NPR One lands for Windows and Windows Phone as a gorgeous universal app

NPR One for Windows 8.1

National Public Radio today has released their new NPR One app for Windows Phone 8.ane and Windows viii.1. The app is universal, appearing to use the same code across both platforms. It is besides very minimalist, modern, and well done.

NPR One is not your standard public radio app. Instead, it is a new attempt by NPR to create a more "personalised" experience based on your preferences. You get a combination of alive radio from your local radio station, in addition to suggesting programs. You lot can likewise search things you lot are interested in, and the service will begin to cater to your tastes.

NPR One for Windows Phone

Features include:

A personalized stream of NPR and local station news and stories
Skip, rewind, pause and share
Search for your favorite shows, stations, and podcasts
International, national, regional and local content
A unproblematic, intuitive interface

The app does crave yous to login, merely luckily you can do that with either an NPR.org or Microsoft Account. Because of the latter integration, you lot get the feeling that Microsoft played a role here in the app's development.

NPR 1 is super make clean with just a big play, pause, rewind and skip button. If you discover something you like, just tap the "interesting" icon then the service can remember your preferences. You can also share the story through the new Share picker in Windows Phone 8.ane.

Audio quality is excellent, and the tutorial, when you first launch the app, is smart. In short, this one of the nicest looking universal apps to come along notwithstanding. Both apps also feature a Alive Tile to brandish the latest playing content.

Although Bank of America may exist ending back up for Windows Phone, the arrival of NPR Ane to both platforms certainly helps make upwards for it. The app launched on iOS back in May 2022, only at least it is here now on Windows Phone.

Note: Since NPR is a US-based and publicly funded organization, it is not clear how well the app volition work outside of the US. We have been able to install and login from the Uk, though, so if you lot're interested definitely accept a look.