"GET YOUR TRENDS 2018", a special site that analyzes your data from 2018 to create your own "personal music history"…
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Announcing the release of “CONNECTED by AWA P[AR]TY”, an innovative new AR media experience based on the concept of AWA, at the Design Scramble2018 design festival.
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Business alliance with worldwide short movie platform TikTok. Adding 25 thousand popular tunes from AWA to TikTok, with 5 million total planned within the year!
AWA has formed a business alliance with short movie platform TikTok in its music division.
This business alliance will link the services of AWA and TikTok in order to expand those services and create new music value and experiences. As a result of this tie-up, 25 thousand songs including DA PUMP and Koda Kumi will be available for use when recording videos on TikTok. Furthermore, tunes will continue to be added, with a goal of 5 million available songs by the end of the year…
Notice Regarding Work to Update Playlist Data
AWA Launches #PhotoToMusic Feature - Post a photo to Twitter and recommended music to match that photo is automatically replied to you
Starting on August 1 (Wed.), we have started providing a #PhotoToMusic feature where you can upload a photo to Twitter and have AWA automatically reply to you with recommended music that matches that photo.
In this feature, when Twitter users tweet photos with the hashtag #PhotoToMusic, the AWA official account instantly analyzes the photo and replies with music that perfectly matches the scene. Anyone who has a Twitter account can use this feature…
AWA to begin offering service on Garmin Japan's GPS running watch, ForeAthlete645 Music
AWA began offering its services on Garmin Japan Ltd.'s GPS running watch, ForeAthlete645 Music, as of June 4th, 2018 (Mon.)
Users subscribed to AWA's Standard Plan can now listen to music offered by AWA, choose playlists, and download (*1) music, letting you enjoy your music on your run, even without a phone. In addition, AWA has over 2,000 playlists aimed at runners and joggers, with the songs being chosen by and the playlists made public by users who like running. This is means that, even if you don't know what to listen to, you can enjoy your run as you listen to these playlists…
Mobile phone service provider mineo has begun providing sales of AWA to users as a newly available entertainment option service
On June 1, 2018 (Friday), K-Opticom Corporation (headquarters: Chuo-ku, Osaka, President / Representative Director: Takao Fujino), which operates the mobile phone service provider mineo, will begin offering sales of AWA as a newly available entertainment option service.
This endeavor is part of mineo's effort to provide new entertainment options such as "music," "video" and "digital books," with the start of sales of AWA within its music category. These sales of AWA are the first ever such endeavor as an option service for a mobile phone service…
Notice of Changes to the Terms of Use
AWA 3rd Anniversary Campaign ~Sign up now to win ambie, a new type of earbuds that allows you to listen while doing other things~
AWA will begin its "3rd Anniversary Campaign" on May 10th, 2018 (Thu).
We decided to host the "3rd Anniversary Campaign" ahead of AWA's 3rd anniversary on May 27th (Sun).
We will select lucky winners at random out of everyone who newly signs up for the AWA Standard plan during the campaign period and present them with ambie wireless earbuds.
The "ambie wireless earcuff," which is the prize, is a new type of earbuds that lets you listen to music while doing other things without blocking your hearing, as it does not shut out outside noise, allowing you to enjoy music while working, walking around town, doing chores at home, and many other situations.
As AWA is famous for being able to recommend playlists that are optimal for various situations, we have succeeded in providing a more complete music experience through our collaboration with ambie…
AWA releases app for "Fire TV" that can be used on TV screen with one touch
AWA released an application dedicated to Amazon's TV platform "Fire TV" on Thursday, March 29, 2018.
Thanks to this release, those who have "Fire TV" will be able to use AWA seamlessly with a dedicated interface for TV screen. "Fire TV" allows you to play music from connected or built-in TV, check song charts on the service and create playlists so you can enjoy the world's music the same way you would watch TV...
Update to Music Identification Feature on AWA for Android, Automatically Identify Music Playing in Your Surroundings.
With this update, it is now possible for your device to automatically identify the track and artist for music playing in your surroundings, even with your smartphone in your pocket or bag, just by turning on the Automatic Music Identification setting in the app. Each identified track will be added to a list, and the user can later check this list and perform instant playback of any of the tracks that were found...
Three Free Months, Only Available Right Now! Happy Holidays Campaign. Launched to Celebrate Winning Google Play’s “2017 Best App” Award
AWA is running a “Three Free Months, Only Available Right Now! Happy Holidays Campaign” from December 26th, 2017 (Tuesday) to 3 PM on January 5th, 2018 (Friday).
To commemorate winning the “2017 Best App” Award—not counting gaming apps—in Google Play’s “Best of 2017” awards, which honor apps and games which became popular in Japan this year, AWA decided to hold a “Happy Holidays Campaign.” This campaign, which is valid for users who registered for the first time under the Standard plan, extends their one month free trial to three months (*1). The campaign is valid even for users whose free trials have already expired, so long as they have not previously registered for the Standard plan (*2).
AWA Partners with Ski Resorts (Hunter Mountain Shiobara and Tambara Ski Park): Show the AWA App for a Lift Ticket Discount
AWA has partnered with Hunter Mountain Shiobara (Nasushiobara, Tochigi) and Tambara Ski Park (Numata, Gunma), both ski resorts operated by Tokyu Resort Service Co., Ltd. (HQ: Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Tomoyuki Hayakawa).
During the campaign period of December 23, 2017 (Sat.) and March 31, 2018 (Sat.), visitors to these ski resorts can show the AWA app downloaded on their smartphone to receive a 500 JPY discount on a lift ticket purchased at the lift ticket sales gate (*1).
AWA also plans to give away a pair of lift day passes valid for the 2017-2018 season at Hunter Mountain Shiobara and Tambara Ski Park through AWA's official Twitter account to a lucky 25 couples (50 individuals) (*2)...
The long awaited 239 tracks from "Utada Hikaru", including those under the "Utada" name, released on AWA
Since December 8th, 2017 (Friday), we made available tracks from Utada Hikaru (including those released under her international name "Utada").
The released songs include the 192 titles from her debut album to her latest one, "Fantôme", and further include the 47 songs released overseas under the name "Utada", for a total of 239 tracks...
AWA wins Best App, the top prize in the Japanese edition of Google Play's Best of 2017 awards
3 Months Free! - Limited Time Christmas Campaign. Right now users have a chance to receive a special present as well!
What was your most played music of 2017? GET YOUR TRENDS 2017
We've set up a special site, GET YOUR TRENDS 2017, where you can see the music you listened to most in 2017.
If you log in to GET YOUR TRENDS 2017 using your AWA account, you can analyze your listening data on AWA for the last year, which will show you not only your overall listening time, and your top tracks and artists ranked by number of plays, but also your favorite musical genres, eras, and countries. All the information is visualized in stunning charts, and music can be played directly from each chart...
AWA Launches New Equalizer Feature - A Joint Development with Music Equipment Manufacturer ONKYO
AWA has launched its new Equalizer feature for Android & iOS, as of November 16th, 2017.
This new equalizer feature by AWA allows users to manipulate music during playback in order to change the mood of the songs.
Users can adjust the volume of specific sound ranges, emphasize low or high notes, increase the volume of vocals, and more, making it possible to change the overall mood of songs during playback...
