Rdio launched in India, offers free radio experience and on-demand subscription service


Rdio Music for Android India

Rdio has finally launched in India. It has over 32 million songs in 43 languages from global, regional and local labels, offers free internet radio experience without any trail or subscription and also has on-demand subscription service that lets you access any song, album, playlist or station, online or offline, without ads for US$ 1.99 or Rs. 120 per month.

Commenting on the India launch, Anthony Bay, CEO of Rdio, said:

At Rdio, we’re focused on creating the world’s best music experience built around the listener. India is the fastest growing Internet market in the world with one of the most vibrant cultures for music. We have built a strong local organization here, which is now our largest office and team outside the U.S. Our objective is to raise the bar for the digital music experience in India and provide the most robust offering of music from around the world, all tuned to each individual listener.

Rdio acquired Dhingana, India’s popular online music streaming service back in March last year. Dhingana founders Snehal Shinde and Swapnil Shinde joined the executive team at Rdio.

Snehal Shinde, VP of Emerging Markets at Rdio (Co-founder of Dhingana), said:

Over the past seven years, my brother and I have dedicated our lives to bringing millions of users the diverse and wonderful music of India. Last year Rdio acquired Dhingana and we set out to marry our Indian expertise and experience with the best global music platform. We are proud now to introduce Rdio to India, a world class product that delivers a global music service with a localized user experience for music fans in India and abroad.

Rdio Music for iPhone and iPad

Features of Rdio

  • Browse: Where Rdio’s newly curated stations can be explored.
  • Home: An evolving and constantly refreshing feed of personalized music stories that surfaces the best of Rdio in a single destination. Stories are built around the listener’s music preferences, recent activity from tastemakers and friends, recommendations from Rdio experts, and more.
  • Favorites: Expanding listeners’ collections so they can keep track of everything they love, all in one place.
  • Trending: See which stations, songs, albums, artists, or playlists are popular among all Rdio music lovers, or toggle to people you follow and make it more personal.

Rdio has also partnered with mobile app and automotive brands.

  • Shazam users can now connect their Rdio account to get the tracks they discover automatically added to Rdio playlists. Rdio users can also go beyond the preview, playing full tracks from Rdio right in Shazam.
  • SoundHound also connects listeners directly with Rdio and enables discovered songs to be played back “in app” and also linked to a playlist in Rdio.
  • Google Chromecast casts Rdio content to the TV’s from Rdio iOS, Android, and Web apps.
  • Rdio provides interactive streaming music for all Volvos in India along with aftermarket car entertainment devices such as Pioneer AppRadioLive, and HARMAN Aha Radio.

Rdio is available on Web, iOS and Android devices. You can register and download the apps from rdio.com.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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