Amazon To Launch Streaming Music Service In Late Summer Or Early Fall: Report (reuters.com)

If Spotify, Pandora, Google Play Music, YouTube, and Apple Music aren't enough to meet your music demands, you will be delighted to know that Amazon is also working on a streaming music service that it intends to launch in late summer or early fall. According to Reuters, Amazon's upcoming subscription-based service will be offered at $9.99 per month, in line with major rivals. From the report: Although it will be a late entrant to the crowded streaming space, Amazon believes a comprehensive music service is important to its bid to be a one-stop shop for content and goods, the sources said. The new music offering also is intended to increase the appeal of the Amazon Echo, its home speaker, which searches the Internet and orders products from the retailer with voice commands.

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Uh?

[bhcompy]

Amazon Music already exists and already streams music. The only thing they don't have at this time that other channels have are curated channels, but they do offer the similar musician channels that other services all offer(Slacker, Pandora, etc). And, even better, I can upload my entire library and have it available on any device that supports Amazon Music(which is basically everything but WP and Blackberry)

Re:Uh?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes. Literally the only important word in the Reuters article is 'standalone'. Meaning it won't need to be part of Prime. They are doing the same thing with Amazon Video, which is to be available outside Prime.

Re:Uh?

[PhrostyMcByte]

Amazon Music already exists and already streams music.

I'd assume this would be more in line with the other services and offer unlimited access to their full catalog. Prime Music right now has such a small catalog it's a joke.

Re:Uh?

[Coren22]

Amazon music streaming:
$9.99 /mo
9.99X12 = 119.88

Amazon Prime (including music streaming)
$99 /yr

So, you can pay a monthly fee that comes out to $20 more expensive, or just get prime and use their streaming music service. This standalone thing sounds awesome!

Prime Music

[rossdee]

Yeah, and its part of Amazon Prime, along with the free 2-day shipping and Prime Videos
But I prefer to buy and download my .MP3's (once) and not have to pay the cellphone company for the extra data

Re:5 choices is crowded?

[GrumpySteen]

Those are just the top five. There's quite a few more than 5 streaming services out there.

Re:Fall?

[Coren22]

When talking about a company doing something in the USA, wouldn't it be normal to refer to the seasons in the USA not Australia or South America?

Re:Coren22 = "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" lol

[Coren22]

Oh yes, because almost instantly replying is paying for your lies, and instantly replying is exactly the same as running away.

You are so full of yourself it is hilarious. Go get some Valium, you could use it.

Keep linking to that thread, it is hilarious how badly I humiliate you by responding for the 100th time to your garbage!

Re:Coren22 = "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" lol

[Coren22]

I don't need to prove myself better than you, I have already proven you don't know anything about security, so even a teenager could beat you at security. You also seem to lack a basic understanding of the difference between sarcasm/joking, and lying. And you have no understanding of basic logic.

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