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radio on phone?

Hi all. How can I listen to the radio on my phone without headphones please? Is there an app or little speaker I could buy?
Many thanks
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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    Look for the tunein app
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  • S0litaire
    S0litaire Posts: 3,535 Forumite
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    If the phone has an inbuilt FM radio then they usually use the cable from the earpieces as an antenna.

    If so then you could look into a cheap pair of wired speakers.

    If the phone does no have an inbuilt FM radio then their is usually things like the BBC iPlayer Radio app or something like:

    "Radioplayer" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.radioplayer&hl=en_GB

    Then play it through bluetooth speakers or headphones as required.
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  • cookie365
    cookie365 Posts: 1,809 Forumite
    Remember that if you use an internet radio app like iplayer or tunein radio then you're using data.
  • Thanks so much, it has fm radio so will buy some speakers then.��
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  • John_Gray
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    This might be a really radical suggestion, but portable radios (of various sizes) exist with speakers, and headphones as an option!

    Or is that suggestion so pre-millennial?
  • Niv
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    John_Gray wrote: »
    This might be a really radical suggestion, but portable radios (of various sizes) exist with speakers, and headphones as an option!

    Or is that suggestion so pre-millennial?

    It is not so much that the suggestion is pre-millennial but it involves carrying around an extra device.
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  • AndyPix
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    If you connect your earphones, so the phone can use them as an antenna , then you can choose in the fm radio options to output the sound through your phones speaker instead of the connected earphones .

    You still need to leave them connected though

    Hope this helps
    Andy
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