Xbox Music to rival Apple iTunes and Spotify

Microsoft's Xbox Music hopes to correct the mistakes made in Zune and create a service that can truly rival the likes of Apple's iTunes and Spotify by offering an all-in-one package

 

Microsoft has today announced that it will be launching Xbox Music, a music streaming service that will rival the likes of Apple's iTunes store and Spotify by giving customers access to a streaming library of over 30 million tracks.

The service, which will be available on Xbox 360, Windows 8 PCs, tablets and smartphones will give you to access the entire library over one account and across all your devices giving you free streaming for the first six months with a monthly limit then being put in place when that period expires.

Offering a similar service to Spotify, free users will be able to create unlimited playlists across their devices, however for those that like their music unlimited, offline and ad-free then there's Xbox Music Pass.

For £8.99 per month Microsoft will throw completely unlimited streaming your way along with the ability to create an unlimited number of offline playlists and of course you'll be rid of those pesky adverts.

Most interesting of all however is the news that Microsoft will also be adding an iTunes Match rival service to Xbox Music which will place all the music you already own in the cloud and then offer it to any of your devices.

Xbox Music will be launching tomorrow with all users getting free streaming for the first six months.

 

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Samsung packs Spotify into its range of Smart TVs

Samsung has announced that Spotify is now available to download on its range of Smart TVs

 

The firm is the first television manufacturer to offer the service on its boxes, which allows users to stream music for a monthly fee. Premium account holders simply have to download the application directly on to their Smart TV – a solid internet connection is essential – Blu-ray player or home theatre system, and can immediately access their playlists once they’ve logged in.

“We are thrilled to debut the new Spotify app on Samsung Smart TVs, which will make listening to favourite tracks even easier for our customers who will no longer have to worry about connecting cables from their laptop or tablet to their Hi-Fi equipment. For the first time, they will be able to use their Samsung Smart TVs and home theatre systems to enjoy Spotify’s huge music library from the comfort of their living room,” said Dan Saunders, Director of Content Services, Samsung Electronics, Europe.

“It’s our dream to make all the world’s music available instantly to everyone, everywhere, and bringing our service to Samsung Smart TVs is taking us another step closer to turning this dream into reality,” said Pascal de Mul, Global Head of Hardware partnerships, Spotify. “The television is at the heart of most people’s home entertainment experience, so it is a natural fit to make our music service available on internet-connected Smart TVs.”

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