Rdio Blog

Welcome to Rdio, your new home for unlimited, on-demand music — we’re a digital music service from the creators of Skype. Rdio is giving people around the world a new way to listen to music, which is why we're excited to launch Rdio in Spain and Portugal today. Now you can reinvent the way you discover, listen to and share music. And because Rdio is also available in other countries, including the US, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, finding new music is even more fun because users from all over the world are also sharing their discoveries.

Things you’ll love about Rdio:

• Play any song, any time, as much as you like, without ads.
• Find over 12 million songs from major labels and thousands of international and domestic independent labels.
• Discover new music and re-discover old favourites by following friends, people with similar taste in music, and influencers.
• Manage and access your music, no matter where you are.
• Listen offline by syncing music to your mobile device.
• Hear all the latest music, the moment it's released.
• Create and listen to collaborative playlists.
• Let Rdio help you decide what to play next, with artist radio stations, customized radio stations from other peoples’ collections, and recommendations.
• Share music with friends — start by connecting Rdio with Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm.
• Use your Rdio account while traveling abroad.

Rdio is available on the web, Mac and PC desktop apps, the iPad, iPod touch, many popular smartphones (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7) and at home in the Sonos wireless audio system.

Start using Rdio now, by signing up using Facebook or your email address for a 7-day free trial of Rdio Unlimited.

This is just the beginning — make sure to follow @Rdio on Twitter and Like Rdio on Facebook for the latest announcements, new music, and to learn more about Rdio.

Playing music in your home is easy with the Rdio for Roku app. Today we are pleased to share some nifty new features we hope Roku users will love.

New features on Rdio for Roku

• A new Collection view — see Artists, Albums and Songs
• Playlists — search for and read playlist descriptions
• ‘Now Playing’ — easily control the music you're hearing

In addition to these features, you can still search and play albums, artists and songs, see each week’s New Releases, Top Charts, and music Recommendations specifically for you. Scan Rdio’s Heavy Rotation for what’s popular, play music from your Web Queue and check your music listening History.

If you have a Roku and an Unlimited Rdio subscription, turn on your TV, check out the Roku Marketplace and re-authorize Rdio for Roku. Not an Rdio user yet? Be sure to sign up for a 7-day free trial on the web before test driving this sweet home music setup.

The original Rdio for Android app put millions of songs in your pocket to take with you anywhere — but we want to give you simply the best music experience on Android devices. Rdio is excited to share the brand-new, redesigned Rdio for Android today.

Rdio for Android now includes:

• Streamlined navigation featuring an all-new home screen allowing for one-click access to your collection and playlists
• Support for Android Ice Cream Sandwich’s new remote control client — manage playback on the lock screen, view controls and album art
• New music every week — be the first to listen to new albums and singles on the day they are released
• Top Charts
• Recommendations based on your listening history
• Search for artists, albums, songs, and now playlists and people
• Synced collection and playlist — view synced music ready for offline listening without the need to go into offline mode
• User Profiles - Search, browse, and follow other Rdio users; discover new music by seeing their activity, who they follow, their playlists and more
• And features of the previous version including Activity, Collection, Heavy Rotation, Playlists, Listening History, Syncing for offline access, and a variety of settings to control syncing and streaming on Wi-Fi or 3G

New Rdio for Android is available as a free download from the Android Market in the US, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. You’ll need an Rdio Unlimited subscription to access Rdio from your phone — new users can sign up directly through the app for a free 7-day trial or on the web at www.rdio.com.

Rdio is giving people around the world a new way to listen to music, which is why we're excited to launch Rdio in Germany today. And since Rdio is available in several other countries as well, including the US, Canada and Brazil, finding new music is even more fun because people from all over the world are also sharing their discoveries.

Jetzt neu: Rdio in Deutschland – Setze neue Standards fürs Entdecken, Hören und Teilen von Musik mit Menschen weltweit on.rdio.com/xxeNTi

— RdioDE (@RdioDE) January 11, 2012

Sprechen sie Deutsch? This is just the beginning — make sure to follow @RdioDE on Twitter, Like Rdio on Facebook, and subscribe to our Germany blog’s RSS feed for the latest announcements, new music, and to learn more about Rdio.

For the times when you’d rather your friends not know what you’re listening to, you can now disable Rdio's Facebook sharing and Last.fm scrobbling.

To manage these privacy settings, visit your External account settings on Rdio.com. Use the checkbox to toggle sharing and scrobbling — you can change this setting at any time.

In case you weren’t already aware, connecting Rdio with your Facebook and Twitter accounts makes sharing music with your friends a breeze. It also makes finding people to follow on Rdio effortless — once your accounts are connected, it’s easy to find Twitter and Facebook friends to follow on Rdio and they can find you too. If you want an additional layer of music tracking, connect Rdio and Last.fm to scrobble all the songs you play.