RIM has launched their own cloud based music service, BBM Music after closed Beta trial of several months in Canada, the United States and the UK. The BBM music was announced in August. The BBM Music is powered by cloud music service provider, Omnifone and it has millions of songs from leading music companies. The BBM music lets you listen to full tracks from the friend’s profile, build a music profile with 50 of your favorite songs with an option to swap 25 songs each month and create multiple playlist. The more BBM friends with BBM Music Premium subscriptions you have, the more songs you can share.
Features of BBM Music
- Create your music profile from a catalogue of millions of songs and keep it fresh by swapping songs every month
- Make friends and listen to their music selections
- Play single songs or entire playlists created by friends. Listen to a giant playlist that includes all tracks from all your friends
- Create playlists that are all your own – using songs from all your friends’ profiles
- Post comments about your friends’ music and chat with them about music in real-time
- Discover what your friends are doing by watching the timeline – friends adding friends, new songs, playlists, comments
- Listen offline, while not connected to the wireless network
The BBM Music Premium is available for a monthly subscription of $4.99 USD ($4.99 CDN and $5.99 AUD). The Premium version will feature a free Premium trial offer (Access all the features for free for 2 months in US and Canada, and for 1 month in Australia). It would be available in more regions soon. Download the BBM Music app from the BlackBerry App World for free.