Winamp is being rebooted as an all-in-one music player
90s kids will remember Winamp, the highly customizable music player that shot to fame across the internet during the mp3 era that was laid to rest after the advent of iTunes and shortly after the first iPod in 2001. Now, according to a recent report by TechCrunch, the legendary music player is making a comeback as a mobile app that will give you one place to listen to all your music — including playlists, podcasts, streaming radio stations, and more.
According to the report, the new Winamp will serve as a “platform-agnostic” interface which provides a single location to play music from both users’ file-based music libraries and from streaming services. There will also be functionality to access podcasts, online radio stations, and other services. Essentially, the plan is to update Winamp for both desktop and mobile so that it will be a single, searchable experience for all the audio you consume from different sources. But the fine details of how the new music player will integrate all these sources still remains unknown as not too many details about the project are out yet.
