Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac:
As announced at WWDC, Apple is bringing live radio stations from several online providers for Siri users on iPhone, iPad and HomePod. Although marketed as a fall iOS 13 feature, Siri live radio is already partly working on the HomePod, and for iPhones and iPads running the iOS 13 beta.
And:
In addition to current HomePod OS software, this also works on iOS 13 devices. The radio playback is controllable through the Music app, and you can search for stations by name in the Music app’s search tab. Played stations appear as items in Recently Played section of the Music app, though, if you want to find them again quickly.
The trick is getting Siri to find your local stations. I suspect as iOS 13 gets closer to final, a process for finding and marking your favorite stations will emerge.
Can’t help but think this will breathe some new life into terrestrial radio. A win-win.
There’s no trick here. Radio stations advertise what locations they serve. Siri can access your location. It’s a simple matter to match those up, but Apple has to make the effort to program it, to make it a magical feature that “just works”. I would not expect it from this Apple.