Houston, TX – November 6, 2023 – PickleJar Holdings, a leading Texas-based entertainment software company, announces a major design update to its PickleJar Live smartphone app, the Fretz Ribbon™. The update, which is planned to roll out this week, adds a simplified command ribbon with animated icons designed to provide a simpler Fan experience with quick access to new artist engagement tools, upcoming performances, streaming content, and new user features to be rolled out in the coming months.
In the list of new changes PickleJar has planned for its PickleJar Live App, the new simplified Fretz Ribbon is the first to be released. It helps users to quickly navigate to the newest released features and gives more screen space to adapt to new Android and Apple phone sizes. Along with the new feature-packed Fretz Ribbon, the main navigation of the fan view has also been updated to provide more streamlined access to performances, artist profiles, venue lists and favorites.
“Through gathering feedback from thousands of people, our team continuously works to bring new features and service enhancements to unify the user experience across our entire platform,” said Jeff James, PickleJar’s chief executive officer. “we’re excited about these changes. Adding the Fretz Ribbon not only provides streamlined accessibility to PickleJar Live’s existing features, it also opens the door to new content partnerships, advertising revenues, and direct-to-consumer product offerings to be introduced in the weeks and months to come.”
This new Fretz Ribbon design announcement also includes the introduction of a new e-commerce section, “Dibs”, which includes key partner products for purchase, as part of the company’s recently announced partnership with Knocking Inc. The simplified navigation, includes access to live-streaming music, curated partner “PickLists” playlists, exclusive artist merchandise, enter-to-win contests, ticketing and more. Additionally, new animations, icons, and subtle color changes deliver a modernized experience as the user goes deeper into many of the core functions, including faster access to the PickleJar Up All Night’ weekly featured Artist Spotlights.
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PickleJar unlocks the potential of shared entertainment experiences through an integrated suite of software and services designed to inspire human creativity and enrich lives. Developed for the era of social commerce, we continuously work to advance tools to unify the touchpoints of Fan engagement with emerging Artists, mid-sized venues, and global brands. By embedding secure payment technology, data intelligence and content distribution, PickleJar’s innovative Artist promotion programs, Venue Managed Services and wide range of mobile apps create a 360° view of how Fans and Patrons connect with the music and moments that matter most.