VKontakte returned to music for users of Apple devices with one caveat.
The official application “Vkontakte” for running on iOS devices Apple’s renewed the possibility of listening to the tracks, but keep them in memory(cache) devices is still prohibited. Music, albeit in slightly abbreviated form became available after the next update of the mobile application “Vkontakte” for iOS.
About it reports a press-service of the social networks.
Return function music player “Vkontakte” became possible again on Apple devices due to the agreement of the social network with major music brands-holders Universal Music Group, Warner Music and Sony Music.
“We welcome the return of the ability to listen to music in our app for iPhone. We are talking about 14 million active users of “Vkontakte”, which come in the social network from mobile devices of Apple”, — said the representative of the social network “Vkontakte” Eugene Krasnikov.
However, caching of music (stored on device for listening without Internet access) inaccessible.
Musical section within the application “Vkontakte” for iOS existed before the beginning of 2015, when the company had to remove it due to a conflict with the owners. Until today, a tab can be opened only if you type in the search box address “vk.com/audio”. According to analyst firm App Annie, after disabling section in the iOS application “Vkontakte” for iPhone in February 2015 on iOS, there was a significant growth of Russian music apps in the App Store rankings.
