Listen to WBUR anytime, anywhere. Your source for live news, signature podcasts
About WBUR
WBUR is a news & magazines app developed by WBUR.
Download Statistics
WBUR has been downloaded 66 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 260 times.
User Ratings
WBUR is rated 4.66 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.2 thousand ratings.
App Information
WBUR is FREE to download. The APK download size is 38.98 MB. The latest version available is 7.1. The last update was on June 4, 2026.
Technical Requirements
WBUR requires Android 2.2+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2012.
Description
Listen to WBUR anytime, anywhere. The WBUR App is the best way to get news from Greater Boston and beyond with our live stream and signature podcasts all in one place.
Play, pause, rewind (and play again) live radio shows from the award-winning teams at WBUR and NPR. On Point, Here & Now, Radio Boston, Circle Round, Endless Thread and more are all at your fingertips.
You’ll also: + Stay in the know with hourly local and national audio news briefs + Hear about new shows, special series and trending stories + Listen on demand to your favorite shows like Morning Edition, All Things + Considered and Marketplace + Download episodes for offline listening
Our journalism is funded by you, our listeners. Thanks for choosing WBUR, Boston’s NPR news.
Recent changes: We're continuously improving the WBUR app for stability, performance, and reliability. This release also brings WBUR Games and Events directly into the app.
Play new daily word games and our weekly Boston News Quiz to deepen your connection to our stories while you listen. Browse and register for CitySpace Events - where WBUR comes alive with conversations and ideas that inform, challenge, and enrich.
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Wishes every NPR station had an app this great!!! Live listening and easy access to episodes of any shows they play on the station
★★★★★Rebecca Jockusch· Sep 23, 2023
Excellent NPR station. Very good app. I really appreciate being able to pause and rewind the radio station.
★★★★★Ercan J. Bastug· Mar 26, 2025
Live news with great entertaining, diverse programs for all.
★★★★★Jerolyn Benson· Mar 11, 2025
After my local public radio station messed up its scheduling, the BUR app allows me to continue to listen to my favorite programs at the times that I am able to listen to them.
★★☆☆☆Lance Ryley· Feb 1, 2023
I was hoping the 2023 update would improve things but if anything they are worse. You can no longer mark favorite podcasts or sort them. Podcasts don't remember their place if you pause. They automatically repeat after the end. No response when providing feedback App is fine if all you want to do is steam bur, but otherwise its junk.
★★☆☆☆Stewart Randall· Jan 6, 2023
Unlike every other Android app this one does not quit when you swipe up to close the app. App also stops randomly.
★★☆☆☆m goodwin· Apr 17, 2020
If you want to be frustrated by an NPR app then this one is for you. Every time you open it you have to tell it NOT to go to sleep in a very short period of time. So don't plan on listening for very long.
★★☆☆☆Charlie Parry· Jun 13, 2022
Live stream goes to pause every few minutes. Sometimes you have to turn airplane mode on then off to get it to start back up. Contact link doesn't work. Love the station, but the app kind of sucks.
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