Gaana.com

Gaana.com
Opened April 2010 (2010-04)
Owner Times Internet
Platforms
Restrictions Registration required for Plus Content
Streaming Audio
Protocol HTML5
Availability Worldwide
Website gaana.com

Gaana.com is an Indian commercial music streaming service. It was launched in April 2010 by Times Internet and provides both Indian and international music content. The entire Indian music catalog is available to users worldwide. Gaana.com features music from 21 languages including the major languages such as Assamese, Hindi, English, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and other Indian regional languages.

Gaana.com allows users to make their playlists public so that they can be seen by other users.[1] They can view and favorite playlists. Its mobile app was launched to support almost all operating systems.[2]

History

The domain name, Gaana.com, was first registered on 21 June 2005 and was launched in April 2010.

Gaana.com formed a partnership in February 2013 with South Indian Music Companies Association to acquire rights to music from 79 different labels. Consequently, Gaana.com had access to more than 25 million songs.

Micromax bought a stake in Gaana.com in October 2015.[3]

In May 2018, Gaana launched gaming innovation in music streaming app [4]. The music app has also introduced voice assistant feature.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gaana.com records 1.4 million unique visitors in launch month". The Economic Times. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  2. ↑ "Gaana on song, new initiative 'Originals' clocks 20 mn streaming in five weeks". The Economic Times. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  3. ↑ "Micromax buys stake in Gaana, to integrate app with its smartphones". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gaana launches gaming innovation in music streaming app". The Economic Times. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  5. ↑ "Music app Gaana introduces voice assistant feature - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
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