Following is the official announcement from Radionomy:Ī leaked version of Winamp 5.8 recently spread over the Internet. Now final version of Winamp is officially available for download on Winamp website and anyone can download and install it. Finally Radionomy decided to release the beta version officially on Winamp website for public so that no one needs to download the leaked version.
Many people started downloading the leaked build. Recently a new beta version of Winamp 5.8 leaked on Internet which contained many improvements and changes such as full compatibility with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 operating systems. The last stable version of Winamp which was available for download on official Winamp website was version 5.66. Radionomy relaunched the Winamp website and made Winamp available for download again to public. It was one of the best media players and became famous due to its clean and minimal UI, lightweight program and very light on system resources.Įveryone was disappointed by the announcement but then in 2014 a good news arrived on Internet that another company “ Radionomy” bought Nullsoft brand (which included Winamp and SHOUTcast). In good ol’ days of Windows XP, almost all Windows users were aware of this small media player and used to install it in their computers to listen their favorite songs. Winamp was one of the most popular, most downloaded and widely used media players available for Windows operating system. Winamp is Shutting Down on December 20, 2013 More details can be read at following article: In 2013, AOL announced that it’ll shutdown the popular Winamp media player and associated web services (Nullsoft brand) on Decemand Winamp will no longer be available for download on the official website past December 20, 2013.
UPDATE: Winamp 5.9 final version available for download.