The app also supports Android Wear for the first time. This means that you can now browse the app and control the songs from your Android Wear device. Most notable among them is the ability to download music from your personal library and/or Amazon Prime Music directly to your phone or tablet’s MicroSD card, assuming you have one. Offline playback is now available on Amazon Music but it is only limited music store locally on the users’ hard drive. According to Techno Buffalo, users in the United Kingdom even have the option to check out the lyrics for a selected song.
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Amazon announced that its Music app is now available on Android Wear devices. Now, Amazon Music users can control and browse their music just by using their smartwatches.
Today’s upgrade brings other features on board, as well, including new artist detail pages designed as a “one-stop destination” for an artist’s most popular songs, albums, photos, streaming stations, and more. A New to Prime tab shows all the music which was recently added to Amazon Prime, ensuring that users’ favorite tracks are always within reach. The UI has been tweaked with the addition of a “New to Prime” section and a “Popular” tab. With Prime Music previously only allowing users to save songs on their smartphone, it made users choose between the songs they wanted to keep for offline playback, which was a serious limitation that has been eliminated now. However, both Amazon and Google (which hosts Google Play Music) are steadily hoping to increase the viability of their music streamers as the digital marketplace continues to move from a download-first paradigm to the convenient world of streaming.
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The update is rolling out now on the Play Store, and the app is of course free to download.
