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The widest variety of ad-free music. The best in sports, talk and comedy. The most original exclusive content.
• For the first time on SiriusXM, experience both exclusive, original podcasts – including Marvel – as well as the top podcasts you know and love, curated by our experts
• Create your own stations based on artists and songs you choose
• Catch breaking news
• Thousands of shows, videos, performances and more
• 24/7 sports talk, classic moments and more on NFL play-by-play, ESPN Radio, SiriusXM® NHL Network Radio™, SiriusXM PGA TOUR® Radio, SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, and more
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Some programming includes explicit language
Feature & content availability is dependent on subscription package
• For the first time on SiriusXM, experience both exclusive, original podcasts – including Marvel – as well as the top podcasts you know and love, curated by our experts
• Create your own stations based on artists and songs you choose
• Catch breaking news
• Thousands of shows, videos, performances and more
• 24/7 sports talk, classic moments and more on NFL play-by-play, ESPN Radio, SiriusXM® NHL Network Radio™, SiriusXM PGA TOUR® Radio, SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, and more
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Some programming includes explicit language
Feature & content availability is dependent on subscription package
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No Car Required. Listen to more than 300+ channels including ad-free music, plus sports, comedy, news and talk on your phone, online and at home. Discover new music and channels with personalized recommendations.
- Create Personalized Stations Powered by Pandora based on the artists you love.
- Find the music you want to hear, on now and ad-free.
- Discover 100+ ad-free Xtra channels filled with music for any mood, occasion or activity.
- Watch SiriusXM videos of groundbreaking interviews, intimate musical performances & episodes from the Howard Stern Show.
- Catch 24/7 sports talk and live game coverage. MLB Network Radio™, SiriusXM NBA Radio, SiriusXM® NHL Network Radio™, SiriusXM PGA TOUR® Radio, SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, dedicated college conference channels like ACC Radio, Big Ten Radio, and more.
*Feature & content availability is dependent on subscription package.
- Create Personalized Stations Powered by Pandora based on the artists you love.
- Find the music you want to hear, on now and ad-free.
- Discover 100+ ad-free Xtra channels filled with music for any mood, occasion or activity.
- Watch SiriusXM videos of groundbreaking interviews, intimate musical performances & episodes from the Howard Stern Show.
- Catch 24/7 sports talk and live game coverage. MLB Network Radio™, SiriusXM NBA Radio, SiriusXM® NHL Network Radio™, SiriusXM PGA TOUR® Radio, SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, dedicated college conference channels like ACC Radio, Big Ten Radio, and more.
*Feature & content availability is dependent on subscription package.
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Serve a 2nd vehicle for free, or use as a fix for an obstructed antenna
Jun 23, 2018 By purchasing the high end SiriusXM service for one satellite receiver, you get this excellent streaming capability as a free bonus. If you have a smartphone with a decent data plan, you don’t need to increase satellite charges by adding a subscription for the other vehicle(s). Get it for one, then use your phone to stream the web based service thru the Bluetooth or cable connection to the audio system in your additional vehicle(s). It’s a terrific bargain for me, as I have 2 cars and two RV’s, and I can get full channel service for all four with just one subscription. Also, for those with vehicles (like my truck camper) that have difficulty getting a clear usable obstruction-free sat signal for their partially shadowed antenna, you can subscribe to service for the vehicle radio, then when in conditions when your antenna isn’t reliable, switch to using your smartphone for streaming to that radio from the same sat account via cell service providers. Thanks SiriusXM for offering this excellent, flexible service at a fair package price!more -
Apr 14, 2021 I love the wide variety, the regular DJ's like Jim Ladd and Carol Miller as well as the guest hosts. I like special stations, and can usually find something for every mood. I have it in my van, but also like it at home and on my phone. Podcasts, news and humor too! Convenient, user friendly and enjoyable.more -
I Love Channel 90 so I bought Premium Pkg
Apr 5, 2020 I am huge racing fan and especially L❤️VE NASCAR and LeMann racing fan. I began listening to XM Radio my 2005 BMW X-5 and I’ve had it ever since. Now, SirusXm Radio, Initially, I only listened to channel 90 Nascar Radio. Over years I have listened to ESPN OR Fox SportS during college football season. We have it in all 4 cars and two of the tractors. I had not deeply explored other channels until I begin using the app on my mobile device when I’m mowing in Spring amd Summer 12-16 hours a week. They even have workout music by the decade and most recently added Indy Channel, with hosts, Jack Arute and AJ Allmendinger ! Call and they will negotiate a price with you. Only one warning..if you give a credit card number they will auto renew every year. I did not like that and it took a month for them to understand I would either be billed at home the old fashioned way- or cancel. Auto renew takes away a locked in price. They renew at market price.. which was always double the rate I got when I called or this last period I did online via chat session.more -
God help you if . . . . . . Update
Jun 1, 2018 Like me, you use your iPad in landscape mode. I’ve changed every relevant setting I can think of to get this app to load in landscape mode (as it once did prior to one of the latest updates) but, alas, to no avail. This is so much of a problem that saving the $20 a month I pay for this service is under serious consideration. It’s too much money to pay for the inconvenience of having to turn my iPad 90 degrees to read the app. I would have given it less than one star had that been possible. Update: I’m happy to report that the people at Sirius were listening and have addressed this landscape vs. portrait mode problem. It’s nice to know that there are still some companies out there who listen to their customer’s complaints and respond to them positively, especially in such a short period of time. Happily, I will not have to cancel my subscription, and I can recommend this app without reservation at a solid 5 stars.more -
No landscape mode; update horrible for RadioClassics
Jun 7, 2018 UPDATE: Thanks for adding the landscape mode back - although why on earth was it removed in the first place??? I have upgraded my rating from 1 star to 3 stars. What would give it one more star - display the times of the previously played RadioClassic shows. I have no idea what played when. You provide the option to listen to earlier shows, but the segments aren’t descriptive enough so I am having to go through all of them to find the show I want to listen to. PREVIOUS REVIEW: As others have stated, not having the ability to view using landscape mode is very annoying. However, not nearly as annoying and useless as what the upgrade has done to the RadioClassics station. Before the update, I could see all the programs that played in the past 5 or 6 hours and select one of those shows - easily. Now —- you can’t see the time a previous show was played and have to guess which item it is in the viewable segments. Viewing all the segments is nearly impossible. No way to easily see and select earlier segments. The upgrade has made the RadioClassics stations impossible to navigate.more
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Apr 9, 2021 The ability to work with Android Auto needs improvement. It constantly flashes that it's trying to recover connection even when I have a strong signal or on Wi-Fi sitting in the garage. I will usually have to restart my phone while driving because once it cuts out and stops playing it will not start up again. Also, unless I can't find it, there's no ability to access the downloads on your car's screen, I have to access the app and play which kind of defeats the purpose of using Android Auto.more -
Apr 13, 2021 I have been a subscriber from the beginning, even before it become Sirius XM. I never had and issue until now. The app keeps shutting off after a few minutes. Replay skips to other parts then shuts down. This app used to work flawless until about a year ago. Please fix it as soon as possible. I may need to cancel it's getting that bad.more -
Awful, awful app
Oct 28, 2020 The app is awful. From what I’ve read about the app online, and from the many users who expressed the same complaints as me, I have a strong suspicion that the positive ratings on here are fake. Especially given the number of ratings versus the number of subscribers that Sirius has. I’ve had the app for a while now. Like many, I suspect, I only use it to listen to the “Howard Stern Show.” But the various functions on the app that are supposed to enable you to restart the show from scratch if you don’t tuning immediately when Howard begins, well those functions don’t always work. And if you pause the show at any point, and go back to it, more than half the time it does not resume where you left off. Sometimes, it doesn’t even happen after a pause. If you are walking somewhere listening to the show but not in real time, and you walk through a store’s WiFi or something, the play jumps to the live feed. I’ve read that these problems are very common. A lot of people with the app express this same dissatisfaction. I have brought it to the attention of Sirius, only to be told that I should delete the app and re-download it. Their customer service is as bad as their app. Frankly, because I am so reliant on the app to listen, I am strongly considering canceling my subscription altogether.more -
Apr 12, 2021 I have a terrible time getting the app to work. I have used the app on multiple devices now and it CONSTANTLY errors out and force closes on me, and then I can't get back into it for the rest of the day (I listen while I work remotely). I love my Sirius subscription, but if they can't get this app to work properly, I will dump the whole subscription. I refuse to pay the amount of money I pay for this service and not be able to listen where and when I want.more -
Apr 15, 2021 Stopped streaming music. It only does talk radio. All music stations like Octane won't play. App loads to force Pandora, and then it plays random garbage and commercials. Only good for talk radio, and I already use tune in or Iheart for that. Zero online support for it, zero phone support, Google search results filter out articles with similar issues.more
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Serve a 2nd vehicle for free, or use as a fix for an obstructed antenna
Jun 23, 2018 By purchasing the high end SiriusXM service for one satellite receiver, you get this excellent streaming capability as a free bonus. If you have a smartphone with a decent data plan, you don’t need to increase satellite charges by adding a subscription for the other vehicle(s). Get it for one, then use your phone to stream the web based service thru the Bluetooth or cable connection to the audio system in your additional vehicle(s). It’s a terrific bargain for me, as I have 2 cars and two RV’s, and I can get full channel service for all four with just one subscription. Also, for those with vehicles (like my truck camper) that have difficulty getting a clear usable obstruction-free sat signal for their partially shadowed antenna, you can subscribe to service for the vehicle radio, then when in conditions when your antenna isn’t reliable, switch to using your smartphone for streaming to that radio from the same sat account via cell service providers. Thanks SiriusXM for offering this excellent, flexible service at a fair package price!more -
Apr 14, 2021 I love the wide variety, the regular DJ's like Jim Ladd and Carol Miller as well as the guest hosts. I like special stations, and can usually find something for every mood. I have it in my van, but also like it at home and on my phone. Podcasts, news and humor too! Convenient, user friendly and enjoyable.more -
I Love Channel 90 so I bought Premium Pkg
Apr 5, 2020 I am huge racing fan and especially L❤️VE NASCAR and LeMann racing fan. I began listening to XM Radio my 2005 BMW X-5 and I’ve had it ever since. Now, SirusXm Radio, Initially, I only listened to channel 90 Nascar Radio. Over years I have listened to ESPN OR Fox SportS during college football season. We have it in all 4 cars and two of the tractors. I had not deeply explored other channels until I begin using the app on my mobile device when I’m mowing in Spring amd Summer 12-16 hours a week. They even have workout music by the decade and most recently added Indy Channel, with hosts, Jack Arute and AJ Allmendinger ! Call and they will negotiate a price with you. Only one warning..if you give a credit card number they will auto renew every year. I did not like that and it took a month for them to understand I would either be billed at home the old fashioned way- or cancel. Auto renew takes away a locked in price. They renew at market price.. which was always double the rate I got when I called or this last period I did online via chat session.more -
God help you if . . . . . . Update
Jun 1, 2018 Like me, you use your iPad in landscape mode. I’ve changed every relevant setting I can think of to get this app to load in landscape mode (as it once did prior to one of the latest updates) but, alas, to no avail. This is so much of a problem that saving the $20 a month I pay for this service is under serious consideration. It’s too much money to pay for the inconvenience of having to turn my iPad 90 degrees to read the app. I would have given it less than one star had that been possible. Update: I’m happy to report that the people at Sirius were listening and have addressed this landscape vs. portrait mode problem. It’s nice to know that there are still some companies out there who listen to their customer’s complaints and respond to them positively, especially in such a short period of time. Happily, I will not have to cancel my subscription, and I can recommend this app without reservation at a solid 5 stars.more -
The more I spend time with this..
May 14, 2018 The more I’m regretting my app update for it. Why would you fix something that was not broken?? I really hate this new update. There are more cons to point out than pro’s on this! Con: -No mix customizations (BIG NO!) -No info description on each channel and shows within that channel, nor do they provide twitter/phone number to call in the radio channel! -adding favorites just doesn’t work. -backtracking only goes so much as 3 hrs instead of 6 hrs. -there’s no schedule for when upcoming shows are going to broadcast. -channel freezes and locks if your app ended up foreclosing on you or you foreclose the app. (I was always able to resume where I left off EVEN when I foreclosed it, now it makes me lose my place wherever I’m in. REALLY FRUSTRATING ESPECIALLY WITH GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERTS!!!!) -no bright/dim light interface option, I hate how bright this design is now, especially late at night. -takes longer to connect to audio when it used to not on data connection. Pro’s: -Video on-demand for Howard Stern -audio scroller is a bit easier when you want to rewind or fast forward a lot. And that’s all the pros that’s on this app. You have got some MAJOR EDITING to BRING BACK some of the old WITH the new! I feel like my subscription has just plummeted to a mediocre service, I’m really debating on cancelling if they don’t bring back and improve their main qualities of their app. BRING BACK THE OLD APP!!!more
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Apr 14, 2021 I want the option to exclude a few key bands. Metallica and Rage against the machine... i hear them too much and need a break. I skip or change the channel every time theyre on and that wastes my time. Beyond that i cant imagine mife without sirius xm...more -
Apr 13, 2021 Access to phone and contacts? I don't think so! 🤔👎 Ability to listen to commercial free music? Totally freaking fab-tastic!👍💥🥳 -
Great once you you can get what they promise.
Sep 1, 2018 I have loved having SiriusXM. I received it as a gift from my daughter so I could listen to baseball. With it, I can hear our beloved Cleveland Indians from my home in New England. (We lived in northeast Ohio for 17 years.). Problem was it took days and several calls to get what my daughter paid for. The station I needed didn’t come in on my radio and it seemed to be quite a problem to get it to work. Worse yet, my husband on a totally different account tried to add the Indians station, and while SiriusXM was quick to charge him for the extra station, they failed to let him know that for some reason his brand new car had the wrong type of radio to get the higher stations. (He already has a basic XM radio package, so still have no clue what the issue was.) The reps that help are very nice, but it should be as easy to get the stations you are looking for, as it is for the XM folk to take your money.more -
Resisted, but now regret waiting!
Feb 28, 2018 I very much enjoy my automobile XM Radio on multiple vehicles, so did not want to spend more for an iPhone version, but having the XM/Sirius app in my pocket has proven to be even more enjoyable and I use it more than I do the car subscriptions. My favorite station, Classical Pops, is still available on the app even after it was removed from the radio! As a extra bonus, the Christmas music is still available now, and it is almost March. Further, the Fox News and Fox Business programs that I like can be restarted if I am late, or paused when I am interrupted. My only complaint is that the progress bar is inaccurate, so that it is difficult to know where one is in a news program, and the program titles do not keep up to the moment like the music titles do. All in all, I am very satisfied with Sirius/XM.more -
Version 5.4.6 crashing when unlocking iPhone
Jun 21, 2019 I noticed very quickly after upgrading to 5.4.6 that very frequently when I'm listening and my iPhone screen locks that when I try to unlock it the SXM app briefly seems to freeze up the iPhone and then crashes and obviously stops therefore playing. Has this issue already been reported and is it being looked into? I'm using an iPhone 7 with iOS 10.3.3 still installed. This app is the only one having this issue. I use some other music streaming programs, podcast apps and I haven't seen this happen when using any of them. And it wasn't occurring in SXM neither before I upgraded it to this version. Other than this issue I enjoy the app when I have a subscription and don't have any other major issues with it at this time.more
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No landscape mode; update horrible for RadioClassics
Jun 7, 2018 UPDATE: Thanks for adding the landscape mode back - although why on earth was it removed in the first place??? I have upgraded my rating from 1 star to 3 stars. What would give it one more star - display the times of the previously played RadioClassic shows. I have no idea what played when. You provide the option to listen to earlier shows, but the segments aren’t descriptive enough so I am having to go through all of them to find the show I want to listen to. PREVIOUS REVIEW: As others have stated, not having the ability to view using landscape mode is very annoying. However, not nearly as annoying and useless as what the upgrade has done to the RadioClassics station. Before the update, I could see all the programs that played in the past 5 or 6 hours and select one of those shows - easily. Now —- you can’t see the time a previous show was played and have to guess which item it is in the viewable segments. Viewing all the segments is nearly impossible. No way to easily see and select earlier segments. The upgrade has made the RadioClassics stations impossible to navigate.more -
Apr 13, 2021 love that this comes with my subscription now, however, have problems with downloads, the only way to delete is to uninstall/reinstall app! I delete them in "manage downloads" and they all come right back. Deleting cache, force stop etc. doesn't help. Grrr!more -
CarPlay buggy, no chrome cast support but good sound quality
Oct 25, 2018 So glad they recently added Apple CarPlay, however it’s very buggy. Many times favorites don’t load, recents may not load, or the car play screen is just blank. It does work better if you unlock your phone first, but who can do that if your driving and have your phone put down (it auto locks fairly quickly). What is wrong with SiriusXM not offering chromecast functionality? It seems this would be the easiest way to get SXM in your house. To be able to chrome cast SXM would be a great asset to listen at home when doing household work. Other than the very buggy CarPlay support and lack of Chromecast feature, the sound quality is far better than what you get on the actual satellite. You also have access to many more channels and on demand content. This is why I prefer to use the app via CarPlay instead of my cars built in XM tuner. My car only goes up to channels in the 200’s. The app has channels into the 700’s! I’m no longer missing out on Faction or the Emo Project, indie 1.0, or Rock Bar. If only CarPlay worked all the time, this would be a killer app.more -
New features but lacking polish
Nov 8, 2018 Lots of glitz and glamour over the new features, & call me crazy, but it actually seems *harder* to just get to my downloaded shows now... Also, if there’s something that looks cool on my home page, better remember it or keep swiping b/c it just scrolls away after a few seconds... sure it’s good to show the different options, but annoying. It also seems to have obfuscated which is actually a new show, or even to just get to what is actually playing live on 100 now. For all its faults, this was not an issue with the old version. All this complaining aside I do like the new app and addition of video clips etc. I’m just looking forward to some revision with usability/ease of use in mind—so keep it up dev team!! Thanks for a great app, I will change to five stars when updated! I do like the more streamlined way to manage/delete downloads and the addition of forward and backward skipping by a few seconds (which was sorely needed). So it’s great & I love it—that’s why I’m saying it just needs a few revisions to be the best in my opinion, thanks.more -
Volume Bar?
Dec 21, 2017 Nice app for the most part, but some silly omissions...Volume Bar for iPad?..., iPhone has it...albeit flawed...it needs to stay on the screen permanently and be further down so you don’t run into the other bar above it that handles rew/ff.... I waited for years for a last channel "jump to" button so you can quickly toggle between two channels?!? Recent‘s from the latest update covers that... it’s about time! I have felt for years like the people who develop this app never use it, because if you’ve ever used a television remote control in your life an A/B button and the volume button is what you use the most and if you haven’t noticed, the volume buttons on phones are often not so easy, particularly if you have a case on it! Thus the volume needs to stay on the LCD screen at all times not appear and disappear ...once you have touched the button on the side, why would you then need to then slide over to the one that appears on the screen.. it’s moronic!! Someone needs to make more of an effort and this can be 5 stars!more
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Apr 9, 2021 The ability to work with Android Auto needs improvement. It constantly flashes that it's trying to recover connection even when I have a strong signal or on Wi-Fi sitting in the garage. I will usually have to restart my phone while driving because once it cuts out and stops playing it will not start up again. Also, unless I can't find it, there's no ability to access the downloads on your car's screen, I have to access the app and play which kind of defeats the purpose of using Android Auto.more -
Too many bugs
Sep 3, 2019 I have MANY apps on my phone and this one has to be one of the most unreliable. Too many issues to list here but the top two that make me crazy are #1 It stops working randomly mid shows, doesn't matter if its while listening to an on demand episode, a download or live. The app would go into a never ending loading state or just crash completely. #2 the most annoying and dangerous bug is when the app randomly starts playing in my pocket at the worst times. I listen to some XL rated shows with adult language and these shows that i haven't listened to for a few hours or sometimes haven't listened to that day at all will just start playing, full volume, in my pocket. The app is not running so i cant even kill it, i have to frantically turn the volume down then go into my control center and pause it. Its gotten to the point where if i’m going into certain places i have to turn my volume all the way down because i cant trust the app to not start playing, or i need to make sure the last thing i listen to is “safe”....Also when my phone connects to the bluetooth in my vehicles it just starts playing if i want it to or not, again the app isn't even running. Its ridiculous.....more -
Apr 14, 2021 The app never retains the Audio Streaming Quality setting and resets to the poor quality "Normal" setting every time you start the app even if you set it at "High" or "Maximum" previously. -
Mar 18, 2021 I enjoy listening to the vast number of options. However the app is so quirky. It will often crash. Sometimes closing the app and reopening app will work. Sometimes I have to reboot the phone. And no matter what I am listening to there seems to be a quirk where random songs will start back to the beginning after playing the first 30 to 60 seconds.more -
Something has changed!
Jan 31, 2020 I have been an XM Radio listener for years and my favorite channel is Radio Classics. I have used the app for years to catch up on content I might have missed. The app used to work well for listening to shows that had already aired. However, after they added Pandora features to the XM app, the app became unreliable. Before, switching from segment to segment worked well and the skip forward feature worked well. Now however, as you near the end of one segment, you can no longer reliably click on a different story segment and have the app react.... the sound just stops and you get a spinning wheel. Nothing happens. You can close the app and restart it sometimes to get it to work but here lately, even that is not working. I even deleted the app and re-installed but no joy. This has become exceedingly frustrating and totally ruins one of the main benefits of subscribing to the digital content service. I wish companies would more thoroughly test their updates before “breaking” perfectly good applications.more
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Apr 13, 2021 I have been a subscriber from the beginning, even before it become Sirius XM. I never had and issue until now. The app keeps shutting off after a few minutes. Replay skips to other parts then shuts down. This app used to work flawless until about a year ago. Please fix it as soon as possible. I may need to cancel it's getting that bad.more -
Awful, awful app
Oct 28, 2020 The app is awful. From what I’ve read about the app online, and from the many users who expressed the same complaints as me, I have a strong suspicion that the positive ratings on here are fake. Especially given the number of ratings versus the number of subscribers that Sirius has. I’ve had the app for a while now. Like many, I suspect, I only use it to listen to the “Howard Stern Show.” But the various functions on the app that are supposed to enable you to restart the show from scratch if you don’t tuning immediately when Howard begins, well those functions don’t always work. And if you pause the show at any point, and go back to it, more than half the time it does not resume where you left off. Sometimes, it doesn’t even happen after a pause. If you are walking somewhere listening to the show but not in real time, and you walk through a store’s WiFi or something, the play jumps to the live feed. I’ve read that these problems are very common. A lot of people with the app express this same dissatisfaction. I have brought it to the attention of Sirius, only to be told that I should delete the app and re-download it. Their customer service is as bad as their app. Frankly, because I am so reliant on the app to listen, I am strongly considering canceling my subscription altogether.more -
Apr 12, 2021 I have a terrible time getting the app to work. I have used the app on multiple devices now and it CONSTANTLY errors out and force closes on me, and then I can't get back into it for the rest of the day (I listen while I work remotely). I love my Sirius subscription, but if they can't get this app to work properly, I will dump the whole subscription. I refuse to pay the amount of money I pay for this service and not be able to listen where and when I want.more -
Apr 15, 2021 Stopped streaming music. It only does talk radio. All music stations like Octane won't play. App loads to force Pandora, and then it plays random garbage and commercials. Only good for talk radio, and I already use tune in or Iheart for that. Zero online support for it, zero phone support, Google search results filter out articles with similar issues.more -
Apr 15, 2021 Update: App inconsistent with availability of on demand shows. I receive a 14020 error code about once a week. I have contacted support and received zero help whatsoever. 4/3/2020 The app doesn't open on the first five tries. When it finally does, it won't play OnDemand. Once Howard leaves, this app gets deleted.more
What’s Groovy
I purchased an unlimited cellular Internet subscription to use this app in CarPlay instead of using my actual SiriusXM antenna on my car — THATS’s how much I like using this app.
The last redesign was an amazing step forward. I dreaded updating to iOS 12 and sure enough the app on CarPlay wouldn’t load any of my favorites and recents. Even after this recent CarPlay fix update it didn’t fix much. Recents list still doesn’t load at all. When I still pull up my channel favorites it’ll either never load or have this long delay until it loads or I have to dangerously open the app on my phone to jumpstart it to load. I did notice once I was able to get the channels to load in favorites the recents tab finally loaded up, but still that’s an awkward bug. Just really bad loading issues in regards to displaying listed information in CarPlay all around.
Hopefully a fix is coming soon so that I don’t have to use a one star review to report a bug, but the one star is well earned when the “App Support” link takes you to a FAQ site that doesn’t list this issue or a bug reporting option for this app. This app isn’t even listed on the Contact Us support options. This whole experience is adding misanthropy fuel.
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Nice app and features but unstable. Constantly get the "trying to connect" message when trying to listen to anything. It's not a connection issue on my end as it has occurred on multiple devices in multiple different locations. Very annoying when trying to listen and do work when you constantly have to disconnect and reconnect repeatedly to get it working.
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Serve a 2nd vehicle for free, or use as a fix for an obstructed antenna
By purchasing the high end SiriusXM service for one satellite receiver, you get this excellent streaming capability as a free bonus. If you have a smartphone with a decent data plan, you don’t need to increase satellite charges by adding a subscription for the other vehicle(s). Get it for one, then use your phone to stream the web based service thru the Bluetooth or cable connection to the audio system in your additional vehicle(s). It’s a terrific bargain for me, as I have 2 cars and two RV’s, and I can get full channel service for all four with just one subscription. Also, for those with vehicles (like my truck camper) that have difficulty getting a clear usable obstruction-free sat signal for their partially shadowed antenna, you can subscribe to service for the vehicle radio, then when in conditions when your antenna isn’t reliable, switch to using your smartphone for streaming to that radio from the same sat account via cell service providers. Thanks SiriusXM for offering this excellent, flexible service at a fair package price! -
I love the wide variety, the regular DJ's like Jim Ladd and Carol Miller as well as the guest hosts. I like special stations, and can usually find something for every mood. I have it in my van, but also like it at home and on my phone. Podcasts, news and humor too! Convenient, user friendly and enjoyable.
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I Love Channel 90 so I bought Premium Pkg
I am huge racing fan and especially L❤️VE NASCAR and LeMann racing fan. I began listening to XM Radio my 2005 BMW X-5 and I’ve had it ever since. Now, SirusXm Radio, Initially, I only listened to channel 90 Nascar Radio. Over years I have listened to ESPN OR Fox SportS during college football season. We have it in all 4 cars and two of the tractors. I had not deeply explored other channels until I begin using the app on my mobile device when I’m mowing in Spring amd Summer 12-16 hours a week. They even have workout music by the decade and most recently added Indy Channel, with hosts, Jack Arute and AJ Allmendinger ! Call and they will negotiate a price with you. Only one warning..if you give a credit card number they will auto renew every year. I did not like that and it took a month for them to understand I would either be billed at home the old fashioned way- or cancel. Auto renew takes away a locked in price. They renew at market price.. which was always double the rate I got when I called or this last period I did online via chat session. -
God help you if . . . . . . Update
Like me, you use your iPad in landscape mode. I’ve changed every relevant setting I can think of to get this app to load in landscape mode (as it once did prior to one of the latest updates) but, alas, to no avail. This is so much of a problem that saving the $20 a month I pay for this service is under serious consideration. It’s too much money to pay for the inconvenience of having to turn my iPad 90 degrees to read the app. I would have given it less than one star had that been possible. Update: I’m happy to report that the people at Sirius were listening and have addressed this landscape vs. portrait mode problem. It’s nice to know that there are still some companies out there who listen to their customer’s complaints and respond to them positively, especially in such a short period of time. Happily, I will not have to cancel my subscription, and I can recommend this app without reservation at a solid 5 stars. -
No landscape mode; update horrible for RadioClassics
UPDATE: Thanks for adding the landscape mode back - although why on earth was it removed in the first place??? I have upgraded my rating from 1 star to 3 stars. What would give it one more star - display the times of the previously played RadioClassic shows. I have no idea what played when. You provide the option to listen to earlier shows, but the segments aren’t descriptive enough so I am having to go through all of them to find the show I want to listen to. PREVIOUS REVIEW: As others have stated, not having the ability to view using landscape mode is very annoying. However, not nearly as annoying and useless as what the upgrade has done to the RadioClassics station. Before the update, I could see all the programs that played in the past 5 or 6 hours and select one of those shows - easily. Now —- you can’t see the time a previous show was played and have to guess which item it is in the viewable segments. Viewing all the segments is nearly impossible. No way to easily see and select earlier segments. The upgrade has made the RadioClassics stations impossible to navigate. -
love that this comes with my subscription now, however, have problems with downloads, the only way to delete is to uninstall/reinstall app! I delete them in "manage downloads" and they all come right back. Deleting cache, force stop etc. doesn't help. Grrr!
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CarPlay buggy, no chrome cast support but good sound quality
So glad they recently added Apple CarPlay, however it’s very buggy. Many times favorites don’t load, recents may not load, or the car play screen is just blank. It does work better if you unlock your phone first, but who can do that if your driving and have your phone put down (it auto locks fairly quickly). What is wrong with SiriusXM not offering chromecast functionality? It seems this would be the easiest way to get SXM in your house. To be able to chrome cast SXM would be a great asset to listen at home when doing household work. Other than the very buggy CarPlay support and lack of Chromecast feature, the sound quality is far better than what you get on the actual satellite. You also have access to many more channels and on demand content. This is why I prefer to use the app via CarPlay instead of my cars built in XM tuner. My car only goes up to channels in the 200’s. The app has channels into the 700’s! I’m no longer missing out on Faction or the Emo Project, indie 1.0, or Rock Bar. If only CarPlay worked all the time, this would be a killer app. -
I want the option to exclude a few key bands. Metallica and Rage against the machine... i hear them too much and need a break. I skip or change the channel every time theyre on and that wastes my time. Beyond that i cant imagine mife without sirius xm...
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The more I spend time with this..
The more I’m regretting my app update for it. Why would you fix something that was not broken?? I really hate this new update. There are more cons to point out than pro’s on this! Con: -No mix customizations (BIG NO!) -No info description on each channel and shows within that channel, nor do they provide twitter/phone number to call in the radio channel! -adding favorites just doesn’t work. -backtracking only goes so much as 3 hrs instead of 6 hrs. -there’s no schedule for when upcoming shows are going to broadcast. -channel freezes and locks if your app ended up foreclosing on you or you foreclose the app. (I was always able to resume where I left off EVEN when I foreclosed it, now it makes me lose my place wherever I’m in. REALLY FRUSTRATING ESPECIALLY WITH GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERTS!!!!) -no bright/dim light interface option, I hate how bright this design is now, especially late at night. -takes longer to connect to audio when it used to not on data connection. Pro’s: -Video on-demand for Howard Stern -audio scroller is a bit easier when you want to rewind or fast forward a lot. And that’s all the pros that’s on this app. You have got some MAJOR EDITING to BRING BACK some of the old WITH the new! I feel like my subscription has just plummeted to a mediocre service, I’m really debating on cancelling if they don’t bring back and improve their main qualities of their app. BRING BACK THE OLD APP!!! -
Awesome and loving it, I have xm radio in my car, on my phone, and using the app on my phone I can listen ANYWHERE that the phone has internet or mobile connection
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awesome
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Just Great!
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I love the different channels. But as others have said, connecting, disconnecting is a problem. Also paying for this, I don't expect commercials. Which I get.
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Awesome portable SXM Radio
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Yep
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Easy. Works. Enjoy commercial free radio
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Great!!
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It's a great option. Can't always get radio on a trip
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Most of the time our connection is great only in some areas it will need to search for a signal. Love the different choices.
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I am happy with sirius radio. But I am not able to delete downloads from download manager. Please fix this.0
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Serve a 2nd vehicle for free, or use as a fix for an obstructed antenna
By purchasing the high end SiriusXM service for one satellite receiver, you get this excellent streaming capability as a free bonus. If you have a smartphone with a decent data plan, you don’t need to increase satellite charges by adding a subscription for the other vehicle(s). Get it for one, then use your phone to stream the web based service thru the Bluetooth or cable connection to the audio system in your additional vehicle(s). It’s a terrific bargain for me, as I have 2 cars and two RV’s, and I can get full channel service for all four with just one subscription. Also, for those with vehicles (like my truck camper) that have difficulty getting a clear usable obstruction-free sat signal for their partially shadowed antenna, you can subscribe to service for the vehicle radio, then when in conditions when your antenna isn’t reliable, switch to using your smartphone for streaming to that radio from the same sat account via cell service providers. Thanks SiriusXM for offering this excellent, flexible service at a fair package price! -
I love the wide variety, the regular DJ's like Jim Ladd and Carol Miller as well as the guest hosts. I like special stations, and can usually find something for every mood. I have it in my van, but also like it at home and on my phone. Podcasts, news and humor too! Convenient, user friendly and enjoyable.
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I Love Channel 90 so I bought Premium Pkg
I am huge racing fan and especially L❤️VE NASCAR and LeMann racing fan. I began listening to XM Radio my 2005 BMW X-5 and I’ve had it ever since. Now, SirusXm Radio, Initially, I only listened to channel 90 Nascar Radio. Over years I have listened to ESPN OR Fox SportS during college football season. We have it in all 4 cars and two of the tractors. I had not deeply explored other channels until I begin using the app on my mobile device when I’m mowing in Spring amd Summer 12-16 hours a week. They even have workout music by the decade and most recently added Indy Channel, with hosts, Jack Arute and AJ Allmendinger ! Call and they will negotiate a price with you. Only one warning..if you give a credit card number they will auto renew every year. I did not like that and it took a month for them to understand I would either be billed at home the old fashioned way- or cancel. Auto renew takes away a locked in price. They renew at market price.. which was always double the rate I got when I called or this last period I did online via chat session. -
God help you if . . . . . . Update
Like me, you use your iPad in landscape mode. I’ve changed every relevant setting I can think of to get this app to load in landscape mode (as it once did prior to one of the latest updates) but, alas, to no avail. This is so much of a problem that saving the $20 a month I pay for this service is under serious consideration. It’s too much money to pay for the inconvenience of having to turn my iPad 90 degrees to read the app. I would have given it less than one star had that been possible. Update: I’m happy to report that the people at Sirius were listening and have addressed this landscape vs. portrait mode problem. It’s nice to know that there are still some companies out there who listen to their customer’s complaints and respond to them positively, especially in such a short period of time. Happily, I will not have to cancel my subscription, and I can recommend this app without reservation at a solid 5 stars. -
The more I spend time with this..
The more I’m regretting my app update for it. Why would you fix something that was not broken?? I really hate this new update. There are more cons to point out than pro’s on this! Con: -No mix customizations (BIG NO!) -No info description on each channel and shows within that channel, nor do they provide twitter/phone number to call in the radio channel! -adding favorites just doesn’t work. -backtracking only goes so much as 3 hrs instead of 6 hrs. -there’s no schedule for when upcoming shows are going to broadcast. -channel freezes and locks if your app ended up foreclosing on you or you foreclose the app. (I was always able to resume where I left off EVEN when I foreclosed it, now it makes me lose my place wherever I’m in. REALLY FRUSTRATING ESPECIALLY WITH GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERTS!!!!) -no bright/dim light interface option, I hate how bright this design is now, especially late at night. -takes longer to connect to audio when it used to not on data connection. Pro’s: -Video on-demand for Howard Stern -audio scroller is a bit easier when you want to rewind or fast forward a lot. And that’s all the pros that’s on this app. You have got some MAJOR EDITING to BRING BACK some of the old WITH the new! I feel like my subscription has just plummeted to a mediocre service, I’m really debating on cancelling if they don’t bring back and improve their main qualities of their app. BRING BACK THE OLD APP!!! -
Awesome and loving it, I have xm radio in my car, on my phone, and using the app on my phone I can listen ANYWHERE that the phone has internet or mobile connection
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Something w/accessibility for all ages.
I LOVE Apple Play, don’t get me wrong!! And unfortunately in some newer cars you’ll have to pay for the feature of have Apple Play. I can only assume it’s because the Xirius option is as basic as it can get. Normally, that’s nothing to be bothered about (I’ll just pay for the dealership to ‘install Apple Play’). The eye opener for me was when I bought my now favorite modern car; A 2019 Hyundai Kona. It came with both higher ends of both media options. At first I stuck to what I knew, Apple Play. But the I started leaving Apple Play off, and realizing how much I was enjoying Xirius and the huge variety they offered. And, the price for a subscription was insanely good for all it has (you can customize what you want as well). My favorite is being able the listen to whatever I was, in the car, and picking it up again via my phone, or tablet. Thanks for making options for consumers!!! -
I love my Sirius XM music. Now it comes everywhere with me. ALWAYS great music & ALWAYS what I want to hear. The best music source available.
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Sirisously Addicted
I can no longer listen to regular FM radio. I love my Sirius. Wish you would have done more of a tribute to David Cassidy. A channel for a short time in his honor would be amazing. At the same time, 70’s On 7 should be playing more of David’s stuff from his solo albums, as well as Partridge Family recordings; definitely not enough of the latter, and absolutely none of the forbearing. David broke many records for various things in his career, which widely go unrecognized. I was really disappointed to see no periodicals in his memory, especially a Rolling Stones mag dedication. Such a talented artist should be remembered. I also enjoy 60’s On 6 to get my Mad Men fix; love your regular morning DJ - he’s been everywhere! Cowboy Bob & the 40’s Channel are greatly appreciated when I’m missing my grandparents. I also use the Toddler Channel a lot for my grandchildren. And when I’m feeling a little blue, it’s wonderful that I can listen Christmas music any time of the year to cheer me up! Any chance we could have a Dean Martin channel for a short while? Frank’s channel don’t play him enough. What a legend! And believe it or not, Lawrence Welk still has a huge fan base that tunes in to Public TV every Saturday night to watch his reruns... The Welk Channel, at least during the holidays ? Love you guys. Never go away! Sincerely, Faithful Subscriber Cindy Beye Marshall County, Iowa -
Just changed my rating back to 5 stars! Sirius listened to feedback and fixed the issue with not being able to delete downloaded shows! It is great again!
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I want the option to exclude a few key bands. Metallica and Rage against the machine... i hear them too much and need a break. I skip or change the channel every time theyre on and that wastes my time. Beyond that i cant imagine mife without sirius xm...
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Access to phone and contacts? I don't think so! 🤔👎 Ability to listen to commercial free music? Totally freaking fab-tastic!👍💥🥳
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Great once you you can get what they promise.
I have loved having SiriusXM. I received it as a gift from my daughter so I could listen to baseball. With it, I can hear our beloved Cleveland Indians from my home in New England. (We lived in northeast Ohio for 17 years.). Problem was it took days and several calls to get what my daughter paid for. The station I needed didn’t come in on my radio and it seemed to be quite a problem to get it to work. Worse yet, my husband on a totally different account tried to add the Indians station, and while SiriusXM was quick to charge him for the extra station, they failed to let him know that for some reason his brand new car had the wrong type of radio to get the higher stations. (He already has a basic XM radio package, so still have no clue what the issue was.) The reps that help are very nice, but it should be as easy to get the stations you are looking for, as it is for the XM folk to take your money. -
Resisted, but now regret waiting!
I very much enjoy my automobile XM Radio on multiple vehicles, so did not want to spend more for an iPhone version, but having the XM/Sirius app in my pocket has proven to be even more enjoyable and I use it more than I do the car subscriptions. My favorite station, Classical Pops, is still available on the app even after it was removed from the radio! As a extra bonus, the Christmas music is still available now, and it is almost March. Further, the Fox News and Fox Business programs that I like can be restarted if I am late, or paused when I am interrupted. My only complaint is that the progress bar is inaccurate, so that it is difficult to know where one is in a news program, and the program titles do not keep up to the moment like the music titles do. All in all, I am very satisfied with Sirius/XM. -
Version 5.4.6 crashing when unlocking iPhone
I noticed very quickly after upgrading to 5.4.6 that very frequently when I'm listening and my iPhone screen locks that when I try to unlock it the SXM app briefly seems to freeze up the iPhone and then crashes and obviously stops therefore playing. Has this issue already been reported and is it being looked into? I'm using an iPhone 7 with iOS 10.3.3 still installed. This app is the only one having this issue. I use some other music streaming programs, podcast apps and I haven't seen this happen when using any of them. And it wasn't occurring in SXM neither before I upgraded it to this version. Other than this issue I enjoy the app when I have a subscription and don't have any other major issues with it at this time. -
Love the app, but needs a playback speed option for OnDemand
I really wish there was a playback speed option for OnDemand. I listen almost exclusively to SXM talk & comedy OnDemand, but I miss a lot of episodes of shows that I love and have listened to for years. The problem with so much good content is finding time to listen to it all. I could listen to more episodes if I could play shows at speeds of 1.25x, 1.5x, etc. Aside from that, this version of the app is great. I’ve been a loyal subscriber for well over 10 years and most of that has been using the app (iOS) or online subscriptions. Developers have really paid attention to what subscribers want and this version has way less crashing than ever before and now with videos and the AppleTV app, it is a total game changer for the platform. -
Xm radio is the way to go!
Never thought I’d pay for radio but...after listening to my local country stations for years, the amount of commercials have overcome the music. They also tend to repeat the same songs too much. I tried xm radio on free trial then became a subscriber. It’s great! My two favorite stations are the Highway & Prime country. The highway has an awesome morning show I love and they get the newest country songs before anyone else. Prime country plays the older country songs I grew up with from the 80s & 90s that the local stations just don’t anymore. Best parts, variety & NO commercials ever!! My opinion, totally worth it. And if u get the app for your phone, u can listen anytime anywhere u have good service. I highly recommend Xm. Their customer service is really good as well if u need assistance. Definelty worth it if u love music!! W.D. from N.Y. -
Great when it works, needs help
The app frequently crashes, thus 3 stars. A few things that it lacks are the handoff from one device to the next si you don't have to find your place when switching from device to device, and the error messages are way too cryptic to be of any use. Update for new version- the latest version of the XM App (now there is a version for the iPad and/or landscape mode) is stable, attractive and easy to navigate. I would recommend to anyone who wishes to hear the only real and factual news anywhere in the Media universe plus great music selections, weather, traffic, and sports. An added bonus is the books read aloud channel for those times you’re driving cross country and need to immerse in an alternate reality via the storytelling. -
Good until kicked off
I have a traditional account in my wife’s car and a separate internet account/app access that I pay for. The accounts are consolidated for billing (same user ID). Recently, Sirius decided to give free internet/app access to the car traditional accounts which I think is great. However, last weekend I away from home was using my account app and my wife tried to listen o the app while she cut the grass. If I was away how do I know you ask?I kept getting kicked off my internet account with a message stating Sirius only allows one user to listen at a time. Hymn, now wait a minute I pay for one internet account and the other is associated with my wife’s car. What am I getting billed for? Other than that the internet access is phenomenal and the extra channels are the bomb! -
Great!!...but the data sink is a bummer
It is terrific —fun & convenient to have this on my phone as I did the whole deal thing that they emailed me in order to get it on my phone. The only thing from keeping this a 5 star rating is that I have to stream & use data in order to have this app run - unless I’m on Wi-Fi - which if that’s the case means I’m not in my car which is 90% of reason why I got this streaming deal—it’s so cool to get this app on your phone being that you can go from car to car—but with The technology we have today it should be something that triggers your ability to use a satellite & only battery power on your phone—-not data. Other than that I got my 80s on eight just about anywhere I want to go as long as I don’t go over my data limit and I’m a happy man
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No landscape mode; update horrible for RadioClassics
UPDATE: Thanks for adding the landscape mode back - although why on earth was it removed in the first place??? I have upgraded my rating from 1 star to 3 stars. What would give it one more star - display the times of the previously played RadioClassic shows. I have no idea what played when. You provide the option to listen to earlier shows, but the segments aren’t descriptive enough so I am having to go through all of them to find the show I want to listen to. PREVIOUS REVIEW: As others have stated, not having the ability to view using landscape mode is very annoying. However, not nearly as annoying and useless as what the upgrade has done to the RadioClassics station. Before the update, I could see all the programs that played in the past 5 or 6 hours and select one of those shows - easily. Now —- you can’t see the time a previous show was played and have to guess which item it is in the viewable segments. Viewing all the segments is nearly impossible. No way to easily see and select earlier segments. The upgrade has made the RadioClassics stations impossible to navigate. -
love that this comes with my subscription now, however, have problems with downloads, the only way to delete is to uninstall/reinstall app! I delete them in "manage downloads" and they all come right back. Deleting cache, force stop etc. doesn't help. Grrr!
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CarPlay buggy, no chrome cast support but good sound quality
So glad they recently added Apple CarPlay, however it’s very buggy. Many times favorites don’t load, recents may not load, or the car play screen is just blank. It does work better if you unlock your phone first, but who can do that if your driving and have your phone put down (it auto locks fairly quickly). What is wrong with SiriusXM not offering chromecast functionality? It seems this would be the easiest way to get SXM in your house. To be able to chrome cast SXM would be a great asset to listen at home when doing household work. Other than the very buggy CarPlay support and lack of Chromecast feature, the sound quality is far better than what you get on the actual satellite. You also have access to many more channels and on demand content. This is why I prefer to use the app via CarPlay instead of my cars built in XM tuner. My car only goes up to channels in the 200’s. The app has channels into the 700’s! I’m no longer missing out on Faction or the Emo Project, indie 1.0, or Rock Bar. If only CarPlay worked all the time, this would be a killer app. -
New features but lacking polish
Lots of glitz and glamour over the new features, & call me crazy, but it actually seems *harder* to just get to my downloaded shows now... Also, if there’s something that looks cool on my home page, better remember it or keep swiping b/c it just scrolls away after a few seconds... sure it’s good to show the different options, but annoying. It also seems to have obfuscated which is actually a new show, or even to just get to what is actually playing live on 100 now. For all its faults, this was not an issue with the old version. All this complaining aside I do like the new app and addition of video clips etc. I’m just looking forward to some revision with usability/ease of use in mind—so keep it up dev team!! Thanks for a great app, I will change to five stars when updated! I do like the more streamlined way to manage/delete downloads and the addition of forward and backward skipping by a few seconds (which was sorely needed). So it’s great & I love it—that’s why I’m saying it just needs a few revisions to be the best in my opinion, thanks. -
Volume Bar?
Nice app for the most part, but some silly omissions...Volume Bar for iPad?..., iPhone has it...albeit flawed...it needs to stay on the screen permanently and be further down so you don’t run into the other bar above it that handles rew/ff.... I waited for years for a last channel "jump to" button so you can quickly toggle between two channels?!? Recent‘s from the latest update covers that... it’s about time! I have felt for years like the people who develop this app never use it, because if you’ve ever used a television remote control in your life an A/B button and the volume button is what you use the most and if you haven’t noticed, the volume buttons on phones are often not so easy, particularly if you have a case on it! Thus the volume needs to stay on the LCD screen at all times not appear and disappear ...once you have touched the button on the side, why would you then need to then slide over to the one that appears on the screen.. it’s moronic!! Someone needs to make more of an effort and this can be 5 stars! -
Ok but crowded
At a point an app can become crowded and more complicated than needed. This app is one of them and less would be better. It plays music and videos but because of the clutter the main purpose of the app is lacking. Tried using it on the Apple TV but that is silly because whoever designed the app apparently has never used the Apple TV app or just likes pretty pictures. Deleting it off the tv because it simply freezes up and is worthless. The phone app works but again simple is better with less clutter and less bandwidth required to load and run. Actually you seem to be going in the wrong direction especially considering how expensive your service is compared to better streaming services. When Pandora comes with a car radio I imagine your subscriptions with decline a great deal. Shame that your service is worse and your prices increase. -
I can not dial back w new update
I’ve been a SiriusXM subscriber for over 10 years, and i must say that the new format change is awful. I listen to several channels where I once could scan backwards up to six hours for content. The new format no longer allows for that. My favorites are now mixed in with channels I don't care about. And trying to find out where I am when I find them takes way too much effort. I pay a premium rate for this service primarily to use on my iPhone. It used to be so easy and convenient but the new format is just too hard to use. As i mentioned I’ve been a SiriusXM subscriber for over 10 years, weathered many changes but this change is the worst yet. Please fix these problems or provide an option to go back to the previous version and the more intuitive format. I once loved this app, but I’m not listening anymore, too frustrating. I’m very disappointed. -
Meh, save yourself some money and listen to iHeartRadio
I found a better variety of music on iheart radio with the added bonus of being able to search and listen for specific bands or podcasts. And iHeartRadio is free. So you have to listen to one commercial once in a great while... totally worth it. Also, the cancellation process is nasty. You can’t cancel within the app or even online. You actually have to call customer service. I was called Valerie, then Sonya (twice). Neither of which are remotely close to my name. Awkward! Then I was given the option to GET A DEAL. No thank you. I was put on hold, I erroneously thought to process the cancellation. WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER DEAL. Nope, still trying to cancel. Put on hold again, for cancellation? NOPE ANOTHER DEAL. I admit by then I lost my temper and said,” I. Just. Want. To. Cancel!” Then SiriusXM was able to! And they only called me Sonya one more time. -
Worst iPhone app EVER!
Where do I even begin? There is some kind of serious flaw that starts app to play even when it’s not activated. Last week I had to call 911 because there was an accident. Imagine my embarrassment when Howard Stern started playing over me! Every morning on the way to work I have to fight the app to get it to play where I would like it too. Some brainiac thought it was a good idea to put the time bar right next to the other buttons at the top. What could go wrong, right? How could such a massive company have such an oversight is beyond me. Whatever I called to complain I always get transferred to a middle eastern guy with the name of Henry. What’s up with that? I am going to be canceling my subscription because I hate them from the bottom of my heart and wish the imbeciles in charge an infinity in hell trying to tune in the Howard Stern show. Go Scratch! -
Good App, awful CarPlay Support
The app itself, on an iPhone is fine. Sounds good, the organization of favorites into tiles is pretty decent, sound quality (on maximum) is great, etc. Where the app needs serious work is with CarPlay. First, the app needs Siri and Siri Shortcuts integration! That should be at the very top of SiriusXMs todo list. Right now, the app is a safety hazard asking for an accident in CarPlay. I should be able to say “Hey Siri, play SiriusXM alt nation” instead of taking my eyes off the road and fumbling through the SiriusXM CarPlay UI. After you have complete Siri and Siri Shortcuts integration, number 2 on your todo list has to be to clean up the UI. Bring the Favorites tiles UI to CarPlay and have the app open to the Favorites tiles, not whatever the random, text-heavy screen it’s opening to right now is. Those two UI cleanups are going to make SiriusXM a much better (and SAFER!) CarPlay app!
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The ability to work with Android Auto needs improvement. It constantly flashes that it's trying to recover connection even when I have a strong signal or on Wi-Fi sitting in the garage. I will usually have to restart my phone while driving because once it cuts out and stops playing it will not start up again. Also, unless I can't find it, there's no ability to access the downloads on your car's screen, I have to access the app and play which kind of defeats the purpose of using Android Auto.
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I have been a subscriber from the beginning, even before it become Sirius XM. I never had and issue until now. The app keeps shutting off after a few minutes. Replay skips to other parts then shuts down. This app used to work flawless until about a year ago. Please fix it as soon as possible. I may need to cancel it's getting that bad.
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Awful, awful app
The app is awful. From what I’ve read about the app online, and from the many users who expressed the same complaints as me, I have a strong suspicion that the positive ratings on here are fake. Especially given the number of ratings versus the number of subscribers that Sirius has. I’ve had the app for a while now. Like many, I suspect, I only use it to listen to the “Howard Stern Show.” But the various functions on the app that are supposed to enable you to restart the show from scratch if you don’t tuning immediately when Howard begins, well those functions don’t always work. And if you pause the show at any point, and go back to it, more than half the time it does not resume where you left off. Sometimes, it doesn’t even happen after a pause. If you are walking somewhere listening to the show but not in real time, and you walk through a store’s WiFi or something, the play jumps to the live feed. I’ve read that these problems are very common. A lot of people with the app express this same dissatisfaction. I have brought it to the attention of Sirius, only to be told that I should delete the app and re-download it. Their customer service is as bad as their app. Frankly, because I am so reliant on the app to listen, I am strongly considering canceling my subscription altogether. -
I have a terrible time getting the app to work. I have used the app on multiple devices now and it CONSTANTLY errors out and force closes on me, and then I can't get back into it for the rest of the day (I listen while I work remotely). I love my Sirius subscription, but if they can't get this app to work properly, I will dump the whole subscription. I refuse to pay the amount of money I pay for this service and not be able to listen where and when I want.
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Stopped streaming music. It only does talk radio. All music stations like Octane won't play. App loads to force Pandora, and then it plays random garbage and commercials. Only good for talk radio, and I already use tune in or Iheart for that. Zero online support for it, zero phone support, Google search results filter out articles with similar issues.
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Too many bugs
I have MANY apps on my phone and this one has to be one of the most unreliable. Too many issues to list here but the top two that make me crazy are #1 It stops working randomly mid shows, doesn't matter if its while listening to an on demand episode, a download or live. The app would go into a never ending loading state or just crash completely. #2 the most annoying and dangerous bug is when the app randomly starts playing in my pocket at the worst times. I listen to some XL rated shows with adult language and these shows that i haven't listened to for a few hours or sometimes haven't listened to that day at all will just start playing, full volume, in my pocket. The app is not running so i cant even kill it, i have to frantically turn the volume down then go into my control center and pause it. Its gotten to the point where if i’m going into certain places i have to turn my volume all the way down because i cant trust the app to not start playing, or i need to make sure the last thing i listen to is “safe”....Also when my phone connects to the bluetooth in my vehicles it just starts playing if i want it to or not, again the app isn't even running. Its ridiculous..... -
Update: App inconsistent with availability of on demand shows. I receive a 14020 error code about once a week. I have contacted support and received zero help whatsoever. 4/3/2020 The app doesn't open on the first five tries. When it finally does, it won't play OnDemand. Once Howard leaves, this app gets deleted.
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Favorites won’t save & keep getting deleted
Does Sirius even read these user reviews and care about customer service? For 2 months all my favorites keep getting deleted. Lately it seems to occur almost daily, sometimes even twice in a day. Before that it had been every couple weeks. I’ve seen other reviews claiming the same thing. Do you even read the user reviews? Last month I even sent a Feedback email to tech support reporting the issue and was given a response that they will reply back within 24 hrs. Nope. Nothing. Not even a follow up. And meanwhile, the problem has gotten worse and it’s very time consuming to constantly go back & forth re adding shows to the favorites list. In addition, 3 times in the past week and as recently as last night, I haven’t been able to access anything because the app keeps saying “we’re sorry but you seem to be offline. Please check your WiFi connection or try again later.” There’s been absolutely nothing wrong with my internet & WiFi. This used to be my favorite app and I use it daily mostly for MLB Radio. But lately this app has been horrible and I’m paying too much money for an annual subscription to put up with this crap. -
The app never retains the Audio Streaming Quality setting and resets to the poor quality "Normal" setting every time you start the app even if you set it at "High" or "Maximum" previously.
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I enjoy listening to the vast number of options. However the app is so quirky. It will often crash. Sometimes closing the app and reopening app will work. Sometimes I have to reboot the phone. And no matter what I am listening to there seems to be a quirk where random songs will start back to the beginning after playing the first 30 to 60 seconds.
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App constantly malfunctions by either shutting down or not opening.
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I Change Cellular Data Quality But Doesn't Stay Maximum.
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I have to go into settings everytime I open the application and reset to maximum bitrate. After you close and reopen the application reverts to the lowest bitrate and reset is needed again. Doesn't matter if on cellular or WiFi the bug is the same. I like the app design but this bug needs fixed
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Password problems
It seems I pay for crap and all attempts to create and ENTER apps. Fail << fix your crap!! Stop stealing from me >>>> $2 -
Worst Ever
I am anxiously awaiting a new radio streaming company to replace Sirius. For all the big names they have on their channel they can’t create an app that works to save their life. It is the most inconsistently performing app of any that I use and I am at the point where I’m ready to dump the whole thing. Half the time if you pause a live show it jumps to a completely different show when you try and restart. Many times I try and play an on demand show and it just goes around and around and around and never plays. It’s just incredibly frustrating that it’s so poorly executed abs when you read countless similar reviews you have to wonder where their money is going! -
Stops playing
It will randomly just stop playing. Pauses for no reason whatsoever. -
Garbage
App has more bugs than an East Colfax motel! Any glowing review of this wreck is a fake. Sirius charges WAY too much for their lo-fi satellite feed anyway. Signal dropouts and a lousy app are no way to run a business. C'mon Starlink! -
Bad connectivity, bad functionality...and there’s no choice but to use it.
Imagine listening to a past episode of a show, and you want to forward to the next episode. Well, tough, you can’t; you have to make your way back to the episode library, scroll down and select the next episode. A big deal, in and of itself...? No, but it’s 2021; basic audio controls aren’t the mystery they might have been in the past. Add to that inexplicable connectivity problems: full bars and strong wifi...? Doesn’t matter, the SiriusXM app will find a way to not play what you just told it to play. -
App will not recognize me to allow play outside of car on my I phone
I am having issues with the app. I have tried several times without success to get the app set up on my iPhone 12 Pro Max. Is there a known issue? Who do I need to speak to so that I can take advantage of this service which is already paid for and is supposed to be available to me?????? So frustrated right now. I will restate after issue is resolved. Thank you. -
Barely works. Way too many bugs for pay service.
Use YouTube instead, it’s free.
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The ability to work with Android Auto needs improvement. It constantly flashes that it's trying to recover connection even when I have a strong signal or on Wi-Fi sitting in the garage. I will usually have to restart my phone while driving because once it cuts out and stops playing it will not start up again. Also, unless I can't find it, there's no ability to access the downloads on your car's screen, I have to access the app and play which kind of defeats the purpose of using Android Auto.
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Too many bugs
I have MANY apps on my phone and this one has to be one of the most unreliable. Too many issues to list here but the top two that make me crazy are #1 It stops working randomly mid shows, doesn't matter if its while listening to an on demand episode, a download or live. The app would go into a never ending loading state or just crash completely. #2 the most annoying and dangerous bug is when the app randomly starts playing in my pocket at the worst times. I listen to some XL rated shows with adult language and these shows that i haven't listened to for a few hours or sometimes haven't listened to that day at all will just start playing, full volume, in my pocket. The app is not running so i cant even kill it, i have to frantically turn the volume down then go into my control center and pause it. Its gotten to the point where if i’m going into certain places i have to turn my volume all the way down because i cant trust the app to not start playing, or i need to make sure the last thing i listen to is “safe”....Also when my phone connects to the bluetooth in my vehicles it just starts playing if i want it to or not, again the app isn't even running. Its ridiculous..... -
The app never retains the Audio Streaming Quality setting and resets to the poor quality "Normal" setting every time you start the app even if you set it at "High" or "Maximum" previously.
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I enjoy listening to the vast number of options. However the app is so quirky. It will often crash. Sometimes closing the app and reopening app will work. Sometimes I have to reboot the phone. And no matter what I am listening to there seems to be a quirk where random songs will start back to the beginning after playing the first 30 to 60 seconds.
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Something has changed!
I have been an XM Radio listener for years and my favorite channel is Radio Classics. I have used the app for years to catch up on content I might have missed. The app used to work well for listening to shows that had already aired. However, after they added Pandora features to the XM app, the app became unreliable. Before, switching from segment to segment worked well and the skip forward feature worked well. Now however, as you near the end of one segment, you can no longer reliably click on a different story segment and have the app react.... the sound just stops and you get a spinning wheel. Nothing happens. You can close the app and restart it sometimes to get it to work but here lately, even that is not working. I even deleted the app and re-installed but no joy. This has become exceedingly frustrating and totally ruins one of the main benefits of subscribing to the digital content service. I wish companies would more thoroughly test their updates before “breaking” perfectly good applications. -
Not crazy about the update
I use this app all the time and I’m really frustrated by some of the changes in the update. It’s fine for listening to music but I also love the Radio Classics channel and the update is horrible for that. You used to be able to see the past few hours of individual shows, as well as the upcoming few hours of individual shows. Now all it shows is the past 45 minutes or so and the title of the hours long “Radio Classics” or “ When Radio Was” but not the individual programs being broadcast. And shows what commercials are played during that 45 minutes. Who would care about that?! It also used to let you choose individual programs as favorites to star ( The Jack Benny Program or Suspense, for example). Now the only options appear to be the 2 Radio Classics or When Radio Was shows ( which consist of several hours of individual programs that seem to be impossible to see within the app now). Why would an update provide fewer features than the old version ? Very frustrating. Please fix. -
Can’t sign in
I’ve been using this app for years and there are always issues. The current one (and it’s kind of a big one) is that I can’t get passed the login screen. I’ve been trying to log in since March 11th, when I was logged out randomly (which happens occasionally with most subscription apps, so no big deal). Today is April 1, and I still haven’t been able to log in. I know my credentials, so that’s not the problem. I can still log into my account on the web, it’s just the mobile app I can’t sign into. I type in my credentials and the SiriusXM logo pops up and loads indefinitely. I’ve reached out to support (phone and email) but it’s impossible getting in touch right now, which is understandable in the current circumstances. I get it, I just don’t want to be paying for something I can’t use. You also can’t cancel your account without speaking to a representative. As stated above, that’s nearly impossible right now. And there’s no online option to cancel. Not sure what to do at this point. -
CarPlay is a Joke
If you’re planning on using this app with CarPlay, don’t waste your time. I’ve been a SXM user since the early days of XM Radio and the app has always been horrible. The current version is no exception. I use CarPlay now instead of my car’s infotainment system. SXM could care less about their CarPlay users and it shows. The app will frequently not load, not play and show the incorrect song on the favorites screen, among other annoying bugs that never get fixed (even though I report them through the app). Furthermore, the UI is terrible. There is no way to “channel surf” and flip from one favorite to another without touching the screen in the car. The seek buttons attempt to rewind and fast forward instead of flipping through your favorites. They also have not implemented Siri integration so no way to request another station by voice. Using this app in the car has actually made me less of a SXM fan and more of an Apple Music fan. If things don’t improve before my subscription is up this year, I won’t renew. -
Sometimes it works
This app has to be the worst app for issues. Sometimes it works fine then they update it and it never fails that it causes issues. If you email customer service you get the same response every time. They tell you to delete the app and reinstall it. I don’t want to have to do that at least once a month because then I lose all the shows I’ve downloaded . I don’t have unlimited data so I like that I can download the shows I’ve missed onto the app to listen to in the car. I just wish it was more consistent and didn’t have an issue every time they put out an update. Right now the issue is that if I stop listening to a show and go back to it later it will restart from the beginning and not where I left off. Then I have to try to figure out where I was. I wish they’d add a forward button that only went like 20 seconds instead of having to either forward past a whole segment or slide to another part of the show but not knowing where you’ll end up stopping. -
The redesign has made it so much worse
I love SiriusXM. I’m a streaming-only customer... I live in NYC and never drive. So this app and the web app are the only ways I listen to SiriusXM. The content is what keeps me coming back. However, this application post-redesign a few months ago is one of the worst I’ve ever seen. Something basic: entering the app, you’re sometimes prompted by one of those “rate this on iTunes” dialogs. Ok, fine. Everyone needs to keep their rating up, I get it. However, the modal for that interaction doesn’t have an overlay that shows that other actions in the application are disabled. It looks like the other functions of the player... play/pause, etc. are usable. So I spend 20 seconds thinking the app is broken, until I realize there’s a modal for review in the foreground. Then I start streaming. That works fine, until I encounter connectivity issues, which is most of the commute in NYC. The “go live” button isn’t a button.. it’s just text, and has no indication that it’s been pressed (which is mobile app dev 101). It feels like the press event hasn’t happened. I’m usually sure that it didn’t, and that the app is broken. Most of the time I terminate the entire app and reload it to get a working stream. Honestly, you should fire anyone involved with the redesign of this application. They don’t have enough experience to develop a coherent mobile application. Whoever implemented the previous version seemed to know what they were doing.
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I have been a subscriber from the beginning, even before it become Sirius XM. I never had and issue until now. The app keeps shutting off after a few minutes. Replay skips to other parts then shuts down. This app used to work flawless until about a year ago. Please fix it as soon as possible. I may need to cancel it's getting that bad.
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Awful, awful app
The app is awful. From what I’ve read about the app online, and from the many users who expressed the same complaints as me, I have a strong suspicion that the positive ratings on here are fake. Especially given the number of ratings versus the number of subscribers that Sirius has. I’ve had the app for a while now. Like many, I suspect, I only use it to listen to the “Howard Stern Show.” But the various functions on the app that are supposed to enable you to restart the show from scratch if you don’t tuning immediately when Howard begins, well those functions don’t always work. And if you pause the show at any point, and go back to it, more than half the time it does not resume where you left off. Sometimes, it doesn’t even happen after a pause. If you are walking somewhere listening to the show but not in real time, and you walk through a store’s WiFi or something, the play jumps to the live feed. I’ve read that these problems are very common. A lot of people with the app express this same dissatisfaction. I have brought it to the attention of Sirius, only to be told that I should delete the app and re-download it. Their customer service is as bad as their app. Frankly, because I am so reliant on the app to listen, I am strongly considering canceling my subscription altogether. -
I have a terrible time getting the app to work. I have used the app on multiple devices now and it CONSTANTLY errors out and force closes on me, and then I can't get back into it for the rest of the day (I listen while I work remotely). I love my Sirius subscription, but if they can't get this app to work properly, I will dump the whole subscription. I refuse to pay the amount of money I pay for this service and not be able to listen where and when I want.
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Stopped streaming music. It only does talk radio. All music stations like Octane won't play. App loads to force Pandora, and then it plays random garbage and commercials. Only good for talk radio, and I already use tune in or Iheart for that. Zero online support for it, zero phone support, Google search results filter out articles with similar issues.
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Update: App inconsistent with availability of on demand shows. I receive a 14020 error code about once a week. I have contacted support and received zero help whatsoever. 4/3/2020 The app doesn't open on the first five tries. When it finally does, it won't play OnDemand. Once Howard leaves, this app gets deleted.
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Favorites won’t save & keep getting deleted
Does Sirius even read these user reviews and care about customer service? For 2 months all my favorites keep getting deleted. Lately it seems to occur almost daily, sometimes even twice in a day. Before that it had been every couple weeks. I’ve seen other reviews claiming the same thing. Do you even read the user reviews? Last month I even sent a Feedback email to tech support reporting the issue and was given a response that they will reply back within 24 hrs. Nope. Nothing. Not even a follow up. And meanwhile, the problem has gotten worse and it’s very time consuming to constantly go back & forth re adding shows to the favorites list. In addition, 3 times in the past week and as recently as last night, I haven’t been able to access anything because the app keeps saying “we’re sorry but you seem to be offline. Please check your WiFi connection or try again later.” There’s been absolutely nothing wrong with my internet & WiFi. This used to be my favorite app and I use it daily mostly for MLB Radio. But lately this app has been horrible and I’m paying too much money for an annual subscription to put up with this crap. -
TRASH CUSTOMER SERVICE
I would never promote you guys the worst customer service I’ve EVER HAD I work at the T-mobile call center service and this would be unacceptable and what would be Labeled a “customer mistreat”. You couldn’t refund me my money because service were so call provided after a free trial was over. Your team didn’t even take the time acknowledge the fact that I’ve tried reaching you guys multiple times to cancel service BEFORE THE TRIAL ENDED but because yall chose to continue a service I was not using or paying for anymore this is my fault. Then soon as I got money on the card that was on the account that yall stopped trying to charge, you went ahead and took the money today. This morning I finally got a hold to someone after calling three times because the 1st two tries I the reps hung up and the messaging team I contacted before y’all opened they reply when they want. You won’t get a message back in time unless you text them multiple times or say a bad review and this happens when your ALREADY CONNECTED with a rep. Its obvious I wasn’t using the service why else would I call for a $8.79 refund it’s not that much money. -
This app is not worth the trouble. As others indicate, after 5-10 minutes, it loses its connection and is difficult to resume. Particularly frustrating when on the treadmill at the gym. No issues at all with other streaming services, but I would prefer to listen to XM podcasts. I have tried all the remedies related to the screen locking- has nothing to do with this as far as I can tell. Pretty bad considering what we pay for this service.
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Used to be good, not sure what happened but app either freezes or I can't shut it off. All after an update!
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I've never had a problem with this app but for the past few days, every time I open the app, it closes right back up again. I unistalled it and reinstalled it and it's still doing the same thing. Please fix this problem! Thanks **UPDATE** So, after my first review, my app started working properly but now, suddenly it's not working again. I've reset my password twice, I Uninstalled and reinstalled the app and it's still not signing me in. It's so frustrating! Please fix this. Thank you. 4-12-21
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