4 music apps that don’t need wifi to work. there are countless streaming apps out there: spotify, pandora, shazam, google music are some of the heavy hitters… heck, we’ve written about them extensively before. and then, of course, most of the major radio stations have some web-based streaming service (if not an app) that will let you listen to their broadcast in real time.. So to answer your question, all video apps require either wifi or a data plan. some can't use data plan as video chat takes a pretty good chunk of data quickly. however, all can use wifi, without a doubt.. These commute-friendly apps don't require a data connection drew angerer/getty images the internet is a series of tubes, but it's useless when you're stuck in one..
You have to turn on wifi and bluetooth on your phone, but you don’t need to have a working router or internet connection. messages move from phone to phone to spread across the network. it can stretch as far as there are phones running the app.. We think that wi-fi is going be everywhere soon, but it's not. trains, planes, hotels, and cars say they have wi-fi, and tablets and phones have data, but i don't trust any of it..