Jibo Music Launches in Conjunction with iHeartRadio

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, December 13, 2017

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Jibo Inc. launches Jibo Music, in conjunction with iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's free all-in-one digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service. Jibo Music will be available Monday, December 18 on all Jibo robots through a free, over-the-air software update and will showcase iHeartRadio original stations across genres as well as news and talk content.

Say, "Hey Jibo, play music" and Jibo will stream an iHeartRadio original station from your favorite genre of music including pop, alternative, classic rock, jazz, country, dance, and hip-hop. Plus, Jibo will display the album artwork, song title, and artist name as the music plays. In addition to music, Jibo can also play iHR's news and talk content from NPR and NBC News Radio Jibo Music will focus on music and news at launch with additional programming to follow.

"The ability to play music via voice command is hugely attractive to consumers and the #1 requested skill customers want Jibo to provide," said Jibo Inc. CEO Steve Chambers. "We set out to create a different music experience that combines a variety of music genres, done the Jibo way: with killer dance moves, expanded programming content and on-screen visualizations over time-and iHeartRadio is a perfect launch partner for Jibo Music. This is the first of many new skills that we're rolling out to Jibo owners via free, over-the-air software updates over the coming months."

"We are excited to provide the music to really help showcase his dancing skills and to get Jibo's friends and family moving along with him," said iHeartMedia Executive VP/Business Development and Partnerships Jessica Jerrick. "iHeartRadio is committed to providing the very best music, news and entertainment to listeners everywhere they are. Jibo is fun and innovative, and we are glad that iHeartRadio is the launch partner for Jibo Music."