Choyong A8W Portable Smart Internet Radio Receiver WIFI/4G Speaker with FM,Micro-SD Card,All World Radios,for Home with WiFi,Digital Radio,choyoung Radio

This little pocket-sized radio is great. Very portable and good wifi antenna. It also has the capability to use eSIM in case you need to use cell tower data. You can purchase data packages from Choyong that are reasonably priced if you want mobile data activated. The speaker sound is on the high end as you would expect for a small speaker but still sounds good. The FM tuner is very basic but I purchased this radio for the internet radio stations so no problem there. It is good to know that I have FM in case I am out of wifi reach. The voice search needs more work since it doesn't recognize what I am saying or just partially. The LC90 (the big brother to this radio) has a much better voice search but in the beginning it was also spotty. I am hoping for a firmware update to improve the voice search. All together, I am happy with the purchase. Update 3-22-25: The updates are very easy over internet connection. A firmware update came out today. They fixed the voice search! It works great now so no more manual searching for me! Also they added podcasts to the menus so I can save my favorite podcasts! Game changer!! The podcasts are also voice searchable! This makes this little radio my second favorite portable entertainment next to my cell phone. I find it more enjoyable for Internet radio and podcasts rather than using cell phone apps and the radio is more durable.

This is a nice little internet radio. The sound quality is surprisingly good. It is a little slow responding to whatever selection you make but I think it's a software based radio, and probably not the speediest hardware. But for the price, it works really well. I live in St. Louis but one of my favorite radio stations is in Saugatuck/Douglas/Holland Michigan. I'm able to use this radio to access that station as well as all the other ones on the internet.

I enjoy this radio . The sound quality for the size of this radio is quite good .I use this outside doing yard work an it worked well.I also used it in my basement gym an had no pri connecting to my wifi. This was very impressive as my home gym is 3 flights of stairs an on the other end of my house ..My house is 3400 square feet an brick .The hardest part of using this radio is putting your password in for your wi-fi if you have a long password.. It might take you a total of a couple of min. Setup is easy other than that . Easy to read bright display an I have had very good battery life ..I played it at 50% volume for over 12 hrs an power dropped maybe 10%. I would highly recommend this radio very versatile .

The good, Volume is great The Bad: FM does not work, needs TF card in order to update unit (not listed in the description), I toyed with it and found out that some radio station are not working came back with a 404, not found, You must have patience in order to set up this unit (wifi) password. The clicking on one of the knobs seems like eventually is going to give. They claim 40K radio stations. Who is counting? A $60.00 plus tax plus TF card to update the radio, not worth it. Too expensive.

Good as expected.

Pros: Small size, easy to set up, sounds pretty good considering the size. Cons: Apparently only has a 5-GHz wifi transciever, does not connect with 2.4 GHz wifi. This is a problem if you work in an older office like mine that doesn't have 5-GHz. Gets about six to eight hours playing time on a charge. Will discharge itself in a little over a week unless you use both on/off switches. Pretty amazing little radio but I wish I had spent a few dollars more and gotten one with a bigger battery and 2.4 GHz capability.

I recently picked up this internet radio that has some great strengths but also a few quirks. The audio quality is solid, delivering clear and rich sound that’s perfect for streaming stations from around the world. What really sets it apart, though, is its stunning design—it’s absolutely beautiful and looks fantastic in any room. However, programming it is a bit of a challenge. The interface feels clunky and not as intuitive as I’d hoped, which made setup more frustrating than it needed to be. Overall, I’m giving it a 4 out of 5—it’s a great device once you get past the initial hurdles.

For the money this is the little radio that can. I just upgraded the firmware and it now supports Podcasts and the voice search now works flawless. It has USB C charging and it comes with a USB C to mini stereo plug adapter. The sound is a little better than I had expected for a speaker so small. You can add you own custom stations. It does have FM but it honestly feels like an after thought as it has no antenna and the reception is ok at best. The community is strong on Facebook with lots of people that will help answer any questions you may have. In summary it has a strong voice search feature, tons of internet radio stations, tons of podcast, just OK FM reception, It can play flac audio from a micro sd card, It supports 4g sim cards (I am using Tello data only for 6/month) and has esim as well, Wifi of course. I might have missed a few features but the point is you are getting a lot for the money here. A couple of things to be aware of. One is that the battery life is good if you COMPLETELY turn it off when you are not using it. What I mean by this is that you can turn down the volume until you feel a click and it is in a standby mode and will not last for more than a couple days in this mode. The other and better way to turn it off is hold in the power button for a few second until it says shutting down. Another thing to be aware of is that the adapter that goes from USB C to stereo headphones is not a normal adapter you will easily find and that is because it does not have a DAC in the cord. Point being, do not lose the adapter, although you can buy a couple from the manufacturers website if you want.

As im radio lover so im in search of good radio so first i purchased GERAD radio from Amazon, 10,000/ price radio was good and pemium quality but FM signals in my area poor same way SW too so my money drained. Mean while i have seen Choyong as it is internet radio so you can listen all world stations anywhere where internet available so after so many inquries and consulting with choyong i purchased this A8W in fact i wanted to purchase lc90 price was 22998/ at that time but i had fear that i may loose amount if not run so i purchased this A8W on trial basis and im fully satisfied with it sound quality outstanding and catch all stations of world im listening FM stations of US, UK, Germany, colambia japan china nepal shrilanka kuwait clearly. Awasome radio, size is very small but sound is big oustanding quality of body everyone who radio lover they must buy thanks amezon for awesome quality.

A small but powerful radio. Sound is awesome. Internet radio works smoothly most of the time. Sometimes it hangs which may be rectified my shutting it down and again to start. FM band is not upto mark. Stations are tuned at 0.1 megahertz before the assigned frequency of the FM station . For example AIR FM Gold Delhi broadcasts at 100.1 but this radio tune it at 100.0 megahertz. Buttons and ports for TF card, SIM card and battery charging are placed at proper places. Overall a good device for those who are interested in listening news, music and podcasts of any country from anywhere in the world subject to availability of internet.Cost is a bit at higher end for customers of India. If cost is not barrier for one he may proceed for its purchase.

What a powerful little radio this is . The internet radio, when connected to Wi fi is superb. There is good ease of use . Simple and extremely powerful. The volume and sound also are super

Firmware is problematic in response and user interface is also not good. Not good in design

Good radio,i usually listen before sleeping but this sounds loud at minimum volume position. Charging and sound output are same and placed between operating knobs which sometimes uncomfortable to use and with headphone connector is loose, slight movement of radio suddenly shift music to radio speeker which is annoying. Change of radio station may irritate you for the time it takes to broadcast the station. I started listening radio 3 decade ago and I am not happy with my purchase but I didn't return it