The legendary Winamp makes a comeback
Winamp has completely redesigned its website and it looks like the popular media player is back. The new Winamp promises a whole new and redesigned experience, and could be more than just a media player for the average user and audiophile.
Listening to music offline is a thing of the past, and most people have subscribed to streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, and Deezer. Many streaming services now focus on podcasts, and some also sign artists exclusively for their services to attract more users to subscribe.
The new Winamp website greets users with the new Winamp logo and follows a modern design language. It talks about how the software company wants to create a _ "unique space for creators" _ and also wants to help sound authors have more control over their content and help them connect with fans and earn more revenue.
It’s not entirely clear what Winamp is trying to do, but it sounds like it might want to become some kind of social platform for content creators, as well as support old features like listening to music and radio. Winamp could also be a new streaming platform and offer new features for users, content creators, and podcast hosts, but that’s just speculation for now.
Winamp has also launched a beta version, and users can already sign up to test the next generation of software before anyone else and share their feedback directly with the development team. If you want to help and test it, you can sign up here.
