Amazon Prime Music launches podcasts in India

Team Udayavani, Apr 15, 2021, 11:21 AM IST

Amazon Prime Music launched an array of podcasts in India on Wednesday, April 14. The podcasts will be available on the Amazon Prime Music app on Android and iOS, web player, and Amazon Echo devices.

It will have a curated list of shows by popular creators like Jay Shetty, Cyrus Broacha, Neil Bhatt, Robin Sharma, Sadhguru, Anupam Gupta, among many others. It will also consist of international Amazon Originals that are produced exclusively for Amazon Prime Music subscribers. The originals will be available in multiple languages across genres like motivation, business, technology, comedy, music, fitness, and more.

Users with Prime membership will be able to download podcast episodes for offline listening. With over 9 million podcast episodes available on Amazon Prime Music, it serves topics like motivation, self-improvement, society and culture, technology, news, comedy, fitness, and more.

Popular shows include Ted Talks Daily, The Habit Coach with Ashdin Doctor, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, and The Musafir Series.

Commenting on the launch, Sahas Malhotra, Director, Amazon Prime Music said, “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.”

He further added, “We will continue to invest in enhancing the audio streaming experience for our customers, and today’s launch signals further investment in entertainment and continued evolution of our service as a premier destination for music and culture.”

Podcasts are available for all Amazon Prime Music customers at no additional cost.