It collected data on the music users listened to and their location in real-time.

Users could subscribe to groups and locations to view and listen to relevant and trending songs.

[1] Soundwave was founded in November 2013 by Brendan O'Driscoll and Aidan Sliney in Dublin, Ireland.

[2] Soundwave was launched worldwide on iPhone and Android on June 20, 2013, in fourteen languages.

[12][13][14] As of January 2015, Soundwave was available for iOS and Android mobile devices.