Amazon and Pandora have announced plans to launch a music streaming service in the coming weeks, which will charge around $5 per month and offer functionality to compete with existing industry rivals, while also offering users voice control of their music via Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant. The new service, called Music Freedom, is expected to be available for download on both Android and iOS devices by early next year.
Amazon and Pandora have announced plans to launch a music streaming service in the coming weeks, which will charge around $5 per month and offer functionality to compete with existing industry rivals, while also offering users voice control of their music via Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant. Discussions are said to be taking place to finalise contracts with music publishers.