SiriusXM’s MySXM Now Live on iOS App
For those of you who do not check your app store updates religiously, the new version 2.5 SiriusXM iPhone and iPad app featuring “MySXM” personalization features has been officially released.
The same great additions web users have been toying with for the past couple of months are now available to all mobile users. For all of you newcomers, this means you’ll now have the ability to tailor your favorite music channels to your liking.
In the case of a channel like faction (above) you can chose between hearing more/less new music, no hip-hop/extra, and more/less punk. The obvious beauty of this system is that these controls are are uniquely suited to the genre of music.
To access the feature simply click the customize option, set your preferences, click apply and you’re done. These toggle switches (shown below) will allow you to jump from live station programming to your customized settings at any time.
Once in “MySXM” mode, users will also notice the new ability to skip over as many as 5 songs per hour. This means, after you’ve tweaked your personal options, you only have to like 4 out of every 5 songs played per hour.
As with the web player, this new feature is still only available on a select number of stations so, if you do not see this feature after updating to the latest version, don’t panic just send the guys at SiriusXM some feedback requesting it. And if you have a problem logging in, just give it a few minutes — for some reason the latest version of the app gave me the “checking credentials” screen for a full 10 minutes before it let me in — hopefully this is just a temporary glitch.
Will we see the official SiriusXM app finally break the 3 star rating levels for this first time with these highly anticipated features? I think so. Longtime mobile iOS users will be hard pressed to find any major weaknesses in this latest release. If I’m wrong, please let me know in the comments below, I’m always on the lookout for strange bugs and shortcomings.
Looks great!! Can we get a no bluegrass slider for Jam On???? 🙂
I’ll settle for a switch…..
Will the Lynx Radio get a similar update??
I noticed a bug in the previous build and reported it but it’s still there in 2.5.
Scenario: If you start listening to ‘90s on 9 at 5pm on Saturday, which is about an hour into their “Back In The Day Replay,” and want to start from the beginning of the countdown, you tap “Start Now” and select “Back In the Day Replay 4pm” from the list.
The bug: Let’s say you want to skip through song #28, tapping the forward button takes you back to the beginning of the program (4pm). If you get to song #15 before you want to forward through a song you have to listen to the first 15 songs again! The workaround is to tap the forward button when song #30 begins so that it’s on track for the rest of the show.
The updated app is horrible. The damn thing doesn’t work. I can’t listen for more than 15 seconds (most times 2-3 seconds) without it crashing. Ive uninstalled and reinstalled several times, complete with ipad reboots.
Completely useless.
Strange, it runs perfectly on my iPad and iPod touch. What device are you using it on? Is the crashing channel specific?
I spoke too soon. My iPad is now constantly crashing too. This is not good.
So does this mean that after I customize a station, I am no longer listening to it live- the same station that is playing in my car?
Correct. Once customized, it is no longer the same live version everyone else hears.
Every time they add features, they break the basic functionality of the app. The Sirius app sucks.
I would love this feature but since I purchased the Lynx radio, I don’t get to use it. I can’t find any info regarding a planned upgrade. Oh well, I will keep the DJs employed. 🙂