May 20, 2024
Howard Stern as seen on the new SiriusXM app on an iPhone, in front of the app on a car stereo.
A redesigned app is step one within the subsequent section for SiriusXM. Phil Nickinson / Digital Tendencies

SiriusXM is getting into a brand new era during which the strains between its legacy satellite tv for pc streaming radio service start to blur much more with trendy internet-based streaming music. As we realized on the firm’s large press occasion in November, that new era begins right now with a revamped app and net presence. And together with that comes a simplified value for many who solely need (or want) the app and don’t require a satellite tv for pc subscription.

The brand new $10-a-month plan will get you all the things a conventional satellite tv for pc subscription will get. That features the flexibility to hear nonstop from just about anyplace: On a telephone. On a pill. In an internet browser. In a automotive from a telephone. In a automotive, in your stereo through CarPlay or Android Auto, out of your telephone.

And whereas that probably makes you surprise why anybody would wish a satellite tv for pc subscription, nicely, you’re not mistaken. SiriusXM has been clear that its satellite tv for pc service isn’t going anyplace anytime quickly, and that it’s all about selection, and moving into as many ears in as some ways potential.

The up to date app and net expertise is simply a part of that. The actually thrilling half, at the least from a nerdy perspective, is what you’ll see inside vehicles as a part of the “360L” expertise that blurs the strains between satellite tv for pc and IP-based infotainment even additional. The built-in SiriusXM expertise that comes with a brand new automotive (are you able to even purchase a brand new automotive with out it nowadays?) will embrace interactive content material. Sirius confirmed a short demo of that with beta software program in a Cadillac Lyric at November’s press occasion, but in addition pressured that what we noticed there wasn’t a completed product, and that current programs can solely be up to date a lot, at the least so far as the person expertise goes.

What may be prolonged, nonetheless, is content material. And to that finish, together with the up to date app and net expertise , you’ll discover a slew of latest channels, together with Alt2K, Flex2K, and devoted channels from Shaggy, Kelly Clarkson, John Mayer, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, and podcast firm Audiochuck.

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