Amazon will also join the likes of Apple and Spotify for including live audio content along with other music and radio features. The technology giant also plans to recruit celebrities to add content and launch the app. | Photo Credit: AFP Amazon will also join the likes of Apple and Spotify for including live audio content along with other music and radio features. Amazon is reportedly building a standalone audio-only app aimed at allowing users to record and distribute radio shows, according to The Verge.(Sign up to our Technology newsletter, Today’s Cache, for insights on emerging themes at the intersection of technology, business and policy. Click here to subscribe for free.)Codenamed ‘Project Mic’, the app will compete with Clubhouse, which grew popular earlier this year after Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s presence on the platform.The project aims to democratise and reinvent radio, according to the report. It will focus on U.S. users initially, and offer content in pop culture, comedy, and sports.Users will be able to tune in through the app, as well as through Audible, Amazon Music, Twitch and Alexa-equipped devices. Listeners will be able to interact with shows using just their voice in…
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Amazon building Clubhouse-like audio app: report – The Hindu
