MixRadio

MixRadio was confirmed closed in direct company-contact reporting on March 23, 2016. That displayed day is an inferred confirmation proxy, not the actual technical cutoff.

Sources and shutdown details ↘

Music & audio production · Closed; date inferred · 23 Mar 2016 · Observed closed by · Not the verified service cutoff · MixRadio Limited

The record

A personalized music-radio application that learned listeners’ tastes to assemble evolving streaming mixes, combining machine-learning music intelligence with human curation.

Operator at shutdown: MixRadio Limited Company source
Service end: Closed; date inferred · 23 Mar 2016Observed closed by · Not the verified service cutoffClosure source

Sources and verification

Coolsmartphone original direct LINE-contact reporting — completed MixRadio closure ↗ · Checked 28 Oct 2026

Verification notes

Shutdown: Leigh Geary’s March 23, 2016 report quotes the completed-closure statement on MixRadio’s own website and explicitly says LINE supplied the reporter with a statement after prompting. This is direct company-contact reporting, not acquisition-only inference. The displayed March 23 day is an inferred dated-confirmation proxy, not a verified backend cutoff. A March 22 MediaNama report says the service ended the previous day, whereas Geary says today; LINE’s SEC filing dates business abandonment to March 21. These do not resolve the exact technical cutoff day, hour or time zone. The February 16 issuer announcement was a future plan. Original technology-provider and operator sources establish a full independently named personalized-radio app: learn evolving tastes and generate listening mixes, rather than one recommendation button or model/API. All operating-system versions count once. Cached mixes could continue briefly after their last refresh, and purchased music copies survived; neither means the hosted radio service remained open. LINE MUSIC, Microsoft Groove and The Echo Nest platform are outside scope. Bristol is the documented product-team headquarters city. No reading of the login-gated original Facebook post is claimed. Closure source
Dates checked: Announced 16 Feb 2016 · Verified 28 Oct 2026
AI functionality: AI functionality source
Launch: An original November 16, 2011 technology-provider release documents the machine-learning MixRadio experience. Its first public availability day is unknown; older music-store chronology and later cross-platform launches are not substituted.
Location: United Kingdom · Bristol. LINE’s original announcement explicitly locates the MixRadio leadership and product-team headquarters in Bristol, United Kingdom. This is the evidenced product operating city. Rounded GeoNames coordinates are city points, not an office address. Location source · Coordinate source