Bye TikTok opposed each of the social networks. With more or less success, it has added features from Instagram, Snapchat, created serious problems for YouTube, which responded with shorts, and even endures video game streaming with a focus on mobile phones.
TikTok is undoubtedly one of the social networks that users spend the most time on. And now he also wants to take on music streaming services, including Spotify or Apple Music, and he’s going to do that with a music service called, well, of TikTok Music.
This time around, the social network offering is closer to traditional streaming services than pure social networking. Instead of conceptually rethinking the content, as was done with the social section, TikTok Music it works almost the same as other premium music streaming services.
TikTok Music: The Best of Spotify with the TikTok Algorithm
It offers a complete catalog of songs and the ability to add them to your personal library. And it also comes with the approval and agreements with major record labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music.
However, TikTok Music goes a little further and just like the main social network, adds an algorithmic and custom component. TikTok Music relies on song recommendations to help users find songs that have gone viral in TikTok videos.
In addition, this also applies to the social component of Spotify: it offers collaborative playlists, the ability to import music libraries from other platforms and find a song by text. And it even has a song identification that works similarly to Shazam.
And, following in the footsteps of the main app, Music also has a feature that allows users to find song suggestions by simply scrolling vertically endlessly.
For now, yes, don’t expect to be able to try it anytime soon, unless you live in the two countries where it’s available: Brazil and Indonesia. Prices, yes, seem very similar to those of Spotify and Apple Music. In Brazil, a monthly subscription costs $3.49. it’s the same price as an Apple Music subscription. About his coming to other markets at the moment remains a mystery.
Source: Hiper Textual
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