SomaFM Radio Player 1.16.0

SomaFM's official app offers access to over 30 year-round channels of listener-supported, commercial-free, underground/alternative radio. With all music hand-picked by their award-winning DJs and music directors, SomaFM delivers a unique and curated listening experience.

Renowned website Lifehacker.com recognizes SomaFM as one of the "Five Best Internet Radio Services." They appreciate that SomaFM is completely user and listener-supported, which means no ads or commercials during your broadcasts. They also highlight that the channels and programs aired at SomaFM are rarely heard anywhere else.

Features of the app include:

• No registration required; no additional purchases necessary.
• View stations by Popularity, Genre, or your favorites.
• Show name and artist of the currently playing song and history of songs played.
• Siri Shortcuts integration.
• Bookmarking, sharing titles, and searching for songs on iTunes.
• Background streaming allows you to use other apps while listening.
• Stream to AppleTV & Airplay devices, Qualcomm® AllPlay™ compatible speakers, and Chromecast.
• Integration with many car stereo units via Dock Connector or Bluetooth.
• Remote control functionality allows you to pause, restart, and skip between favorite channels using your headphone remote or lock screen controls.
• High and low bandwidth streaming options: 128k MP3 and 64-80kb AAC-HE (high); 32kb AAC-HE (great-sounding) and 40kb MP3 (good-quality) (low).
• AAC-HE support ensures highest quality audio even at the lowest bitrates.

If you've never listened to SomaFM before, here's a glimpse of their commercial-free lineup:

1. Groove Salad: A nicely chilled plate of ambient/downtempo beats and grooves. Perfect for work.
2. Secret Agent: The soundtrack for your stylish, mysterious, dangerous life. Also enjoyable for spies and P.I.s.
3. Drone Zone: Atmospheric textures with minimal beats, best enjoyed chilled and safe with most medications.
4. Fluid: Dive into the electronic sound of instrumental hip-hop, future soul, and liquid trap.
5. Indie Pop Rocks!: A mix of new and classic favorite indie pop tracks.
6. Left Coast 70s: Mellow album rock from the Seventies. Yacht friendly.
7. cliqhop idm: Blips'n'beeps backed mostly with beats. Intelligent Dance Music.
8. Beat Blender: A late-night blend of deep-house and downtempo chill.
9. Dub Step Beyond: The place for Bass Music! Dubstep, Dub, and Deep Bass.
10. The Trip: Progressive house/trance delivering tip-top tunes.
11. Illinois Street Lounge: Classic bachelor pad, playful exotica, and vintage music of tomorrow.
12. Space Station Soma: Tune in, turn on, and space out with spaced-out ambient and mid-tempo electronica.
13. Doomed: Dark industrial/ambient music for tortured souls.
14. Boot Liquor: Americana Roots music perfect for Cowhands, Cowpokes, and Cowtippers.
15. Lush: Sensuous and mellow vocals, mostly female, with an electronic influence.
16. Digitalis: Digitally affected analog rock to calm the agitated heart.
17. Suburbs of Goa: Desi-influenced Asian world beats and beyond.
18. ThistleRadio: Exploring music from Celtic roots and branches, curated by Fiona Ritchie.
19. Underground 80s: Early 80s UK Synthpop and a bit of New Wave, featuring forgotten gems.
20. Sonic Universe: Transcending the world of jazz with eclectic, avant-garde takes on tradition. NuJazz/Avant Garde/Euro-jazz.
21. PopTron: Electropop and indie dance rock with sparkle and pop. Less guitars, more synths.
22. Metal Detector: From black to doom, prog to sludge, thrash to post, stoner to crossover, punk to industrial.
23. Mission Control: Ambient and experimental music mixed with the historical sounds of the space program.
24. SomaFM SF 10-33: Live San Francisco Fire and Police radio with an electronic music soundtrack.

The SomaFM official app allows you to explore this diverse range of commercial-free radio stations, providing an excellent alternative to mainstream options. With its user-friendly features and high-quality audio streaming, it delivers a professional listening experience for discerning music lovers.