
It will play one or two songs then stop very annoying used to work great
Cuts out every few minutes. Makes it unusable!
Needs a restart every one or two tracks, zero flexibility, not at all user-friendly. I guess you get what you pay for.
Thank you for all the fantastic veriey of music and its all free. runs smoothly and is consistant. Awesome ! Thanks again.
It only plays 3-4 songs before stopping completely (app is still open but no songs play). Have to close it and reopen to play 3 more songs. Favourites would be really nice.
All the streams worked yesterday, but only the radio stream was visible today.
Love the various music streams and programs they have BUT it keeps crashing everytime I use it
Can't divert output to wifi speaker AFAIK.
Great music but it crashes all the time.
I love the cbc music stream but the app stops after a short period.
It only offers one stream of music....buh bye
What happened to Radio 3?
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Good music selection, although I wish we had an option to shut it off. It'll randomly start playing and use data when not wanted. Also, an option to choose "likes" Or "dislikes" would be great to tailor certain stations to the listener. Otherwise, I use it frequently.