Updates coming for the BBC Radio player series

We’ve had our heads down working on the latest update to the BBC Radio player series which makes use of yet more Mango features. Expect to find the following new features in the release planned for next week:

  • Reminder function for programmes later in the schedule
  • Direct links to the selected BBC programme’s website
  • Better checks for playback over GSM if the option to block is set
  • Ability to pin the current station to the Start screen (BBC Radio Player only)
  • Addition of 16 new World Service channels including Arabic, Russian and French (BBC Radio Player only)