Rdio Launches Free Music Streaming for iOS and Android

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By Stan Schroeder2013-10-03 11:12:49 UTC

Rdio will today launch a free music streaming service for iOS and Android devices in the U.S., Canada and Australia, the Associated Press reports.

The service, called Stations, is fully ad-free and provides a radio-style stream of music based on a certain artist, album, song or genre.

Rdio has offered free music streaming since January 2013; however, it was so far available only through the web or Rdio's Mac and Windows desktop apps.

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To be able to offer free mobile music streaming, Rdio has partnered up with radio station owner Cumulus Media. The company hopes that those wanting more music will subscribe to Rdio for $10 a month and access its vault of more than 20 million songs.

With the move, Rdio follows in the footsteps of services such as Pandora, which recently lifted its 40-hour cap on free mobile streaming.

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Topics: free music streaming, Mobile, Music, rdio, Tech