Twitter announced Thursday that it had partnered with Apple and SoundCloud to introduce a new feature Audio Card for iOS and Android , allowing users to listen to music while continuing to explore their Twitter timeline.
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While the microblogging site is already used by many singers and musicians to promote their work and interact with the fans, this latest addition to the service is likely to be very well received by both parties. For Twitter, this is another step towards expanding the range of content available to users, and offer them more multimedia content, and provide an experience other than text.
Audio Cards are easy to use . If you follow an artist who is on iTunes or SoundCloud, and it begins to tweet links to tracks on one of these services, simply click on the link in the tweet and a map will appear as an audio track . To continue using Twitter while listening to the audio stream, just simply drag the map to the bottom right of the screen. You can zoom at any time - to stop the track or skip to the next, or purchase (via iTunes) - with a simple click on the thumbnail at the bottom right.
Other audio content such as podcasts are also available via the new feature, Twitter and plans to connect more services outside iTunes and SoundCloud in the near future.
While more than 50 partners SoundCloud already have the green light to post audio links via Twitter, the partnership with Apple and iTunes is clearly emerging.
Expect that many more artists and media to be added soon.
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While the microblogging site is already used by many singers and musicians to promote their work and interact with the fans, this latest addition to the service is likely to be very well received by both parties. For Twitter, this is another step towards expanding the range of content available to users, and offer them more multimedia content, and provide an experience other than text.
Audio Cards are easy to use . If you follow an artist who is on iTunes or SoundCloud, and it begins to tweet links to tracks on one of these services, simply click on the link in the tweet and a map will appear as an audio track . To continue using Twitter while listening to the audio stream, just simply drag the map to the bottom right of the screen. You can zoom at any time - to stop the track or skip to the next, or purchase (via iTunes) - with a simple click on the thumbnail at the bottom right.
While more than 50 partners SoundCloud already have the green light to post audio links via Twitter, the partnership with Apple and iTunes is clearly emerging.
Expect that many more artists and media to be added soon.