ByteDance Resso Music Streaming App Remove Free Service Starting May 11, 2023

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – platforms stream music made by ByteDance, Resso, announced that they will be removing the free service and completely switching to premium or paid.

“The Resso service will be upgraded to Premium only as of May 11, 2023 to enhance the experience stream your social music!” Resso wrote on his official website.

Ole Obermann, Global Head of Music, ByteDance through his statement said, this step was taken to create a service stream this gets better for the user, while increasing the benefits for the artist.

“Resso’s move to a premium dedicated service will enable the development of better user experiences for music fans, while increasing opportunities for copyright holders and artists,” he said.

Later, with paid Resso, users will be able to listen to music without ads, get access to download songs and be heard for free offlinecreation of lyrics to share, and social features such as duos playlists.

Quoted from Tech CrunchSunday (7/5/2023) platform stream this music is now available in India, Brazil and Indonesia with different subscription prices. In Indonesia, the individual package price for Android is IDR 49,000 per month.

Analytics company Sensor Tower notes that Resso has been downloaded more than 250 million times. According to Analyst Abe Yousef, 2021 has been the biggest year yet for the platform, with nearly 100 million downloads.

But in Q1 2023, the app owned by parent TikTok only got 13.5 million downloads or a 47 percent year-over-year decline. Resso also faces challenges after Sony Music pulled its catalog last year.

Yousef said, India is the largest market for active Resso users. Meanwhile Brazil represents 73 percent of paid users for the app stream That.

While last year, new trademarks in multiple regions, as well as code in the Resso app hinted, ByteDance is also gearing up to release TikTok Music in multiple markets.

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