Houston Public Media is greater Houston's NPR station, a service of the University of Houston and supported with financial gifts from the community. Whether you turn to Houston Public Media for the latest news and information or tune in for a variety of music, download the app today to keep you connected, entertained, and informed on issues across our communities - whenever, wherever. Houston Public Media's free mobile app includes News 88.7, Classical 88.7 HD-2, and The Vibe, and brings you award-winning classical music performances and all your favorite programs, including Houston Matters with Craig Cohen, Hello Houston, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Texas Standard.
Needs work to make it less clunky. Every time I open the app, it tells me I can’t use it until I update it, but there isn’t an update to install. It finally opens after several extra steps. Quality content as always.
Huge improvement
sajspartan
This latest update is a huge improvement to the previous version of the app! You can finally read the articles in the app without being redirected to your browser, and the new features like PBS streaming and a vertical video feed are really nice. Very easy to use.
needs work for iPad
notuncajeff
The basic functionality works fine, but it’s phone-oriented. It doesn’t seem to work in background in iPadOS 14, and it doesn’t switch to landscape mode when you tilt the iPad that way. In other words, you can’t use HPM as background music while you continue to use the iPad for other things.
Quite useful, but a little annoying
Knarf Lekcem
The app has worked well for years. I am not sure what the upgrades have done, but now, every time you open it, it claims to have to be updated. So it takes you through the App Store where you end up selecting open. Why? Please fix the encoding! Thanks.
Among the various bug fixes, we brought back the ability to share a link to an article you read in the app. Tapping the icon at the top of the article will bring up a share sheet so you can share the link via text, email, etc.
We also added more robust audio controls (accessible using the "double chevron" icon on right side of the mini-player), including the frequently requested sleep timer! Tap the snooze icon, pick your time (up to 12 hours and 59 minutes), and press "Set Timer." The app will display the time at which your stream will stop, and the snooze icon will pulse while the timer is active.
On top of that, we also included views of our radio schedules in the Listen tab, and we fixed an issue that would cause the list of radio streams to fail to load. Thanks for listening!
Version 10.1.0
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Information
Seller
Houston Public Media Foundation
Size
30.3 MB
Category
News
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.1 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
