The arrival of the YouTube Music streaming service has put all other music services on notice, given how big Google’s marketing machinery is. We can expect competitors like Spotify and Pandora try to bring more features in order to keep their music base or to bring more people looking for digital music into their fold. Deezer isn’t any different and so now we’re seeing this latest update, although it will only be useful for those who want to listen to their music though their smart TV. You will now be able to download a native app for your Android TV, letting both premium and freemium users enjoy listening to their playlists and albums via a TV speaker.
It may sound strange to those who are content with using their smartphone or computer to listen to their music, but if your smart TV has great speakers, then having an Android TV app for Deezer can actually be useful. It includes the user-favorite feature called Flow (which uses smart data suggestions to choose your songs), access to 53 million tracks, podcasts, live radio programs (in select countries like the US, UK, Germany, France), etc. If you feel like having a karaoke session, then it’s even more useful to blast your music through a smart TV.
Premium+ users will be able to enjoy new features like recently played, channels, and the aforementioned lyrics, podcasts, and radio. Freemium users will also be able to listen to the whole tracks in their top playlists, recommended playlists, Flow, radio, and mixes. However, like before, they will only be able to listen to top and recommended playlists on shuffle and only skip up to six times when using Flow and mixes. If you prefer having you music on demand and skipping whenever you want and of course not hearing those ads, then Premium is the way to go at $9.99/month.
The app actually has been pretty busy, even before YouTube Music came into the scene. A few updates ago, Deezer brought the Flow Tab feature which brings you personalized playlists based on the artists that you love, taking advantage of the service’s algorithm which they are pretty proud of. They also introduced SongCatcher, which functions as a music discovery feature for when you don’t know what’s the song playing in a coffee shop or on the train.
YouTube Music turned the popular video-sharing service into a music streaming app since people apparently use it anyway to just listen to music. Even though the product may still seem a bit confusing (because of the continued presence of Google Play Music), you can expect Google to make a push for it soon. Your move, Spotify, Pandora, etc.
SOURCE: Deezer
