App integration: Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

RNS Number : 9163K

Audioboom Group PLC

22 April 2015

 



22 April 2015

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")

App integration with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading spoken-word audio on-demand mobile platform, announces the global integration of its iOS and Android apps with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto respectively.

Using the Audioboom app, users can now listen to the very best spoken-word content, on demand, whilst in their car. Changes to Audioboom's iOS and Android apps allow them to be integrated into over thirty of the biggest car manufacturers in the world using Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Manufacturers include Audi, BMW, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot and Renault.

Users can simply open the Audioboom app on their phone and plug it in using the car's in-built USB port. The app will then seamlessly take over the vehicle's built-in display. Users can navigate through the app as usual, browsing through audio clips by category or what's trending using their car's touch control system on the dashboard or through their steering wheel controls.

This is another breakthrough into the commuter market for Audioboom, who recently announced a deal with in-car entertainment specialist Aupeo, a system which is currently available on more than five million vehicles globally.

Audioboom CEO, Rob Proctor, commented: "2015 was always going to be the year Audioboom targeted the car, as 80% of all audio listening comes from drivers. With our Aupeo partnership and now the integration with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Audioboom is at the forefront of reinventing the in-car audio experience."

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About Audioboom (www.audioboom.com)

Audioboom is the leading mobile, web and connected device platform for the very best spoken-word content in news, current affairs, business, entertainment and sports.

It operates a digital, on-demand, streaming audio platform enabling the creation, broadcast and consumption of audio across multiple global media outlets. Audioboom works with some of the biggest names in broadcasting across sport, entertainment and current affairs to bring their content to millions of listeners worldwide via Facebook, Twitter and other media platforms.

The technology allows partners to embed playlists onto their sites and apps, use Audioboom's mobile apps and functionality as listen again players and re-syndicate their content around the web.

Audioboom also allows the monetisation of audio via the dynamic insertion of pre and post roll advertising into content as a user is listening, allowing contemporary advertising selection, depending on content genre and geographic location of the user.

Audioboom has over 2,400 active content partners, including the BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, CBS, Sky Sports, Premier League, Southern Cross Austereo, Reuters, CNBC, Universal and Fox.

Audioboom is using this platform to create the world's first aggregated audio content syndication and advertising network.

About Apple CarPlay

CarPlay is a smarter, safer way to use your iPhone in the car. CarPlay takes the things you want to do with your iPhone while driving and puts them right on your car's built-in display. You can get directions, make calls, send/receive messages, and listen to selected apps, all in the way that allows you to stay focused on the road. Just plug in your iPhone and go. CarPlay is compatible with thirty-four major car manufacturers worldwide and can be used with iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

Apple claim 40 new models of cars will be shipped with dashboards that support CarPlay before the end of the year, which would greatly expand the reach of the system and it's adoption rate among consumers.

About Android Auto

Android Auto brings familiar apps and services to the screen in your dashboard. With a simple and intuitive interface, integrated steering wheel controls and powerful new voice actions, it's designed to minimise distraction so that you can stay focused on the road. Android Auto is compatible with smartphones running Android 5.0 Lollipop and later. It is available in 28 major car manufacturers worldwide.

 

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