Smart Radio Solutions
Transforming the Radio Experience
Traditional radio remains the most listened to audio format in the car today. Yet, despite its continued popularity, the driver experience for discovering radio programming has not seen significant changes in decades. Now, with Gracenote Smart Radio Solutions, automakers are able to reimagine the radio experience.
Radio Station ID
Gracenote Radio Station ID eliminates the need for “scanning the dial.” Instead, drivers and passengers can discover their favorite music, news and talk programming through smart guides featuring normalized radio categories as well as station names and logos.
MusicID Radio
Using audio fingerprinting technology built into the car’s audio system, Gracenote MusicID Radio identifies music playing from terrestrial and digital radio to display artist, album, Album Cover Art, and track name on the dashboard.
Global Music Data
Gracenote Global Music Data is the most comprehensive collection of factual and descriptive metadata for the most popular music worldwide. With deep, clean data and standardized artist and recording IDs, Gracenote enables simplifying how fans find, discover, and connect with more of the music they love.
Gracenote is ready to bring its “infotainment” services to life, working with all of the nation’s automakers in ensuring that radio doesn’t lose its front-and-center place in the connected car.
Introducing Radio Station ID
Enabling a Consistent Interface for Every Musical Source
Rich, Consistent Interface
Identifies and delivers correct artist, Album Cover Art and track data for all music sources, in addition to featuring station logos, names and categories to deliver a consistent user experience.
Hybrid Radio Solution
Delivers radio station IP URLs to enable the ability to switch from terrestrial to streaming radio broadcasts when drivers move beyond range.
Location-Based Delivery
Location-based radio identification enables the ability to display stations and categories to drivers moving between geographic regions.
Radio Now Playing Guide
Radio Now Playing Guide lets drivers visually browse what’s playing across multiple stations, including the song/artist, station category, name, logo and frequency, to simplify radio station search and discovery.
