Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio to Release Smart Watch App


Dick Tracy, your radio is here. Sort of.

Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio digital music service has created an app for Samsung’s second-generation Galaxy Gear smart watch that will be released in April. The app plants an early stake for the radio giant in the emerging so-called “wearable” device category as its digital radio service competes with Pandora and Apple’s iTunes Radio for listeners’ ears.

“It’s undeniable at this point that wearables have traction and momentum. They’re in the very early stages clearly, but it’s clear that they’re going somewhere,” said Clear Channel’s president of digital Brian Lakamp. No word on whether a smart ring app is in the works.

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