NEW YORK: Twitter has partnered with SoundCloud and iTunes store of Apple to launch music and audio service. Twitter Audio Card feature will deliver live audio streaming directly from the Twitter app. Users can enjoy music and other audio by simply clicking on tweets.
The Audio Card is compatible with all Android and iOS devices. The cards can display album art at full screen. Users can minimize it so they can continue reading Twitter as they listen.
The newly launched Audio Card were offered to around 60 Twitter users. These include Coldplay, NASA (@nasa), This American Life (@thisamerlife), Zeds Dead (@whoszed), Steve Aoki (@steveaoki), David Guetta (@davidguetta) and The White House (@whitehouse). Future members will be listed by @TwitterMusic.
The launch was spearheaded by the Foo Fighters band who told their fans on the official release of their latest single in a tweet. The song is now available in iTunes and fans can start listening by clicking on a link found in the message.
