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Twitter lets users listen instantly to music and other audio in tweets

Twitter has begun letting people instantly listen to music and other audio by clicking on tweets from the popular microblogging service.

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Twitter has begun letting people instantly listen to music and other audio by clicking on tweets from the popular microblogging service.

The new Twitter Audio Card feature, launched on Thursday in partnership with SoundCloud and Apple's iTunes store, will allow users to stream audio live from the Twitter app.

Audio Card works on mobile devices powered by Android or Apple software.

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"We're just beginning to test the Audio Card and plan to make it available to more partners and creators in the future," the San Francisco-based firm said in a blog post.

About 60 Twitter users were offered Audio Card at its launch - including the White House, US space agency Nasa and the band Coldplay - and newly added members will be listed by TwitterMusic.

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"Many more musical artists and creators will be able to share exclusive, in-the-moment audio to millions of listeners on Twitter," it added, without saying when new users would join.

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