Gaana.com has announced the launch of its updated Gaana 3.0 apps for Android and iOS, for streaming music to mobile devices.The updated version of the app comes loaded with lots of new features like a faster search engine, which makes it easier to browse, discover and favorite music from a large collection of over 3 Million songs. The available music catalogue is spread across Bollywood, International and Regional spanning 18 languages and multiple genres.
The enhanced features include social music discovery and personalization, and the new Discover Section in the app showcases cherry picked playlists to suit every mood, occasion and genre, be it romance or dance, happy or sad, party or devotional.
The app offers listeners an opportunity to tune in to a variety of pre-programmed radio streams (Radio Mirchi streams & Gaana Radios), featuring popular Radio Jockeys’ bytes, Celebrity favorites and loads of curated music. The main attraction being “One Touch Radio” which plays continuous music based on a user’s music taste. The recommendation improves with increased listens by a user on the service. Deep integration with user’s social network enables the users to not only discover new music through friends but to form a stronger bond with friends with similar music tastes.
The users can download the songs within the app for offline play and save on data costs along with a high quality ad – free music, at a price of USD1.99 per month in India. The music service currently boasts 7.5million monthly active users, and is available on the web, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows and J2ME platforms.