Music-Sharing Takes on New Meaning with New App

The ubiquity of earbuds has turned listening to music into a solo activity — but new technology is making it possible to listen as a group without ever removing your headphones.

Mystream, a mobile device application, allows listeners to share their music with others around them by playing a song through all of their devices simultaneously. Richard Zelson, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, came up with the idea for this mobile music app while studying abroad in Europe several years ago. Users can create their own network so that they know who near them is listening along.

"This lets people listen to music together," said Richard Zelson, the founder of Mystream. "Anytime you would have given someone your earbud, you can just use the Mystream app."

Riding the trains through Europe, Zelson found himself envying his friend's music selection, and wished there was a way for them to share the tunes without swapping earbuds.

His app's device-to-device streaming technology uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to allow between six and 12 people to listen to a song at the same time — each of them hearing the tune through their own headphones. Additionally, the app allows users within one network to view the others' music selection and listen to short clips, even if that song isn't currently being played on the owner's mobile device.

While there are other apps with the technology to allow one-on-one sharing, Mystream is the first to expand the technology to a whole group, Zelson said.

"We are the only ones who use this advanced technology," Zelson told InnovationNewsDaily. "On a scale level, there is no competition."

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Mystream is a free app and is available on the iPhone, iPod, iPad, with future plans to expand to Android devices.  

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