...New content partnership adds scrobbling, music recommendations and customisable radio stations to German manufacturer's 'WiFi hi-fi'...
Last.fm and Raumfeld today announced their partnership to bring Last.fm's personalised music recommendation and radio services to Raumfeld’s next-generation hi-fi system.
Last.fm is a music recommendations service. By keeping track of what you play (also known as scrobbling) it learns which songs and artists you prefer. Based on this data, Last.fm compiles highly customised music recommendations and individual radio stations.
Raumfeld pools all of your digital music (be it on Mac, PC or NAS drive) and streams it around your house to studio-quality, WiFi-enabled speakers. With this new software upgrade, Last.fm becomes part of Raumfeld's multi-room audio experience enabling customers to enjoy endless musical expeditions from their sofa.
"Working with Raumfeld gives Last.fm a great opportunity to provide users with a powerful and engaging personalized radio experience powered by Last.fm's recommendations in a next generation hi-fi device," said Fred McIntyre, Vice President of Product for Last.fm and CBS Interactive Music Group, "the Raumfeld multi-room system has impressive usability and sound quality, and it provides an ideal environment for the functionality and fun that Last.fm's millions of users expect."
The Last.fm app on the Raumfeld Controller also 'scrobbles' every track played, helping Last.fm to continuously refine its personal music recommendations.
“Both Raumfeld and Last.fm share the same goal,” comments Stephan Schulz, founder and CEO of Raumfeld, “that is helping our customers to rediscover their passion for music. It's no coincidence that the both of us have made continuous improvement the integral part of our business. Our partnership is a perfect symbiosis of innovative technology and intelligent content, which together form the future of hi-fi systems.”
Other improvements in Raumfeld's latest software upgrade include playlist management, filing classical music by composer tag and enhanced third party UPnP/AV compatibility.
