Clubhouse audio social app in 2021 around once big fire, Amazon previously launched a similar app called Amp, in an attempt to compete with Clubhouse.
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According to news distributed internally by Steve Boom, Amazon’s director of digital music, the app has now officially shut down after only 18 months of operation.
After inquiries that Amp was released in March 2022, and that in the audio social app, users could act as DJs, share music with other users and provide real-time reviews.
Amazon announced at the time that Amp would be joined by notable musicians including Nicki Minaj, Pusha T, singer Tinashe, violinist and electronic artist Lindsey Stirling, Travis Barker, Lil Yachty and Big Boi, as well as popular radio hosts Zach Sang, Kat Corbett, Christian James Hand and Guy Raz, among others.
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In July 2022, foreign media outlet TechCrunch claimed the app had more than 700,000 monthly active users, but in late 2022, user interest in such audio social apps waned, and instead of seeing subsequent substantial growth, Amp app users gradually declined, with almost half of Amp’s employees being let go during Amazon’s massive layoffs last year.
