RNZ for Android
Works as intended for me, but looking at reviews, that's sadly not the case across the board. Sound quality is great, and it takes only a moment to connect and start streaming (handy when you notice the time and leap to catch a news bulletin before it's over). Easy to use and listen to saved podcasts - recommended!
Update: buffering issues appear to have been largely resolved. Only one restart required today in two hours of quality listening. Nice work! Would be 5 stars if it didn't stop streaming after 10 mins. Very frustrating. Does it whether on wifi or cellular. Otherwise great to listen to the excellent radio we're lucky to have in NZ.
I like this app but the news flashes are frustrating. Often they are truncated so you click on it to find out more. But there is no article behind the news flash yet so it just goes nowhere. And then you have lost the original notification so now you don't even have that to go on. Need to fix that bug.
Extremely well done when compared to similar offerings from other NZ news organisations. Performance is great and content too (well from RNZ that's always a given). Only reason I didn't give it 5-stars was due to the inability to hide the "Listen to RNZ" bar at the bottom.
This app works really well, is easy to navigate and looks good. My only issue is that when I get a story notification, it doesn't link to the story and I get sent to the first page of the app instead. It's pretty frustrating.
I used to like it, but now it stalls every 5 minutes and refuses to automatically reconnect. So sad that there is no fb from the developers about this considering how hard it is being pushed on the radio. Fix it guys, please.
The best radio station in NZ by a long way. Access to good content (I do note a certain amount of sensationalism creeping in!). The new version app looks good but still drops its connection once every 15-30 mins. It bugs me that alert content indicated has not been visible anytime I've clicked on one. I assume because it's been sitting there a while before I've accessed it and other stories have replaced it? I'll see if I can disable this function. The radio nz app with flag icon and 3 knobs along the bottom still has a better connection (not perfect) and you can get to the live radio with less taps, so that's what I use for live programmes and a huge choice of stations, (even with their ad on start up).
Frequent buffering is driving me away from this app. Content is great, I want to hear it! Please sort it out as I'm running out of patience
Buffering Buffering Buffering. Surely this can be fixed ? Has been a problem for months ...go on RNZ dare you to fix it. Best radio station in NZ. Pity.
Fantastic app, well designed and easily the best NZ news app. Had buffering issues on a previous version but the latest update has fixed it. Love it
Rubbish app. Forced upgrade. App now stops after about 10 minutes. There are better options.
Having the same issues as Nigel D with my Huawei P8 Lite which is crashing as soon as I want to play something. Regardless whether I am streaming live or have downloaded it. A fix coming soon I hope.
On Samsung android keeps stopping after 5-10 minutes. Occasionally restarts by itself but usually have to "pause" and "play" or sometimes close and restart app. Annoying particularly when happens in middle of news or forecast. Old version >3 months didn't do this on same phone with same settings.
Latest update has resolved the buffering problem. Very good now.
I used the App on my Android 4.4.0 Box and it was great! Could you please make an Android TV app for the Nvidia Shield, Sony TVs etc. that run PROPER Android TV. That would be so awesome! Thanks
Sound quality now atrocious. Has something gone wrong with upgrade? ??
Since at least the last update it buffers about every 10 mins...taking several minutes to do so. Highly disappointing for such a great news and media outlet. Please fix.
Keeps buffering Drives me nuts Just get stuck into a story or news and stops
Won't even open on android 6 galaxy tab s. Just spinning wheel........ No apparent issue downloading it
I dislike that you MAKE me update it by not allowing me to proceed unless I do.
The new version of app keeps stopping the live stream every time after about 10 minutes and doesn't resume. Happens on any connection type, WiFi and mobile
Downloaded podcast files randomly go missing.
Back in the 5 stars section! It's working smoothly again and I love the radio and it's programs!
Wonderful content but the last big update resulted in the new app crashing regularly. Not resolved as yet.
Great! But I wish the notifications linked through to the relevant articles, they just seem to open the app for me.
Great app, does what I need - hear the latest news, listen to specific shows and read the web news within the app. Great stuff!
Live streaming no longer working only podcasts downloads do.
Buffers after 5-10 minutes. Restart, then ok for another 5-10 minutes. Would be a 5 otherwise
Everytime a new version is released the previous version forces you to update the app to use it. Hopeless if on a mobile connection. Far easier to just use their website
Lots of great content but sometimes it won't play and just says 'Buffering'. Tunein app always works so I keep going back to it.
The writing is much too small. Downloads un-download themselves. I love RNBZ but their old app was much better
This app truly shows that RNZ has come of age and will be with us for decades to come.
Long time listener to RNZ. Very happy that they've updated the app. Streaming and downloading content works well for me.
Nice update. Quite a lot slower to load, tho, for whatever reason.
streaming regularly crashes.
What's happened to the buffering? Taking ages now when was pretty much instantaneous.
Fantastic free and ad-free! A+
good app
Just installed on my Huawei P8 lite and tried to listen live and the app crashed. Rebooted and tried a few more times and the app immediately crashes every time. Love RNZ National, but this app obviously needs a bit more testing. Uninstalling. Edit Aug6... Reinstalled but app still crashes upon trying to play anything :( Edit Oct13...Great update and thanks for taking the time to reply :) Works perfectly now. Love everything about your app! RNZ is all class!!!
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Love it so far. Still working out different features but having fun searching ???? First time listening to the outrageously UN- PC & funny "Go Ahead Caller". Great to be able to access Concert as well. 29/11/17 Have rebooted to fix random stream stopping. I see from other reviews & RNZ reply this is being worked on.