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Amazon Enters the Premium Music Streaming Service Fray

posted by cmn32480 on Saturday October 15 2016, @05:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the lookin'-for-good-beats dept.

Celestial writes:

Amazon has entered the premium music streaming service fray today with Amazon Music Unlimited. It appears to be for the United States only at the moment.

Amazon has offered music to Prime subscribers for a while, but it's always been more of an add-on. Now, Amazon is getting serious with a much bigger library, curated playlists, and radio stations. This new tier costs $9.99/month, or $7.99 if you already have Prime.

According to Amazon, its regular Prime music service only offered "more than two million songs" which is probably enough that you won't notice the gaps if you're only looking for really popular stuff. However, as anyone who's ever tried to make eclectic playlists has found, it still leaves something to be desired. Services like Spotify, Play Music, and iTunes all have subscriptions with far more songs. With Music Unlimited, Amazon's cranking up the library to the tune of "tens of millions" of songs, so you'll probably have better luck finding something to listen to.

The service also comes with more of the features you'd come to expect from a music subscription. You'll be able to find curated playlists and custom radio stations (similar to Pandora, not the radio in your car) if you want to let someone else find you something to listen to. All of this will be available in the revamped Amazon Music app that's rolling out for iOS, Android, and on the desktop. If you have an Amazon Echo, there will also be a few new voice commands you can use.

The music streaming business is getting crowded, between Apple Music, Google Play Music All Access, Groove Music, Pandora, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tidal, and now Amazon Music Unlimited.

Which music streaming service, if any, do you use?

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  • (Score: 1) by jpmahala on Sunday October 16 2016, @01:05AM

    by jpmahala (6065) on Sunday October 16 2016, @01:05AM (#414730)

    I got in on the Google Play Music subscription when it was $8, and it's stayed there for me. New subscribers have to shell out $10. I'd be interested in signing up for their family plan, but I don't want to lose out on the deal I currently have.

    As for the service, There is VERY little I haven't been able to find, although I've been able to fill in some of those gaps by being able to upload my own music. With access from just about any device I own, along with great chromecast integration, I haven't found any other service that comes close.