Amazon Music came to the region in the midst of a pandemic and has 55 million users worldwide.
amazon began competing this Wednesday in the streaming music segment announcing the arrival of Amazon Music to Argentina. The new rival of Spotify got 90 million songs in the highest quality audio, thousands of playlists, locally scheduled stations, podcasts, and live, ad-free, on-demand concert streams.
Using a system similar to the one popularized by Spotify, music lovers can access Amazon Music content on their mobile devices and smart speakers through an ad-free or ad-free subscription plan. Meanwhile, users with a active subscription to Prime Video they can link their account to this new service.
After its expansion into the region in 2021, mainly in Colombia and Chile, Amazon Music got a localized musical proposal with the best releases from Argentine and international artists, including Bizarrap, Soda Stereo, Cazzu, Luciano Pereyra and Lali, among playlists and local radios developed specifically for music fans in Argentina.
“We are extremely proud to expand Amazon Music’s reach into Latin America and offer fans more ways to interact with their favorite artists, both new and current,” said Federico Pedersen, Director of Latin America for Amazon Music.
Amazon Music has a diverse selection of playlists and locally selected stations covering popular genres.
Amazon Music customers can choose from a diverse selection of playlists and locally selected stations that cover popular genres specifically in the region, including rock, cumbia, folk music, and reggaeton, as well as new music from international artists that stand out on the global charts.
Starting today, Amazon Music listeners can start enjoying various playlists of Argentine cumbia, trap and rap, hits by Latin singers and national rock classics, among others.
Amazon Music: Features
Amazon Music offers live streams of the artists you follow within the app.
With the Amazon Music Unlimited plan, users can play music in HD and Ultra HD soundas well as spatial audio on multiple devices, including headphones, with no special equipment required and no additional cost to your subscription.
In the catalog there are over 90 million songs in HD no loss of qualitywith a depth of 16 bits and a sample rate of at least 44.1 kHz (CD quality).
Users can also stream over 7 million songs in Ultra HD (better than CD quality), with a depth of 24 bits and a sample rate of up to 192 kHz, showing more nuance previously lost in files compressed for digital broadcast.
All users, regardless of plan level, will be able to access millions of podcast episodes Free further.
Since Amazon Music launched podcasts in 2020, it has become a platform for new listeners and creators of this type of content. Popular shows in Spanish such as The Strategy of the Day Argentina, Anfibia Originales, Naked Psychology, La Selecta, Canelones Series, TIPO by Jacinta Oromí, Given the doubts and The Voice of Culturealready available in Argentina, along with millions of additional episodes, where more will continue to be added.
Podcasts from leading media partners COPESA, RDF Media, Radio Cooperativa, National Geographic, Sonoro and TED in Argentina will be available worldwide on Amazon Music, in Argentina and wherever the service is available. In the coming months they promise to launch original programs made exclusively for Amazon Music in Spanish in Argentina.
On the other hand, users can listen to new hits and albums, playlists and stations in many ways, in the mobile application, which is available for playback with or without an internet connectionAnytime and anywhere.
In turn, all Amazon Music customers have that capability request music by mood, season, genre and title on any Alexa-enabled device, including iOS and Android versions of Amazon Music. To access Alexa within the Amazon Music app, simply use push-to-talk on connected mobile devices and tablets.
With smart assistant features Alexa with the Amazon Music app, listeners can use their voice, wherever they are, to search the extensive catalog. there they can be found new music from regional and trending artists from around the world on the “Home” tab, as well as personalized recommendations based on your audience.
Live streams like Twitch, but on Amazon Music
Amazon Music, Spotify’s new rival.
Furthermore, thanks for the collaboration between Amazon Music and Twitchintegrated live streaming into Amazon Music’s mobile app, allowing fans to interact with artists in completely new ways and seamlessly switch between livestream and recorded music.
Fans will discover in many ways live stream live from the artists you follow within the Amazon Music app, including a push notification when they go live on Twitch; and via the new “Live” navigation page. For example, the platform broadcast in April the last show of Old and Coldplay included in Prime Video.
The app’s streaming service also simplifies for artists linking your Twitch channel to Amazon Musicvia the Amazon Music for Artists app.
From the platform they taught that new users could do that sign up for a free trial three months of Amazon Music Unlimited for a limited time before choosing from three plan options.
Amazon Music: plans and prices in Argentina
Amazon Music Unlimited is available at single device planwhich allows unlimited streaming to an Echo International device for ARS $ 99 and applicable local taxes per month, the A plan for ARS $ 279 that can be enabled on one device at a time, or on Family planwhich allows up to six members of the same family to use a subscription for ARS $ 489 plus applicable local taxes per month.
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Source: Clarin
