ARCAM Radia 4+

This app is not really fit for purpose.
Compared to other Arcam apps it is bare bones basic. Yes it allows you to play music on the ST5 but gives you little or no control over the unit’s settings.
For example, the ST5 has a bad habit of switching rom bitstream output to analogue output midstream with no apparent reason - the app has no facility to switch the setting back.

As for controlling your music this app could not be more basic - it feels like it was created by a ten year old.

The search feature barely works and takes multiple steps to produce a mush-mash of poorly related results,

The playlist listings, especially from Qobuz often list just an album title but give no artist information.

There’s no way to jump from the app to itherARCAM CONTROL APPS SUCH AS THE ONE THAT CONTROLS THEIR AMPS. THEIR ‘music life” app that has been around much longer allows one touch switching between ARCAMS AMP CONTROLLER AND ‘music life”.

Itt’s a real shame that the ST5, a pretty good streaming unit, la badly let down by an absolutely awfull app.

As a long standing ARCAM affecionada of more that three decades, I am seriously concerned at the very poor quality that Arcam seem happy to put out to its customers with this app.

The arcam ST5 sounds great. The app is awful can not control the volume. I bought the unit in 2023 and next to no app updates. Clearly the people who work there never listen to music using their lousy app.