Not everyone prefers to read the news. There are plenty of people — especially commuters — who only get their news through the radio, listening to the day’s events rather than reading about them or watching the news. TuneIn Radio is one of the best Apple CarPlay radio apps, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that it’s also a great Apple Watch app. TuneIn Radio will let you easily control your audio news intake from your wrist if you’re not driving to work but instead riding the bus or train.
The app allows you to stream over 100,000 radio channels from around the world, including local AM/FM stations. With so many choices, you can choose from nearly any kind of live newsfeed, including sports, traffic, and weather. With the Apple Watch app, you can quickly pause and play audio, as well as control volume — an especially useful feature if you like to take in your news during workouts. The Apple Watch app also keeps a playlist of your recent channels, allowing you to switch back and forth between them with a tap of your finger.
Since it’s a radio app and not specifically a news app, you won’t be able to receive push notifications if a big story breaks, which is something offered by many news apps like Apple News, NPR, The New York Times, etc. You also won’t get to pick and choose which news stories you’d like to hear about — you’ll be at the whim of whichever news radio station you choose to listen to.
