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iHeartRadio for iOS Updated with Support for CarPlay

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Radio streaming service iHeartRadio has updated its official iOS app to include support for Apple's CarPlay iOS vehicle integration feature. Users can now search and play any live or favorited radio station through their CarPlay-compatible in-dash car system, and can also listen to archived on-demand episodes from multiple categories like News, Sports, and Comedy.

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This newest update also brings a new Today Widget for the Notification Center which allows users to access recently played stations quickly. Apple announced in June that iHeartRadio would be getting CarPlay support along with other popular apps like Beats Music, MLB At Bat, and Spotify, which received its CarPlay update earlier this month.

iHeartRadio is a free app for iOS devices and can be downloaded through the App Store. [Direct Link]

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I've used Pandora, iTunes Radio, spotify, rhapsody, and Beats. Which is iheartradio most like?
 
jmcrutch said:
I've used Pandora, iTunes Radio, spotify, rhapsody, and Beats. Which is iheartradio most like?
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None of the above. iHeartRadio is for listening to any radio station that you're not within range of. My daily commute covers 40 miles, so I'm only able to listen to my favorite local radio program for the first 10 miles or so over the air. After that, I'm out of their broadcast range so I swap over to listening to them via iHeartRadio for the remaining 30 miles of my commute.

Between iHeartRadio and Spotify, you don't really need anything else... you used to need to buy songs off of iTunes sometimes, but it seems to me that at this point, everyone who isn't on Spotify is someone specifically refusing to join Spotify (so I specifically refuse to listen to them. IE, Rammstein. You're one band out of thousands that I like, there's nothing about you that's so special that I'll treat you any different from any other band. If you really want my money, tour.)
 
centauratlas said:
Like the sig: I powered on my 1984 Mac and it came on fine last summer lol:
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I need to clean up the bottom line of it... I almost want to scrub out the bottom line entirely, except those dates are kind of important to me because at that point it seems like it's too risky to continue doing production work on it. Although your 1984 Mac still turns on, you wouldn't trust it with your livelihood, would you?
 
ArtOfWarfare said:
None of the above. iHeartRadio is for listening to any radio station that you're not within range of. My daily commute covers 40 miles, so I'm only able to listen to my favorite local radio program for the first 10 miles or so over the air. After that, I'm out of their broadcast range so I swap over to listening to them via iHeartRadio for the remaining 30 miles of my commute.
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Seems odd to even switch over; I'd imagine iHeartRadio would be more reliable of a connection (and possibly higher quality).
 
Parasprite said:
Seems odd to even switch over; I'd imagine iHeartRadio would be more reliable of a connection (and possibly higher quality).
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I don't have unlimited data. It is higher quality over iHeartRadio, but I try to avoid using my cellular data when there's another way of getting the same thing (thus using Wifi or radio when they're viable.) I know that I have talked about how tiny the amount of data that streaming audio is, but still, it's something that adds up when you're using it for dozens of hours each month.
 
I use TuneIn for getting over the air broadcast digitally. Is there a reason iHeartRadio is better? TuneIn lets you record the broadcast, but the only way to transfer the recording is to play it back in real time to another device to record it. Does iHeartRadio allow recordings and actual transfers of the digital file? If not, why is iHeartRadio better than TuneIn?
 
ProVideo said:
I use TuneIn for getting over the air broadcast digitally. Is there a reason iHeartRadio is better? TuneIn lets you record the broadcast, but the only way to transfer the recording is to play it back in real time to another device to record it. Does iHeartRadio allow recordings and actual transfers of the digital file? If not, why is iHeartRadio better than TuneIn?
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I've started using TuneIn alot more lately. Mostly for talk radio and sports. I like iHeartRadios interface better.
 
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