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  • Amazon Prime Music introduces innovative Hands Free Feature to enjoy music using voice on its mobile app

    Amazon Prime Music introduces innovative Hands Free Feature to enjoy music using voice on its mobile app

    MUMBAI: Amazon Prime Music further deepens its focus on innovative voice features with the introduction of Hands Free feature that enables listeners an effortless, lean-back music listening experience on their Amazon Prime Music mobile app. Starting today, Amazon Prime Music listeners can simply ask Alexa to play music wherever they go, while the app is open on any iOS and Android smartphones, without tapping the Alexa icon. 

    Listeners can now directly ask Alexa to play music from their favourite movie soundtracks, play music by mood, activity, era, genre, artists or create a playlist just by asking while eliminating the need to tap the Alexa icon. When the Amazon Prime Music app is open and in the foreground on any iOS and Android smartphones, customers can utilize the innovative voice features they can use on Echo devices to play music and can now simply say, “Alexa” to play, pause, repeat, move back and forth between songs and much more.

    · In the middle of a run? Just ask, “Alexa, play the Dance party playlist I was listening to last week” while enjoying your workout

    · In a mood to cook while listening to latest Bollywood songs? Like something and want to add to your playlist? Simply say, “Alexa, add this song to the playlist ‘My Favourite Hits’” and continue to enjoy cooking

    · Busy with weights at the gym and want to start a new song to keep you motivated? Simply ask, “Alexa, play my workout playlist”. No need to interrupt your weights routine.

    Commenting on the launch, Sahas Malhotra, Director, Amazon Prime Music, said, “We want to make music listening as easy and enjoyable as possible. The launch of the Hands Free feature on the Amazon Prime Music app eliminates yet another step between you and your music, giving you the freedom from tapping the Alexa icon and simply asking for your favorite music. Since its initial launch in the US in 2018, providing Hands Free listening in the app has been one of the top requests by our listeners for the music app. And, today, Amazon Prime Music is making mobile music streaming even better by enabling this new functionality in our app for our listeners. This brings the voice-forward music listening experience that customers love on Echo devices to the rich, visual mobile app interface”.

    The Hands Free feature in the mobile app makes the other recently launched voice-enabled features even more delightful to use and easier to enjoy. For example, in a mood to know what music is trending in other parts of the world across cities or countries? Just ask, “Alexa, play popular songs in New York”,  discover similar music to what listeners are listening to with “Alexa, play more like this” and Alexa will then select and play songs similar to that favourite track, making it easier to sit back and enjoy. That’s not all – listeners don’t ever have to search or browse for their recently played songs or music they haven’t heard in a while – all they have to do is ask, “Alexa, play recently played songs” or “Alexa, play songs I haven’t heard in a while” by artist, genre or time to truly enjoy an immersive music discovery and listening experience on Amazon Prime Music.

    To get started with the Hands Free music listening with Alexa in the Amazon Prime Music app, listeners can update the app for iOS or Android today or download. Listeners can always turn the feature on or off through the Amazon Prime Music app’s settings. Learn more at:

  • Amazon Prime Music launches innovative voice controls powered by Alexa to further enhance Prime members’ music listening experience

    Amazon Prime Music launches innovative voice controls powered by Alexa to further enhance Prime members’ music listening experience

    MUMBAI: Amazon Music today announced the launch of more innovative voice features on Alexa- available only on Amazon Prime Music – both in its mobile app as well as on Echo family devices. Amazon Prime Music listeners can now simply use voice to ask Alexa to play their favorite songs that they haven’t heard in a while. Also launching today is the ability to easily create new playlist(s) or add to the existing playlists just by asking, no searching or browsing required. 

    Amazon Prime Music now makes it easier to go back and listen to music from an earlier point in time by asking Alexa, eliminating the need to remember specific track titles or look back through listening history. Listeners can easily ask for their recently played songs or even those they haven’t heard in a while by artist, genre or time to make the listening experience even easier, including “Alexa, play music that I was listening to last week” or “Alexa, play me the Arijit Singh song I was listening to three weeks ago”. Also launching today is the ability to ask, “Alexa create a new playlist from this song” or add a song from their play queue to an existing personal playlist, making it easier to track and explore music while significantly enhancing the day-to-day listening experience. 

    Sahas Malhotra, Director, Amazon Prime Music India, said, “At Amazon, we constantly listen to our customers’ feedback and innovate to serve their needs in the best possible ways. With the launch of these new ways to discover music, we have made it easier than ever to make the music listening using your voice simpler and easier with Alexa being more like your best friend who understands you well and knows what you want to listen to – all just by asking! With the ad-free music streaming now coupled with the power and simplicity of Alexa Voice controls, Amazon Prime Music will continue to offer simpler, easier and more fun ways to listen to your favourite music.” 

    Now, simply ask for recently played music by artist, genre, or time to make the listening experience even easier. For example, say:
    • “Alexa, play me songs which I recently played”
    • “Alexa, play me the Arijit Singh song I listened to last month” 
    • “Alexa, play me hip hop music I was listening to three weeks ago” 
    • Or even try, “Alexa, play music that I was listening to earlier today” 

    Rediscover your favourite songs you haven’t played in a while, and enjoy without the need to manually scan the search bar or listening history, just try:
    • “Alexa, play songs I haven’t heard in a while”
    • “Alexa, play Rihanna songs I haven’t heard in a while” 
    • “Alexa, play rock songs I haven’t heard recently” 
    • Don’t know what to ask? Just say, “Alexa, play something I haven’t heard in a while” and let her take you down the memory lane.

    While listening to Amazon Prime Music on Echo family devices, add a new song to a playlist, or create a new one by asking:                                              

    • “Alexa, create a new playlist”
    • “Alexa, create a workout playlist”
    • “Alexa, create the playlist ‘My favorite hits’”
    • “Alexa, add this song to my playlist”

    Learn more at https://www.amazon.in/newwithalexa

    Amazon Prime Music is an ad-free service launched as a Prime benefit at no additional cost to the annual membership of INR 999/- and monthly membership of INR 129/-. Amazon Prime Music includes tens of millions of songs across major International and Indian music labels in over 10 languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu and more. Amazon Prime Music is available on Android and iOS mobile phone apps, Desktop app and Web player, Amazon Fire TV sticks and Amazon Echo devices.

  • Amazon Prime brings Venus Music’s 1990s, 2000s tracks to life

    Amazon Prime brings Venus Music’s 1990s, 2000s tracks to life

    MUMBAI: Amazon Prime Music announced that it is reviving Venus Music’s catalogue of thousands of tracks to its Indian and international selection. Amazon Prime Music will now offer the popular tracks that ruled the Indian music industry in the 90s and 2000s, all ad-free.

    Amazon Music India Director Sahas Malhotra said, “Amazon Prime Music continues to strengthen its catalogue across the decades of 90s and 00s as well as its selection in Hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Punjabi languages to ensure we offer the best selection to our customers. With the addition of Venus Music, Prime members will have access to super hits from Dil Se, Baazigar, Yes Boss and several other Bollywood hits curated across hundreds of playlists and stations.”

    “We are very excited to announce our collaboration with Amazon Prime Music and offer our rich catalogue of classics with the upcoming new releases to the Prime customer. We are looking forward for this association with Amazon Prime Music to be highly successful and we continue in our endeavor to entertain the music lovers across the country,” said Venus Music Digital Head Girish Jain.

    With over thousands of tracks in Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Marathi and other regional languages across genres, Venus Music is home to many iconic hits by artists like AR Rahman, Jagjit Singh, Nadeem Shravan, Anu Malik, Bappi Lahiri, Pritam, Sajid-Wajid, Himesh Reshammiya among many other top music composers. Music listeners will now enjoy tracks along with a selection of ghazals and devotional music, curated into playlists and stations by Amazon Music experts.

    Amazon Prime already offers unlimited free one-day and two-day delivery over 11 million products online to over 100 cities, 30 minutes early access for members on top deals and more benefits for an unparalleled shopping experience and instant access to latest movies and TV shows.

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  • Amazon Prime Music to add Tips Music to its ever-expanding ad-free selection

    Amazon Prime Music to add Tips Music to its ever-expanding ad-free selection

    Amazon today announced the launch of Tips Music, adding more than 25,000 chart-topping tracks to a vast catalog of millions of Indian and international songs on Amazon Prime Music. Soon to be launched as a Prime benefit at no additional cost, Amazon Prime Music will also include the latest releases from Tips Music on its ad-free streaming service.

    “With the addition of Tips Music’s catalogue of 25,000 hit songs to our selection of music, Amazon Prime Music customers in India will soon be able to enjoy the super hit 90s Bollywood melodies, taking them down memory lane. Customers will also have an easy discovery of one of the largest collection of Indian devotional music across songs by deities, playlists for the morning prayers or just enjoy uninterrupted chants stations to get through the day, all ad-free on the Amazon Prime Music app” said Sahas Malhotra, Director, Amazon Music, India.

    “Tips Music is one of India’s leading music labels and has a catalog that has some of the biggest hits from the 90s’ up to today. A catalog that boasts of super hits like Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani, Race, Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Kismat Konnection, Barsaat, Taal, Mann, Pardes, Raaz, Raja Hindustani and more. Tips Music has a catalog that covers an era where melodies ruled the Indian music industry. The label has a host of releases lined up and will be available on Amazon Prime Music,” said Kumar Taurani, MD, Tips Music.

    Amazon Prime already offers unlimited free One-day and Two-day delivery for over 11 million products online to over 100 cities, 30 minutes early access for members on top deals and more benefits for an unparalleled shopping experience and instant access to latest movies and TV shows. Customers who are not already Prime members can learn more about the program at www.amazon.in/prime

  • Amazon prime music inks a deal with zee music company

    Amazon prime music inks a deal with zee music company

    MUMBAI: Amazon today announced a content deal with Zee Music Company that will add over 450 film soundtracks in Hindi & regional languages alongside 250 Independent artist content thus adding to the wide catalogue of millions of Indian and International songs on Amazon Prime Music. Soon to be launched as a Prime benefit at no additional cost, the Amazon Prime Music will be home to several well-known, latest movie soundtracks like Padman, Half Girlfriend,  Baar Baar Dekho, Udta Punjab, Sairat, Raees, Dangal and will also host upcoming releases like Student of the Year 2, Aiyaary, Drive, Gold, Dhadak, Pari, Parmanu, Manikarnika & more for Prime members to listen to, ad free.

    Amazon Music, Director, Sahas Malhotra, India commented, “We are thrilled to partner with Zee Music to strengthen Amazon Prime Music’s catalog for our customers. At launch, Amazon Prime Music customers can enjoy listening to all the hits and forthcoming releases from Zee Music’s catalog ad-free, at no additional cost for our Prime members. Amazon Prime Music in addition to offering unlimited, on demand access to millions of Indian and international songs across varied genres and languages will also offer customers hundreds of especially hand-curated playlists and stations to enjoy their favorite music”.

    “Music streaming has become a large & popular way of listening to music in India and we are excited about bringing a wide selection of songs from our label on Amazon Prime Music that will reach out to an already existing, and fast-growing base of Prime members in India. We believe the digital experience would take our music to the next level of the popularity in India”, Zee Music Company – Business Head – Anurag Bedi said.

    Zee Music Company is one of India’s most exciting music labels and has established a strong foothold in the Indian Music Industry. Their Hindi catalog boasts of hits from Half Girlfriend, Baar Baar Dekho, Udta Punjab, Raees, Rustom, Dangal, Secret Superstar and many more.  Zee Music Company has also been steadily increasing its footprint in building its regional repertoire. It currently has tracks across various regional languages including Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali and many more.

    Amazon Prime already offers unlimited free One-day and Two-day delivery over 11 million products online to over 100 cities, 30 minutes early access for members on top deals and more benefits for an unparalleled shopping experience and instant access to latest movies and TV shows. Customers who are not already Prime members can learn more about the program at www.amazon.in/prime