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New-Deezer-Android

If you choose to get your music streamed to your Android devices from Deezer, then you’re in for a treat. The company just launched a brand new Android app in beta, with a new and improved user interface and new features. You can download and install the new app now — find out how below.

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DoubleTwist, creator of one of the most popular third-party media players for Android, has today announced Magic Radio, a new music streaming service for Android that delivers personalized stations based on mood, genre, playlist, or artist.

Magic Radio seamlessly blends music from your iTunes library with new music tailored to your tastes, from a catalog of over 13 million songs. It comes as part of the latest version 2.0 update to doubleTwist for Android.

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Google is preparing to take on companies like Spotify and Rdio with a new YouTube music streaming service, according to sources in the record industry, who have been speaking to Fortune. The service, which is expected to launch later this year, could be available for free, but there will be subscription options for those who don’t like to see advertisements.

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mwc2013bug-coaBARCELONA, MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS — Chip maker Qualcomm has teamed up with DoubleTwist, the creator of one of the most popular media players for Android, to develop a new media streaming service called MagicPlay. The open source protocol will allow any Android device to stream media — including music, movies, and photos — to anything with a Qualcomm chip running the AllJoyn protocol, competing with existing streaming services like DLNA.

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The popular method for listening to music online has shifted from $0.99 paid downloads to subscription services like Spotify and Rdio. Bigger tech companies like Samsung have tried to claim their piece of the music subscription pie, and Apple is rumored to be entering the space with some sort of ‘iRadio’ product.

That’s why it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Google is working on its own music streaming service too.

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