FM Radio
by Motorola Mobility LLC. 3.78/5 (6309 Reviews) June 17, 2024
More About FM Radio
Voice commands*: You can also use the Google Assistant to manage your FM Radio hands-free. You can find a list of supported commands in the Options menu.
*Languages supported: U.S. English, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin American Spanish, UK English, French (EU), Italian, German, and Spanish (EU)
Note: Features, functions, screens and supported languages may vary by phone model.
Latest Version
June 17, 2024
Motorola Mobility LLC.
Entertainment
Android
639,701,070
Free
com.motorola.fmplayer
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User Reviews
Jessica Tisdale
4 weeks ago
This app was used as spyware by an attacker that remotely accessed, and unlocked developer mode on my android. After July 2023 update, a hidden switch for developers was used to hack phone.. they don’t tell u this when u buy it.. and my play store was taken over and Motorola mobility and all google inc apps were controlling my device, changing passwords, allowing allowing all apps to access my device. No one does anything!
Benjamin Krug
6 months ago
The app creates a notification that turns my phone's screen back on. So if I listen to the radio for an hour, I seem to waste battery on the screen for that whole time. Otherwise, a very good FM tuner chip application. On first startup, it scans to create a list of the frequencies that have a solid signal. You can type in a frequency or you can pick a station from that list.
Michael Baca
3 years ago
Yay, an actual radio!!! Good job on allowing us to dial in a specific frequency. Phones should have this as a standard feature. It's nice to have an FM radio without wasting data, battery, or physical space. The record function helps me find the name of songs, and keep hilarious radio moments.
A Google user
4 years ago
Buggy and untested. The app requires a wired headset to act as an antenna. Even if have one plugged in (to act as an antenna), the in app control to switch sound output refuses to switch to bluetoooth (bluetooth isn't setup) even if bluetooth works with other apps. The app does have a bug reporting tool built in (yay!) but, even if all the text fields are filled out, the submit button is disabled
Eric Tillman
2 years ago
I keep buying Motorola phones specifically for this app and the ability to listen to live radio broadcasts. I use this app to listen to the live FM radio sports broadcast on headphones while attending games because there is no delay between the action on the field and the play by play like there is when streaming. Even if I wanted to stream the game over thr internet the data signal is not reliable enough to do so in a stadium surrounded by 60,000+ people.
Roberta Holmes
2 years ago
Love radio application as hardware is built into the phone. Earphone is only required to be antenna. Blue tooth and speaker work well. One thing I have noticed is when radio is activated it constantly activates google assistant. Extremely annoying when you are just trying to listen to the radio. After assistant is activated crashes FM program regularly some sort of conflict between the two assistant just goes nuts. I have to reboot phone to get it to terminate itself. I just deactivated Google
Jared Bales
1 year ago
One star because I'm really aggravated. I'm using Bluetooth earbuds, and there's an option for if there's no antenna connected, which I've set to "Keep using Bluetooth", but it never keeps using Bluetooth. Every time I come back to listen after a commercial, I have to manually tell it that, yes, I wanna use Bluetooth. Every. Single. Time. And, yes, I've got wired headphones plugged in to act as an antenna, and have told it I wanna use my wireless buds. It just won't Keep Using Bluetooth.
A Google user
4 years ago
For the love of God get the damn edit option off the favorites screen or move it to the left. 98% of people hold the phone in their right hand and use their thumb to switch stations. Do they reach their thumb to the left side of the screen? No they touch the right and that's where the pencil icon to edit is. So instead of switching stations I am constantly opening the edit window. Either move the pencil to the left or keep it off the screen unless a menu or settings icon is touched.
A Google user
5 years ago
After reading reviews on here it amazes me how hopeless people are. YOU NEED WIRED HEADPHONES PLUGGED IN TO ACT AS AN ANTENNA. It tells you this as soon as you open the app! If you want it to play the radio through the loudspeaker or Bluetooth then change the setting on the bottom left of the first screen but keep the headphones plugged in. It really isn't that complicated.
A Google user
5 years ago
I love this app!!! So glad to finally have a radio app that actually works. Took a little bit to figure it out but once I did, I can hardly turn it off. Yes with all the digital options to listen to any song you want to when you want it might seem pointless to listen to the radio but when you want to listen to something but you're just not sure what - this is perfect! Thanks Motorola!!!
A Google user
4 years ago
This app is very valuable when traveling as FM radios are quickly disappearing from overnight accomodations. The one MAJOR problem for me is that since this app directly controls the audio output via user selection, there is no way to redirect the audio to ChromeCast which I use any time an HDMI input is available on a TV. All of the other apps that have audio output have no problem casting to the (normally) better speakers in TVs.
John Laura
3 years ago
The only one thing with this app is. It doesn't give enough presets. I have more stations to save than slots. I can't complain. If I get bad reception. It's my antenna's fault. And a cool thing. Your phone doesn't have to have service or wifi to work. Just headphones. Even broke headphones work. You just need the wire and the plug for the antenna. And you can also broadcast through the speaker of your phone. What would be nice is to be able to use a bluetooth speaker.
A Google user
5 years ago
I have always used my fm Radio app like this: Phone with wired headphones to use as an antenna, and bluetooth headphones so I can walk freely. This version, even though you already have bluetooth headphones, it asks you to set them up, and if you don't, it wont play, It forces you to "set it up" and goes automatically to bluetooth configuration, and by disconnecting and re-connecting the bluetooth headphones, it works. This is totally annoying and didn't happen with earlier versions.
A Google user
5 years ago
love it. it isn't flawless but with headphones, i. get really good reception, almost car quality reception. I can't tell if the quality is dependant on the headphones or the phone power, but either way the app works pretty good. haven't recorded anything yet but i don't really need to. sometimes i do need to restart the app for it to work but it's only a minor inconvenience.
A Google user
5 years ago
it's a radio app. most Moto phones have FM radios. a radio isn't a feature most will use in the age of Spotify, but they really did a great job on this application. It can save favorites, show radio datastreams for what's playing and the station name. it can also record audio too, which is quite nice it only looses a star for not being able to sort favorite stations by area
E Lewis
2 years ago
Everything seems to work just fine. The scan feature found over 30 stations, the app is reading the info from the stations just fine. Oh, except there's no audio. Not from the phone, not from the earbuds. Nada. Tried everything to fix this issue, still no audio. If anyone can tell me what's happening I'd appreciate it, I really would like to use this app.
A Google user
5 years ago
Fails to retain settings for sleep timer default and recording. I want to be able to revoke permission to record entirely, but it won't work at all if you do that, and, being completely unnecessary for advertised function, an outrageous overreach on the part of Motorola. If I can't revoke access to the microphone (essential only if I want to record), the product is just broken. A serious bug that makes the product unusable. As to people who don't know the difference between frequency modulation transmission of radio and "streaming", I've got my own pet peeve - almost all of the apps advertised to provide a "radio tuner" don't receive radio at all, much less operate as a tuner, but rely on retransmission of signals via internet. "Radio" refers to radio frequency transmission of signals over the air. "FM radio" refers to a particular modulation technique by which the signal is imposed upon a carrier wave. False advertising and wire fraud.
Drayden Ferguson
2 years ago
Pretty solid app to be honest. I would rate it 5 stars if it didn't have one problem: a terrible Bluetooth connection option. Not sure if it has something to do with the phone I have (Moto G7 power), but every time I try to connect my wireless headphones to the radio, I just hear static. Still, it's great for people who use wired headphones. I also like how it scans local radio stations so that you don't have to skim through stations to get to the one you like.
Gary Harrison
3 years ago
This app is perfect and taps into your phones actual FM tuner, no internet or data required. Many people don't seem to understand that free radio actually is broadcast over the airwaves! You can set favorites and record music for later. What more can you ask for? There is an option to listen with your phone speaker and not headphones but you probably won't pick up much. It uses your headphone cord as the antenna.
A Google user
4 years ago
On a wired connection, this app is great. Lots of stations and the signal is consistently good. It offers different experience than just streaming music through Spotify, Amazon or Google, which is what I do mostly, but love to still be able to enjoy local radio stations. Especially while traveling, you get to hear local radio stations and helps you get a sense of the community and culture surrounding you. Noticed such a big difference between West Coast, Central and East Coast stations.
