Now you can have all your music anytime, anywhere, and listen to it on-the-go.

After four years in development limbo, Winamp is getting a major revamp. The software will re-launch as a dedicated audio player for iOS, Android and desktop, which will serve as a platform for songs and podcasts from all sources.

The classic favourite media player was the creation of two student programmers from the University of Utah. Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev released the first version in 1997. The following year, Frankel founded his own software company, Nullsoft, and continued the development for Winamp until 1999, when the company was acquired by AOL.

AOL developed Winamp until 2013, when it announced that it would shutting down the software’s website and ending support. The closure did not take place and in 2014, Winamp was acquired by online radio platform, Radionomy.

The rumour mill had all but exploded of a new update for years since but it seems that now the software is finally about to get some TLC.

According to Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO of Radionomy, there will be a completely new version of Winamp that comes with a completely new listening experience. Users can listen to the MP3s as they have done so before, but also to the cloud, to podcasts, to streaming radio stations, and to the playlists they have built.

The desktop version of Winamp will get a small update to iron out a few kinks, and the new app is expected to hit the shores in 2019.