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You can now listen to NPR One while you drive using Apple's CarPlay

You can now listen to NPR One while you drive using Apple's CarPlay

Connected Car
January 22, 2016

Another high-profile app has just been added to the roster of apps that officially support Apple’s automobile dashboard standard, CarPlay. And this one comes from no less than NPR.

The app in question is NPR One.

Launched in July 2014, NPR One is an audio app that provides you with a continuous stream of public radio news, stories, and podcasts curated for you in accordance with your tastes and preferences. As noted in our original review of the app, “If you are a news junkie but prefer to listen to your news instead of reading it, then NPR One is an app you need to have in your collection.”

Hit the road with NPR One

Through its latest update, NPR One has gained support for CarPlay. Subsequently, you can now listen to and navigate the app with ease and safety through your CarPlay-enabled automobile’s in-dash entertainment system. (You can find out which cars support CarPlay by looking at Apple’s official list here.)

“Once you have connected NPR One to CarPlay you can tap on Catch Up to get started with your National and Local newscast followed by your recommended stories,” NPR notes. “Or simply tap on Recommendations to scroll through curated lists of stories and podcast episodes just for you.”

NPR One joins several other third-party apps that are officially integrated with CarPlay including, as listed by Apple on its website: iHeartRadio, MLB.com At Bat, Spotify, Stitcher, CBS Radio, Overcast, Audiobooks.com, Audible, Pandora, Slacker, and Vox.

Get NPR One

NPR One is available on the App Store for free. It’s designed for iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 8.0, and optimized for Apple Watch for on-the-wrist playback controls.

If you can’t see the demo embedded above, please click here.

The latest update to NPR One also delivers a couple of minor tweaks. One resolves an issue where the app would start playing overnight of its own accord, and the other disables auto-play when the app is launched so that, as noted by NPR, “you’ll never accidentally blast ‘This is NPR One!’ in a quiet meeting room again.”

NPR One was updated earlier this month with Explore, a quick and easy way to find stories and podcasts to listen to.

Mentioned apps

Free
NPR One
NPR One
NPR
Free
iHeartRadio – Free Music & Radio Stations
iHeartRadio – Free Music & Radio Stations
iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
Free
MLB.com At Bat
MLB.com At Bat
MLB.com
Free
Spotify Music
Spotify Music
Spotify Ltd.
Free
Stitcher Radio for Podcasts
Stitcher Radio for Podcasts
Stitcher, Inc.
Free
CBS Radio News
CBS Radio News
CBS Interactive
Free
Overcast: Podcast Player
Overcast: Podcast Player
Overcast Radio, LLC
Free
Audio Books by Audiobooks
Audio Books by Audiobooks
Simply Audiobooks Inc.
Free
Audiobooks from Audible
Audiobooks from Audible
Audible, Inc.
Free
Pandora - Free Music & Radio
Pandora - Free Music & Radio
Pandora Media, Inc.
Free
Slacker Radio
Slacker Radio
Slacker, Inc.
Free
VOX – Music Player for FLAC & MP3, SoundCloud, YouTube
VOX – Music Player for FLAC & MP3, SoundCloud, YouTube
Coppertino Inc.

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