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\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\nWinamp, a popular media player from the 90s, is getting a serious makeover, the company announced on Wednesday. The plans also include a strategic partnership with music streaming service Deezer to make the upcoming release an all-in-one media player for all of your music and podcasts, whether streaming or local.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first time the player has attempted a comeback \u2014 in 2019, it returned in the form of a mobile app, but now it\u2019s going all out again for another return to the world.<\/p>\n
The Winamp media player was originally released in 1997 and was known for its customization, including skins, as well as a popular music visualization feature. However, as the world leaned more heavily toward streaming, Winamp became less of a household name and was relegated to the \u201990s kids who loved it so.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the announcement, the new release has one mission: to reinvent the music player for the streaming era. That\u2019s certainly a tall order, especially with the likes of the already massively popular streaming services in existence today. Even if the service was free, most people likely wouldn\u2019t stray from Spotify or Apple Music.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new Winamp will integrate a user\u2019s local music library along with a massive digital music catalog from Deezer. This will also include internet radio stations, podcasts, personal cloud-based collections and other audio sources. The player will apparently be highly customizable \u2014 something we\u2019d expect from Winamp \u2014 and include social features for music discovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While the service will be a paid subscription, the press release says that it will deliver a \u201cfundamentally different experience,\u201d and that it will \u201creimagine both the listening experience and the subscription model.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nostalgic Winamp users may indeed be interested in the upcoming release, but the company faces an uphill battle to woo users away from existing platforms. It remains to be seen if the player itself can be used without a subscription to play local music libraries. Even then, the number of people maintaining massive libraries of MP3s and other music files is likely far smaller than it was when Winamp was first released.<\/p>\n
The new Winamp app experience will be released in the first half of 2027. No pricing has yet been announced.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he’s not in front of a keyboard, you’ll most likely find him playing video games or watching horror movies.
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