New music app Resso from TikTok stables launched first in India

Resso, launched by TikTok developer ByteDance on Wednesday, may be the new kid on the music streaming block. In a space dominated by Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and other apps, Resso hopes to make a dent as a ‘social music streaming app’.

Much like TikTok, Resso encourages the sharing of user-generated content including lyrics and comments, alongside streaming music.

However, unlike TikTok which is absolve to use, Resso, like Spotify, has truly gone for the freemium model. The free version contains adds and streams music at a lower quality bitrate of 128 kbps. The paid version costs Rs 99 per month on Android and Rs 119 on iOS and permits you to download tracks together with skip songs.

The rates are similar to those charged by rivals Spotify, YouTube Music, Gaana, Apple Music, and JioSaavn.

Offering a platform for users expressing themselves, Resso hopes to build a big following. In addition, it encourages users to directly share lyrics on other social media platforms such as for example Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, apart from TikTok.

Chinese tech company ByteDance, which started testing the software in India in December, released it on Android and iOS platforms in India, first on earth. Your choice to launch first in India rides on the trunk of TikTok’s massive popularity. As many as 200 million users have downloaded TikTok in India, and Resso has recently bagged 600,000 users in its test phase.