Type of business Private Headquarters London Founder(s) Rob Lewis | Available in English Country of origin United Kingdom | |
Founded 2014; 3 years ago (2014) | ||
Electric Jukebox is a digital media player developed by The Electric Jukebox Company. Designed as a dongle, and a "Nintendo Wii style" motion-sensitive controller with a built-in microphone for voice search, the device plays music audio content on a high-definition television and home audio system by directly streaming it via Wi-Fi from the Internet.
Contents
- Electric Jukebox stick
- Electric Jukebox controller
- Software
- User interface
- Voice search
- Celebrity playlists
- Curated music channels
- Music recommendations
- Playlist creation
- Music catalogue
- Geographic availability
- References
Electric Jukebox combines hardware, software and premium music streaming access into one package; Ars Technica describe it as "a box with everything you need to get started in streaming music".
Electric Jukebox stick
Electric Jukebox dongle has a HDMI plug built into the body of the device. The dongle is powered by mains power through an integrated power cable. Electric Jukebox runs on a Rockchip processor. The dongle contains a 3.5mm audio jack as a line out to HiFi’s and speaker systems.
Electric Jukebox controller
Electric Jukebox Controller is a motion sensitive remote control with built-in gyroscope and accelerometer to position itself in space in relation to the cursor on the TV screen. The controller also has a microphone for voice search. The controller uses HDMI-CEC protocols to switch between other devices on the television without needing to use the television set’s remote to change to or from Electric Jukebox.
Software
Electric Jukebox runs on a heavily modified version of the Android operating system. The front end user interface is built in HTML5 enabling OTA updates which negate users from having to perform software upgrades or app downloads normally required when using music streaming services on computers, smartphones and televisions.
User interface
Electric Jukebox’s user interface incorporates neon iconography and music songs and albums represented as spinning disks - a digital manifestation of a physical music product; a CD. The user interface has met with mixed reaction from commentators; several technology focused media outlets have said the user interface is overly simple in comparison to other services while mainstream consumer media view the simplicity of Electric Jukebox as opening up music streaming to audiences who are alienated by the complexities of music streaming. CNET commented “Here's an easy way to think about Electric Jukebox: Remember when the Nintendo Wii came out, and suddenly the whole family, who didn't know their Atari from their elbow, was jumping around the living room playing video games? Spotify is the PlayStation, Sonos is the Xbox -- and Electric Jukebox is the Wii.”
Voice search
Electric Jukebox controller built-in microphone provides access to the full catalogue of music. Voice activated functionality is provided by Nuance.
Celebrity playlists
Electric Jukebox has exclusive playlists from a range of celebrities including; Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field, Sheryl Crow, Alesha Dixon and Stephen Fry.
Curated music channels
7 Digital provide a range of curated music channels for Electric Jukebox.
Music recommendations
Danish music tech company Moodagent provide music discovery and recommendations features for Electric Jukebox.
Playlist creation
Electric Jukebox users can create their own playlists using the Electric Jukebox Controller.
Music catalogue
Electric Jukebox has a library of music of "over 29 million songs" from all major and independent record labels and publishers including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Merlin, PIAS, Believe Digital and INgrooves.
Geographic availability
Electric Jukebox is currently available in: