Sirius

• Sirius/XM
• Sirius
• Sirius XM Radio
• XM Radio
• Sirius XM
• SiriusXM

In the early 2000s, Sirius and XM were satellite radio’s twin faces, at a time when the medium was still a novel and unproven concept. The services merged in 2008 to form SiriusXM Internet Radio, which has since evolved into a top streaming service that allows you to listen to music, talk, and sports on your PC, smartphone, tablet, or internet radio device, as well as in a variety of motor vehicles. SiriusXM focuses heavily on live audio content, and the ease and convenience with which it allows you to access the service’s many excellent shows and channels distinguish the platform in a crowded streaming audio field. As a result, among streaming music services, SiriusXM Internet Radio is an easy Editors’ Choice. SiriusXM has the most ridiculously long list of subscription plans of any music streaming service. Its most basic plan, Streaming Platinum, includes access to over 350 channels via the app, including original talk shows, sports, Howard Stern’s channels, Pandora stations, and SiriusXM’s in-studio shows and performances. For $10.99 per month, you can use Streaming Platinum with your smartphone, tablet, internet radio device, or PC. It should be noted that SiriusXM charges a premium for services that include both app and vehicle listening. Platinum, for example, is a bundle similar to Streaming Platinum, but it extends the service to cars and vehicles and raises the monthly price to $22.99. The Music and Entertainment package, formerly known as Mostly Music, costs $17.99 per month and includes slightly fewer channel options for listening devices and vehicles. SiriusXM offers additional bundles and specialty packages in addition to the three core bundles, including La Carte, La Carte Gold, All-In-One, Family All-In-One, and News, Sports & Talk. There’s also Marine for fishing and weather information, Aviation for coast-to-coast satellite weather and flight, and Business for work-related listening. SiriusXM does not have a free tier, but the company owns Pandora, which does. Fortunately, SiriusXM offers a three-month trial period for many of its packages. Keep in mind that you’ll need a credit card to sign up for a trial, and once it’s over, you’ll be automatically enrolled in the subscription and billed (unless you opt out before the trial ends). Also, keep in mind that no SiriusXM subscription includes a true family plan. Although the company offers a family discount for additional enrollments, each account is stand-alone and cannot be shared across multiple members as many streaming services, such as Apple Music or Deezer, do. The content on SiriusXM varies depending on your hardware and subscription tier. For example, Music and Entertainment gives you access to over 325 channels, 150+ of which you can listen to in your vehicle. Overall, you miss out on some perks, such as Howard Stern’s channels and some sports channels, but the tier is still adequate for app and vehicle listening. Platinum, formerly known as All Access, includes all of SiriusXM’s offerings, including video performances, sports (ESPN Radio, NBA Radio), news (CNN, Fox), personalized Pandora music listening, comedy (Comedy Central Radio, Comedy In Color), and online-only channels (Carlin’s Corner, a collection of George Carlin’s shows and albums). SiriusXM is well-known for hosting Howard Stern, but it also hosts a number of other notable personalities. Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Radio is a compilation of Hart’s specials, shows, and dialogues. On Rock The Bells Radio, LL Cool J plays an eclectic mix of hip hop, and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo hosts Mad Dog Sports Radio, to name a few. Simply put, SiriusXM’s many channels provide a wealth of entertainment that few other audio streaming services can match. LiveXLive Powered by Slacker Radio does something similar, but on a smaller scale, with its informative DJ drops, news updates, historical retrospectives, and video content. If SiriusXM’s live radio hook isn’t enough to entice you, it also has a few other interesting features that improve the overall experience. TuneStart is a one-of-a-kind and invaluable feature that allows you to surf channels as smoothly and seamlessly as possible, and it could easily ruin your listening experience on any other platform. The TuneStart feature automatically plays songs from the beginning as you slide into the channel and switch between broadcasts. As a result, unless you tune in at the very end of a track or during a DJ chat, you almost never jump into the middle of a song. You can toggle this feature on and off, but it’s far too convenient to pass up, and it makes listening subtly but profoundly more satisfying. Similarly, thanks to a robust one-hour buffer, you can pause and rewind live radio and skip up to six times between buffered songs, which is a nice touch. Indeed, many talk channels provide unlimited skips. SiriusXM also provides a daily live radio guide, allowing you to see upcoming broadcasts. Finally, favorite channels get their own section that displays what’s currently playing so you can decide whether to switch over and listen. Together, these features make SiriusXM a convenient and easily accessible music streaming service. SiriusXM does not display or release the bit rates of its streams, but the app uses variable bit rates to provide the best audio possible given your network conditions. In the web and mobile apps, you can toggle between Normal, High, and Maximum audio quality settings. While SiriusXM’s audio quality is perfectly adequate, it lacks Hi-Res Audio, an excellent streaming music format offered by Amazon Music Unlimited, Tidal, and a few other services. SiriusXM is not the place to go if you want high-quality audio. If you’re looking for high-quality broadcasts but can’t stand the state of traditional radio, consider SiriusXM. You won’t be bored with decades of music at your fingertips, as well as excellent shows, sports, lifestyle, political talk, and news coverage. Consider Amazon Music Unlimited or Tidal if you prefer Hi-Res Audio streams. Otherwise, SiriusXM has an abundance of live radio streaming content.

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