Audialta
Listening on the go
I leave the house and the Wi-Fi. Does the radio stop?
No. Audialta notices the switch to cellular and reconnects right away. At most you hear a short gap. If there’s no network at all, in a tunnel for example, Audialta reconnects as soon as the network is back.
What happens when I get into a car with CarPlay?
The sound switches to the car’s speakers by itself. In CarPlay you’ll find your favorites, all stations and your genres. Tap a station to start it; under “Now Playing” you see the track and cover. You can also start and stop with the buttons on the steering wheel or with Siri.
Some cars start their own source when you connect. That depends on the car, not on Audialta.
I get out and put on my headphones. Why is it quiet?
As soon as CarPlay or your headphones disconnect, the radio stops. That way the sound doesn’t suddenly come out of the iPhone in your pocket. Once your headphones are connected, just press Play: on the headphones, on the Lock Screen or in Control Center. You then hear what the station is playing right now.
I put on my headphones while the iPhone is still connected to the car.
Then iOS decides where the sound plays. You can switch in Control Center with the AirPlay icon.
I pick up my iPhone and unlock it. Does that change anything?
No. The Lock Screen shows what’s playing, and you can control it there too. Unlocking or opening the app doesn’t affect playback.
A phone call interrupted the radio. Does it carry on afterwards?
Yes. After a call, a navigation prompt or Siri, Audialta resumes the station by itself. Because it’s live radio, you hear what’s on now, not what you missed.
Stations and playback
A station won’t play.
Open the station with Edit and tap Check Stream. If Audialta reports “Format not supported”, the station broadcasts in a format such as Ogg/Vorbis; often its website also offers an MP3 or AAC stream. If Audialta reports “Stream unreachable”, the address may have changed. Search for the station again in the radio directory.
If a station won’t play or stutters on iPhone or iPad even though Check Stream says it’s playable, turn on Use System Playback in Settings and tell us the station at feedback@audialta.app.
No track appears, or only the station name.
The station doesn’t send track information. Audialta can’t change that. Some stations offer several streams, and only one of them sends the tracks.
The cover doesn’t match the track.
Audialta searches Apple’s catalog by artist and title. With very generic titles there can be a wrong match. The cover then belongs to a song with the same name.
Pause on my headphones stops the radio.
That’s intentional: a live station can’t be paused. When you play it again, you hear what’s on right now.
The radio starts by itself when I open the app.
Audialta resumes the last station you played if you quit the app during playback. You can turn this off in Settings under Playback.
Some stations are much louder than others.
On iPhone and iPad Audialta evens this out: Level Volume is on in Settings and brings loud and quiet stations to a similar volume. This isn’t available on the Mac or for HLS streams.
On my HomePod even the lowest step is too loud.
That happens with stations mixed very loud. With Level Volume (iPhone and iPad, on in Settings) Audialta plays them more quietly, so you can set even a HomePod finely and low. If Use System Playback is on, leveling has no effect.
iCloud and Siri
My stations don’t appear on my other device.
Check that you’re signed in to iCloud with the same Apple Account on both devices. Syncing needs an internet connection and can take a moment. If your iCloud storage is full, Audialta tells you.
Siri can’t find my station.
Say the name the way it’s called in Audialta. With unusual names, it helps to give the station a simpler name in Audialta, such as “SRF 3” instead of “Radio SRF 3 – Best Pop”.
Apple Watch
My watch shows “No Stations Yet”.
Your watch gets the station list from your iPhone. Open Audialta on your iPhone once and keep it near your watch; your stations appear shortly afterwards. You can only add stations on your iPhone, not on your watch.
Can my watch play radio without my iPhone?
Yes, with Audialta Pro. Choose On Watch at the top of the station list. Your watch then plays radio on its own, over Wi-Fi or cellular, on your Bluetooth headphones. If the connection drops, it reconnects by itself. You buy Pro in Audialta on your iPhone, in Settings. Without Pro, your watch controls the radio on your iPhone.
My watch says “iPhone Not Reachable”.
With On iPhone, your watch is a remote control and needs a connection to your iPhone. Keep your iPhone nearby and try again. With Audialta Pro, you can choose On Watch instead; your watch then plays without your iPhone.
Still have a question?
Write to feedback@audialta.app with your device, system version, the version shown under Settings › About Audialta and, if it’s about a station, its stream URL.