Listen to live audio from over 2,900 police and fire scanners, weather radios, and amateur radio repeaters from around the world (with more being added daily).
Configure alerts to have the app notify you when lots of people are listening to a scanner (indicating that something big may be happening).
The audio is provided by volunteers using real scanner radios. If your area is not available, see the menu in the app for information on how to get it added.
Install the Scanner Radio Chat Plug-In (it's free) to get access to the Scanner Radio chat rooms (see the plug-in's description for more information).
This is the free version of the app, below are the benefits of getting the Pro version:
* The Pro version contains no ads.
* The play button at the top of the directory screens and on the widgets is functional.
* Allows you to specify when you want to receive listener alerts.
* Allows you to listen to archived audio (from the past 2-3 weeks) if you have a RadioReference.com Premium Subscription. Their premium subscription is $15 for 6 months, without it you will not be able to access their audio archives using the app.
* Use with *this* version of the app to listen to two scanners at once.
The "Read Phone State" permission is needed by the app so that it can detect when you're placing a phone call (or when one is being received) so that it can automatically stop the streaming of the scanner audio so that it doesn't interfere with the call.
If the audio repeats, you hear RadioReference.com's audio lead-in repeatedly, or the app stays connected for only a short time, try selecting "Settings" from the menu, then "Player settings", and then try changing the "Streaming method" setting.
Note that the widgets are not available if the app has been installed on an SD card. If you can't find the widgets, move the app off of your SD card.
Follow "Scanner Radio" on Facebook or ScannerRadio on Twitter to be notified about service interruptions, new beta versions, etc.
Keywords: police scanner, radio scanner
Recent changes:
Added the ability to share what you're listening to with others via Facebook, e-mail, or another app (like a Twitter client).
Added the ability to specify when you do not want to receive listener alert notifications (available only when Scanner Radio Pro installed).
Added support for being able to communicate service outage information via a message displayed at the top of directory screens.
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For the most part, these apps suck.
I was listening to FDNY and LAFD at the same time on two phones, and it was exactly the same feed. Several others did that as well. So really, either the devs. are lying about how much they offer or that it simply doesn't work.
I was listening to FDNY and LAFD at the same time on two phones, and it was exactly the same feed. Several others did that as well. So really, either the devs. are lying about how much they offer or that it simply doesn't work.
They use the same frequencies I think paramedics do also.
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Originally Posted by DankNasty
They use the same frequencies I think paramedics do also.
lol look at his original post, he listed two different departments in two different parts of the country and said they were the same exact chat meaning that it was the same situation happening.
I loved this app but nothing ever happens and when it does I wonder how accurate it is in terms of grabbing it and streaming it instantly or just being from an archive.
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Originally Posted by NoNameFace
I love this app! I use it and my 14 year old son uses it. Never had any issues with it at all.
I'm not talking about technical issues, I'm talking about either these feeds are just generic and not real, or they are backlogs of previous recorded calls.
I'm waiting for a local fire dispatch to test the FDNY one.
I'm not talking about technical issues, I'm talking about either these feeds are just generic and not real, or they are backlogs of previous recorded calls.
I'm waiting for a local fire dispatch to test the FDNY one.
so how did the test go..... was it a real time feeds or just recordings?
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Well some of it is live, but very very delayed. It takes about a minute for the app to broadcast the original signal. Plus, a lot of the time, the channels are down because whoever manages the feed either has bad bandwidth or forgot about it.
I think the problems ya'll are having stem from the people providing the stream rather than the app itself. I use Scanner Radio Pro and have tested it by listening to both the app and officers with someone pulled over in front of my house and I experience about a 3 second delay, which is to be expected as the streams are sent over the air waves, picked up by a radio reference geek and rebroadcast over the net.
Edit: Free version worked just as well, but if you want to play/stop from the widget you need Pro.
I've been using the Free version for over a week since I got my phone and it works, since I live in a bi-state area and listen to two different depts channels...they are different and not the same chatter.
i listen to the Chicago Police via this scanner and it is almost certainly live, since when a cop or dispatch mentions the time it's usually within a minute or two of the time on my phone. at night the chicago band will easily have 400 people listening in and sometimes as many as 600-700. never a dull moment in the city of wind, that's for sure.
This app helps me 'keep an eye' on my hubby and kids when they are on a fire call, as well as even lets me know what roads might be effected when the local siren goes off...that said, it is my understanding that the author of this app (as well as the PC one) has little to no control over what is on the frequencies, the frequencies are basically being rebroadcast over the internet by volunteers who run scanners in their local areas.
BTW, I was a Lieutenant Paramedic for FDNY, and spent 9 years inside the 911 dispatch center, so I do have a bit of a clue about this stuff.
Scanner Radio: awesome police scanner and its free!??!!
