Back in the day before iTunes was as popular as it is, and before music streaming services like Spotify, Winamp pretty much ruled the scene as being the de facto music player if you listened to MP3s. Things have of course changed greatly over the years, where Winamp is now a distant but fond memory.However according to a report from TechCrunch, it seems that Winamp’s grand revival and return to glory is expected to take place in 2019. This is according to Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO of Radionomy, the company that had bought Winamp. He told the publication that we can expect to see a completely new version of Winamp come 2019 where he envisions it being the de facto platform that it once was.
According to Saboundjian, “There will be a completely new version next year, with the legacy of Winamp but a more complete listening experience. You can listen to the MP3s you may have at home, but also to the cloud, to podcasts, to streaming radio stations, to a playlist you perhaps have built. People want one single experience. I think Winamp is the perfect player to bring that to everybody. And we want people to have it on every device.”
Details of what Radionomy plans to do is still scarce, save for the fact that they are hoping to revive the software. To be fair, Winamp never really went away. The app was on the verge of being shut down for good before Radionomy bought them over. However the app hasn’t really been updated officially since, although it continues to work. Whether or not Winamp is still relevant in this day and age remains to be seen, but we should find out come 2019.
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