You can now listen to LBC on your Sonos smart speaker.Īdd "Global Player" as a source in your Sonos app, and enjoy live radio from your favourite LBC presenters. You can also ask Siri on your iPhone or iPad to play LBC via the Global Player App or Apple Music. You can listen to LBC on Apple HomePod and Siri.
How To Listen to LBC on Apple HomePod and Siri
Google Assistant can play LBC - just say:ĥ. You can listen to LBC on Google Home and Assistant. How To Listen to LBC on Google Home and Google Assistant You can easily skip to the next story by saying, “Alexa, skip.” All you then need to do is simply say “Play the News” and you can enjoy all of the latest news from LBC.Ĥ.
You can hear the latest news update as well as longer news stories on all manner of topics. We now offer a longer news experience on Alexa. Try saying “Alexa, Play the News” and use your voice to select LBC as your news provider. Want to catchup on the last 7 days of radio for free? You can listen back to your favourite presenters using the new Global Player skill - just ask for a show and a date, then sit back & enjoy!įind out more about Global Player on Alexa Use the Alexa app to grant location permissions, and it'll automatically find your nearest LBC station. Just say "Alexa, Play LBC" to listen live via the LBC Alexa skill.
Want to know how Global Player uses your data? Click here for our data guide, or view Global’s full privacy policy here. You can find out more about Global Player and the Global family of brands including Capital, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Heart, Radio X, Smooth and Classic FM right here.ĭownload Global Player from the App Store (Android)ĭownload Global Player from the Google Play (Apple) Why register with Global Player?
You can listen to LBC across multiple platforms.ĭownload and install Global Player, swipe to LBC and listen to the agenda-setting debates no matter where you are.
Listen to LBC via the Global Player Mobile App There’s also much more on Global Player, including podcasts and playlists from across our sister stations including Capital, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Heart, Radio X, Smooth and Classic FM.Ģ. Global Player is a free and easy listening service and you can also listen back to the last seven days of shows from your favourite presenters. You can also listen to LBC News by clicking on the top right "Listen" button. On the LBC website click the white "Listen" button on the top left of every page on LBC.co.uk to be taken to Global Player. Here are all the ways you can listen to LBC. Amazon even provides a ‘fun tip’ for this new feature - “you can covertly use the remote control from another room to get Echo to repeat what you say and surprise your family.” OK, I don’t really see myself using this new feature.You can listen to LBC in many different ways - here is how. The wackiest update is ‘Simon Says.’ Just like the childhood game, if you say ‘Alexa, Simon says’, the Echo will repeat whatever you say. So this is a very nice addition to the Echo skillset (so to speak).Īmazon also promises a better response time and more accurate answers to many of your questions, expanded Wikipedia coverage and new spelling words and definitions. Voice commands to the Echo weren’t supported. While, up until now, you could stream music from these services but you had to control the music through your device.
To get started, you say “Alexa, pair my device.” After you start playing your music, you control it by saying “Alexa” followed by Next, Pause, Play, Previous or Stop. The major new feature is voice control for Pandora, Spotify and iTunes through Android and iOS devices.
Amazon sent me an email last week (January 30th) to let me know that their Echo has some new features. If you read my earlier post, you know that I’m a fan. I’ve had my Amazon Echo for not quite two months.