Facebook is reportedly launching a new music service on September 22nd, reports CNBC. That is also the date of Facebook’s annual f8 Developer Conference.
Facebook was previously rumored to be launching a music service partnering with Spotify, as we reported in May. In June, a hacker claimed to have found evidence of the service, called ‘Facebook Vibes’, on Facebook’s site. According to the hacker, Jeff Rose, a string in the download link for the recent Facebook Video Calling app makes reference to a ‘Facebook Vibes’ product that Rose conjectured might be a music offering.
The video chat plugin, called peep, is what is downloaded now. At some point in the future they seem to be prepared to download another app though, called Facebook Vibes. I searched around to see what this is all about, and it seems that this is an unannounced feature that has yet to be released. The vibes app connects with a music download dialog in the page though, so I’m guessing that with this release we are seeing the seeds for Facebook’s upcoming music offering.
Source: The Next Web
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