Amazon shutting down Amp app

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Amazon shutting down Amp app

Amazon.com Inc. is shutting down Amp, the live-audio app that allowed users to act like radio DJs by playing music and talking alongside the songs.

The product launched in March 2022 following a frenzy around live-audio services during the pandemic.

[Bloomberg]

 

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The company’s plan to ‘reimagine radio’ lasted for roughly a year and a half.

Amazon is quietly shuttering Amp Radio

The tech giant cut Amp’s staff by half last fall. In total, the company’s plan to “reimagine radio” lasted for roughly a year and a half.

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