BuzzVoice Launches On Android, Adds New Features [Free Copies]

BuzzVoice on AndroidIf you saw PC World’s exclusive pre-launch story on BuzzVoice for Android a few days ago, our announcement won’t surprise you.

For the past several weeks, we’ve been working on bringing our streaming audio news service to Google’s Android platform. And today, we’re excited to say that BuzzVoice just went live on The Android Market!

Be sure to checkout the video below to see BuzzVoice in the wild on Android, then download the app by tapping this link on your Android device.

If you’re not familiar with BuzzVoice, our service lets busy people *listen* to over 1,600 of the web’s top news and blogs on smartphones and other mobile devices. It’s sort of like “Pandora for news”, and it’s specifically designed to make it faster, safer and more fun to keep up with news on the go (The real sweet spot is in the car, train, gym, etc.). To date, people have streamed over 2 million stories via BuzzVoice.

BuzzVoice for Android includes the same great multimedia functionality of our iPhone, iPad and iPod touch application, PLUS 3 major new features for Android smartphone owners:

1. Background Audio Streaming: Listen to breaking stories while checking  Twitter, Facebook or email.

2. A Custom Android Widget, which allows you to control the BuzzVoice App right from your Android device’s homescreen

3. A New “Android Radio” Station, which continuously updates you on Android-related news from top blogs like Android Central, Phandroid, Android and Me, Android Guys, Android Police, Android Tapp, Androinica, Android Spin & more.

How To Win A Free Copy: We’re running some fun BuzzVoice App Giveaways with PC World/Computerworld, Android Central and possibly others, so keep your eyes open for a chance to win a free copy of BuzzVoice for Android.

We’d love to hear what you think in the comments below, or, feel free to email feedback@buzzvoice.com

>Get BuzzVoice by tapping here on your Android device, or scan the QR code below. Or, you can get BuzzVoice for your iPhone here.

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News and Blog Experts Sound Off On BuzzVoice 3.0: Their Verdict?

BuzzVoice in the newsiPhone app review site, Just Another iPhone Blog, just wrote a great review of BuzzVoice 3.0, stating it’s “perfect for listening to blogs & news on the go.” So, on the heels of this review, we decided to round up some of the recent press coverage the new BuzzVoice 3.0 has received.  Check out what the experts are saying about BuzzVoice 3.0, and let us know what you think in the comments below.

What The Experts Are Saying About BuzzVoice 3.0

1) The Top Apps site asks, “What if you could have a Pandora of sorts, that played you the top news of the day so you could just listen to it?,” and goes on to say,“Well, this does exist and it is called BuzzVoice 3.0.”

2) TechRadar called BuzzVoice a “clever app” that “grabs news from your choice of more than 1,600 top blogs and news sources and converts them into audio files in real time.”

3) The Next Web states that “BuzzVoice is, in essence, like having your own passenger’s seat narrator for your favorite websites.”

4) MacNN likes the multimedia news functionality, citing that users “can listen to stories while viewing text, images, and video.”

5) The Gadgeteer spoke to the mobile benefits of BuzzVoice 3.0, pointing out that users can “keep current on their favorite topics and multitask in the car, at home, at the gym or anywhere.”

6) KillerStartups likes that BuzzVoice makes “for a hands-free listening experience,” which allows you to “maximize your time and be notably more productive.”

7) TechZulu’s review titled “BuzzVoice Puts Your Blogs on AutoPilot,” highlights the continuous play benefit of the “Auto-Stream” feature, saying that it “alone definitely makes the app worth having.” [Note: Auto-Stream is a BuzzVoice PRO feature ]

8) Bit Rebels called BuzzVoice 3.0 “brilliantly simple, and enhancing the way we receive our daily information.”

If you would like to try what SiliconAngle calls “the ‘Pandora’ of news,” which has “added more personalization, more hands free operation, more search tools, and more filters,” check out BuzzVoice 3.0 on The App Store today – it’s on sale for a limited time.

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johnatkinson, August 2nd 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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