Amazon Music permits customers in Canada to speak and stream music with one another

Amazon Music introduced on Monday the launch of “Fan Teams,” a brand new beta function that lets customers create and be a part of teams primarily based on their favourite genres and artists. The function permits followers to speak, submit, and take heed to songs shared inside these teams.

The function is at present being examined in Canada on iOS and Android units.

Customers can entry Fan Teams by means of the “Discover” tab situated beneath the search bar on the high of the app. From there, they will discover over 30 completely different teams devoted to varied musical pursuits, starting from indie rock and nation to Punjabi and Ok-pop, in line with an organization blog post.

Group members can create new posts, take part in ongoing chat threads, and share or save really useful songs. Customers can even stream music with out leaving the dialog or the group — they will merely faucet the play button on the high to take heed to all of the songs added, or navigate to the separate “Music” tab subsequent to “Posts.”

Notably, artists can be a part of these teams, giving them a brand new technique to join with followers straight. They will share unique content material, work together extra personally, and construct stronger communities with their supporters.

Anybody can arrange a brand new group, and directors can mute members and delete messages, an organization spokesperson instructed TechCrunch. Customers can report content material and might block different members if wanted. 

This new function represents Amazon’s technique to compete with Spotify, which has been working to interact customers by means of varied social options. 

Spotify launched a messaging function in August and likewise a “Jam” function that permits customers to co-create playlists with buddies and take heed to songs collectively. 

SoundCloud additionally gives a commenting function and has just lately up to date its platform to incorporate new social functionalities, corresponding to playlists primarily based on what buddies are listening to and a direct messaging device for artists. One other platform, Stationhead, permits customers to take heed to music collectively throughout livestreaming events.

Fan Teams is about to roll out to clients within the U.S. and different markets starting subsequent yr.