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iHeartRadio is using Google Home to let you vote for your favorite female music artist

The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards kick off in just a couple of weeks, and public voting is currently underway to determine this year’s award winners. This year, however, iHeartRadio is doing something a little different by partnering with Google to let users vote via their Google Home.

Using a new app for Google Home, users can cast their vote in the iHeartRadio Music Awards for the category of Most Powerful Female Voice. By simply saying, “OK Google, start iHeartRadio Awards voting,” the device will launch the app which is voiced by none other than Ryan Seacrest. He will walk users through the process of casting their vote for one of the six candidates, listed below.

Voting starts today and runs through midnight on March 5th, the night of the awards. The winner of this category specifically will be determined solely based on votes cast through Google Home and will be announced the day after the awards show on March 6th. Hopefully this partnership also pushes forward iHeartRadio’s previously announced plans to launch its service on Google Home…


iHeartRadio and Google Team Up For the iHeartRadio Music Awards!

iHeartRadio and Google are giving fans a new way to vote for their favorite artist at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards. In a first-of-its-kind activation, Google Assistant users on Google Home will be able to cast their vote for iHeartRadio Music Awards’ Most Powerful Female Voice by simply saying, “Ok Google, start iHeartRadio Awards voting.” The winner of this category will be exclusively determined by votes placed with Google Assistant on Google Home.

This year’s nominees for Most Powerful Female Voice features some of pop music’s biggest names, including Rihanna, Adele, Beyonce, Ariana Grande, Carrie Underwood and Florence Welch ( Florence and the Machine)! And guess what? Ryan Seacrest will be there to help! The voice of Ryan Seacrest will walk users through the simple steps to vote for Most Powerful Female Voice.

Google Assistant voting on Google Home is available starting today and will run through midnight the night of the iHeartRadio Music Awards; the winner of Most Powerful Female Voice will be announced the following day, Monday March 6th! The awards are coming up fast, so don’t forget to grab your tickets to the show now, or tune into TBS, TNT, and truTV at 8pm ET/5pm PT on March 5th to catch all of the action live. In the meantime, you can listen to all of your favorite female pop track tracks on demand, on iHeartRadio— get out there, and use your voice to vote!

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