Amazon Prime Music Launches Podcasts For Customers In India

* Podcasts Are Now Available For All Amazon Prime Music Customers At No Additional Cost

* Millions of episodes across top categories are now available, including locally popular shows from creators including Jay Shetty, Cyrus Broacha, Anupam Gupta, Neil Bhatt and global Amazon Originals from DJ Khaled, Rolling Stone and more

Amazon Prime Music announced the launch of podcasts in India, which will be available to all Prime members at no additional cost. Customers will now have access to locally popular shows by creators including Jay Shetty, Cyrus Broacha, Neil Bhatt, Robin Sharma, Sadhguru, Anupam Gupta amongst others as well as international Amazon Originals produced exclusively for Amazon Prime Music customers in multiple languages across motivation, business, technology, comedy, music, fitness and more. Starting today, podcasts will be available on the Amazon Prime Music app on Android and iOS, Web player and Amazon Echo devices. Learn more here http://www.amazon.in/music/lp/podcasts

Sahas Malhotra, Director, Amazon Prime Music, India commented on the launch saying, “We are thrilled to launch Podcasts with a myriad of locally and globally popular podcasts on Amazon Prime Music. Starting today, our service will evolve from a place to listen to 70 million songs, ad-free into an immersive destination of music, content, culture, and community. We will continue to invest in enhancing the audio streaming experience for our customers, and today’s launch signals a further investment in entertainment, and a continued evolution of our service as a premiere destination for music and culture.”

Amazon Prime Music has added a versatile mix of shows that cater to varying consumer needs from inspiration, wellness and music to business, education, technology and comedy and for the first time, Amazon Prime Music will also bring exclusive internationally acclaimed content to Indian customers. Customers will have access to unlimited offline downloads, and hands-free Alexa listening experience with podcasts on the Amazon Prime Music app.

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With Amazon Prime Music’s visual apps on mobile and web, customers will be able to discover new favourites through curated recommendations across top categories, popular podcasts charts, and access to trailers on show pages. Whether listening on mobile, web, or on Echo devices with Alexa, Amazon Prime Music makes it easy for customers to find, start, and continue listening to their favourite podcasts throughout the day. Only with Amazon Prime Music can customers ask for the latest episode of their favourite show on during their morning wellness routine, resume playback on their phone while working out, and seamlessly move to their Echo device - just by asking Alexa, with no additional sign in or device linking needed. Customers can also follow their favorite shows and enjoy unlimited offline downloads on the app.

Podcasts are now available to stream on Android, iOS, desktop web player and Echo devices for all Prime customers at no additional cost. To learn more, or to add your own podcast to Amazon Prime Music, visit amazon.in/podcasts.

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Amazon Prime Music reimagines audio listening by enabling all Prime customers to unlock ad-free music and millions of podcast episodes at no additional cost. Amazon Prime Music provides unlimited, ad-free access to new and popular music across Android and iOS mobile devices, Desktop, Fire TV Stick, Echo, and more. It also provides free access to podcasts across genres and languages on mobile, webplayer and Echo devices. With Amazon Prime Music, Prime members have access to 70 million songs, ad-free and over 9 million podcast episodes as a Prime benefit at no additional cost to the annual membership of INR 999/- and monthly membership of INR 129/-. Amazon Prime Music includes songs across major International and Indian music labels in over 20 languages including Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi and multiple other Indian languages. Engaging with music and podcasts has never been more natural, simple, and fun. 

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