Rivet Radio Releases Sleek New UI with 3.0 Update

Rivet Radio Releases Sleek New UI with 3.0 Update

Android and iOS Users Experience New, Unlimited Swiping

CHICAGO, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rivet Radio, the smart audio platform, today announced a complete update to its signature mobile app on both iOS and Android. Considered the "Pandora for News Radio," Rivet Radio reimagines the digital audio experience with personalized playlists full of top news, features and podcasts.

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Redesigned from ground up, Rivet 3.0 has a simple and elegant interface that is remarkably clutter-free and easy to use. The new Rivet app enables listeners to discover, curate and binge-play relevant audio content.

"We've learned a lot from our users and their listening habits in version 2.0," VP, Engineering & Operations, Vivek Sundararaman, said. "With a clean design and focused ease of use, the new Rivet app customizes playlist around user preferences and location to help users discover and listen to the latest news, information and hyper-local content."

The new Rivet Radio apps are available on iPhone, Android, and Amazon devices.

Key features:


-- Easily accessible playlist settings for increased personalization
-- Larger story displays for user on-the-go
-- Swiping to skip or repeat stories
-- Simple search and booking marking
-- Enhanced queue discovery
Rivet Radio's award-winning content is hand-crafted and selected to bring a variety to listeners and change the way we experience audio. Rivet continues to deliver smart audio in innovative ways, having recently launched real-time, geo-targeted audio traffic reports in select U.S. cities.

Rivet Radio both creates award-winning stories in their newsroom and works with an ever-growing list of media partners including The Associated Press, American Public Media, PRI, CustomWeather and Crain's Business.

Rivet Radio has been featured on The Next Web, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and more for its simple solutions for reimagining radio. This new update is just one of Rivet's ongoing efforts to bring smart audio wherever it can be heard - in the car, at home or on-the-go.

For more information, please visit www.rivetnewsradio.com.

Rivet Radio, Inc.
Featured by Apple as "The Best in Bite-Sized News" and a "Startup To Watch" by Chicago Innovation & Built in Chicago in 2015, Rivet delivers customized, multiplatform audio news and feature stories worldwide. Rivet has grown from iPhone, Android, Amazon and car apps into a platform powering the global Audio of Things for millions of listeners. It's radio reimagined.

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