The first time I tried using Amazon Prime Music, recommendations weren’t a thing yet. In a week and a half, I’ve only stumbled on about 5-7 songs that I didn’t see lyrics for. While they aren’t available for every track in Prime Music, they’re available for a good amount. Just slide up and you instantly have access to lyrics. Lyrics are also provided via X-Ray right under the album cover art. Stations were relevant to what I listened to and adding tracks to playlists were always just a tap or two away (tip: you can tap on the album cover to get easy access to options). The sections of the app are also easily accessible with swipes and are much more robust than they were on my last encounter. Last time, I was hearing country music in an Ellie Goulding playlist, or Justin Bieber in a trance playlist. I immediately noticed that Amazon has done quite a bit of work under the hood to play and suggest things that are actually relevant to me. The selection still doesn’t come close to rivaling that of Spotify, but I figured if I could use Amazon Prime for most of my offline or on-demand listening, I could just use Spotify on shuffle (for free) and my local music in the Music app to fill in the blanks. Since then Amazon has added a Queue feature, a Spotlight feature that’s actually relevant, ad-free Prime stations with unlimited skips, and personalized recommendations. Last time I tried Prime, the selection wasn’t great and there were tons of missing feature. I’ve been using it for about a week and a half now, and there’s no denying the service has gotten much better. Before deciding whether or not I should pay, I figured I would give Amazon Prime Music another shot. I won’t deny Spotify is a great service, but I really don’t like their app. I’m not completely sold on switching from Rdio to Spotify just yet.
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