SiriusXM-Music, Comedy, Sports

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Description of App: 

Hear the best SiriusXM has to offer, anywhere life takes you, with the ALL NEW SiriusXM app! Listen to exclusive sports, talk, comedy, entertainment andcommercial-free music programming. Access hundreds of On Demand shows and customize many of your favorite SiriusXM music and comedy channels – so you hearmore of what you want and less of what you don’t. With the world of SiriusXM right at your fingertips, what are you waiting for? Get started today! QualifiedSiriusXM subscription is required. For more information visit www.siriusxm.com/streaming

About This Application

• Stream SiriusXM channels live, including exclusive online-only channels• Customize many of your favorite music and comedy channels• Get On Demand access to our large catalog of content and listen on your schedule• Store select talk and entertainment shows for a period of time so you can listen even while offline• Easily find channels, shows, and episodes with enhanced search capability• Receive personalized recommendations to help you find even more content you’ll love• Let your friends in on what you’re hearing or shout it to the world with new social features

 

Apple Watch Support: 

Not Known

Version: 

3.0

Free or Paid: 

Free

Device(s) App Was Tested On: 

iPhone

iOS Version: 

8.2

Accessibility Comments: 

There are some issues when using the app with VoiceOver. The interface is not the most simple to use. As there are quite a bit of chatter and clutter one will have to contend with. Read below for more information about the latest version.

 

VoiceOver Performance: 

VoiceOver reads most page elements.

Button Labeling: 

Most buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability: 

There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.

App Store Link: 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/siriusxm…

Developer's Website: 

http://siriusxm.com/oniphone

Developer's Twitter Username: 

@SIRIUSXM

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7 Comments

App has major accessibility issues but there is a workaround.

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I've been playing some more with this app, and though it has major issues in terms of accessibility, it is still possible to make it work. The biggest problem is that after you initially select a channel, you are stuck. There is a button on the bottom of the screen to get back to the category view, but you can't press it while VO is running.  This is very inconvenient, but manageable if you have your triple click set to toggle VO. Turn off VO for a second, try to find and press the category button without speech. This is actually easier than it sounds. The category button is at the very bottom of the screen, slightly above and left of the home button. immediately turn Vo back on. If you managed to press the correct button, you will now be   on the categories screen. At this point, you can select a new category and channel. Once you do select a new channel, you'll be stuck again, and will have to repeat the process if you want a change.  Far from ideal, but until we get them to fix things, probably the best we've got.

alternative app

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Check out MusicDoc. This is an alternative to the native Sirius XM app, and works well with VO. I sent an email to them, but Sirius XM has yet to reply. For now,, sadly, that's my only advice on getting around this.

version 2.02

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This new version still presents the same issues found in previous versions. I have not received any replies to my emails from them, so hopefully making this the campaign of the month will get more people to contact them and rectify the lack of accessibility.

Version 2.2.0

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The new update has certainly improved in terms of being more accessible. There are still some unlabel buttons but they are easy to determine what they do. So be sure to relabel them using the new IOS 6 relabeling function. Some of the functionality are still a bit quirky so there will be some things you will need to learn. I highly suggest you in listening to the podcast that has been done for this app. It will show you in what to label and how to use some areas that you may not be aware of. It is a great podcast and I learned a great deal from it. What's New in Version 2.2.0

• SiriusXM On Demand• Store select shows for offline listening• Many other enhancements and fixes

Version 3.0

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Version 3.0 of this app was recently released. While I am finding many more buttons are labeled in the latest version, if you simply flick through the controls, you will miss a large amount of content. For example, when a list of channel categories is displayed, you must touch the center of the screen to find a category. Also, when you do manage to select a channel, the Tweets associated with that channel are now displayed. I'm not sure if this can be disabled in settings, but as it stands now, it makes the screen very cluttered. Why do companies insist on throwing there social media in my face? I just upgraded to this version and am wishing now I had not as I was planning on using this app to listen to several of the March Madness games. While it is probably possible to do this using the new version of the app, the user interface certainly isn't going to make this an enjoyable task.
Jim D

sirius xm app

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I just opened the Sirius xm app on my new iPhone 6s.
I found that I could swipe back and forth and voice over could read every thing.
Before I had to touch on diferent parts of the screen and it wasn't really accessible.
I am new with the iPhone so I
am not a voice over expert,
but I think the app is fully accessible now.
I would be interested what other people think and of any other accessibility issues I haven't discoveredthis app version 3.0.34.
Thanks
Carlos

changing the channel via up and down buttons

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hey guys:
i have xm app and i have question?
in the computer app, there are "tune up and tune down" butons to move channels up and down.
i cannot seem to find equivalents in the app for the phone.