Pure has launched its digital music service, Flow Songs, letting you click and buy tracks straight off the radio. Read on, and get all the info on Flow Songs.
Flow Songs is a cloud based service that lets you click and buy tracks that you hear on the radio. Click the flow button on one of Pure’s DAB and internet radios and it’ll analyse the track using technology from Shazam, identify it and give you a price and option to download through 7Digital. The service is cloud-based, so it doesn’t end when you download a track, as is the case with the likes of iTunes.
Flow Songs links up to a central, cloud-based account, and there’s the option to flick back to the station, or listen to the track again. What’s more, if you buy a track on one radio, and you can listen to it on any of Pure’s Flow range of Internet radios.
The service is based on underlying connectivity technologies from Imagination Technologies, and Pete Downton, director of connected services, explained: “flow songs is the first part if the digital glue that we’re trying to put into the market.”
There’s no DRM slapped on tracks from Flow Songs and the track can be downloaded to your computer, and used across all your portable devices.
Flow Songs is currently in beta and is UK only while Pure takes feedback from early users. It’ll launch officially on Monday August 16. What do you think? Will you use flow songs? Does the prospect of buying tracks as you hear them on the radio excite you, or do you fear for your wallet? Shout up in the comments section below.
