Clear Channel Partners With Google To Bring iHeartRadio To Your Car With Android Auto
By MoneyTimes
Jul 10, 2015 10:30 AM EDT
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An attendee demonstrates Google Inc. Android Auto in a Chevrolet Corp. Spark car during the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 28, 2015. Google unveiled payment services, security upgrades and access to HBO movies and shows for its popular Android software, seeking to push back against growing competition from rivals such as Apple Inc. (Photo : MoneyTimes)
Clear Channel in partnership with Google and leading automobile companies bring up the newly updated iHeartRadio app. With its integration to Android Auto, the Google's application for simultaneously utilizing smartphone to your vehicle, you can now play iHeartRadio to your car.
Clear Channel's iHeartRadio is mounting its accessibility in the automotive sphere. The company that bargains internet radio streaming to 40 million users is approaching into new terrains as it assimilates with Chrysler, Ford, BMW, GM, Honda, Subaru, Lexus, Lincoln, Nissan, Toyota, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo and Kia to name a few, as read on iHeart News.
When Google publicized Android Auto, iHeartRadio is one of the much-awaited apps. As anticipated, iHeartRadio conveys what every listener completely is looking for in one panel: this time, you can immediately get into a vast number of radio stations live within the country, you will also be able to create custom stations by most wanted artists and hits as well as digital stations, and radio shows with celebrities presenting sought-after news and entertainment discussion.
Yet, according to Android Headlines, the iHeartRadio app and Google Play Music app are almost identical on Android Auto. The only variance is the highlight color; iHeartRadio uses red highlights and Google Play music uses orange. All the same, both of them actually seem great.
Connectedly explained how iHeartRadio will work on your car, "iHeartRadio will be one of the first apps available on the new Google Cast for Audio, which embeds the same technology behind Chromecast into speakers, sound bars, and A/V receivers." Similar toChromecast, you can select the iHeartRadio cast button and choose a Google Cast speaker to listen in. It will automatically drag content straight from the cloud, hence you will have the finest audio property while multi-tasking on your phone, laptop or tablet without even draining the battery.
The iHeartRadio auto app focuses on simplicity, keeping the driver safe and concentrated on the road at the same time as taking the pleasure in listening to music and talk radio.