12:09 PM
Diana D'Cruz
After the failure of its platform Zune Marketplace and its associated media player, which struggled to find an audience catchy, Microsoft had to quickly design a new system for listening to music online. This is done with Xbox Music: First launched on 16 October on Xbox 360, this service will be available in more than 22 countries and on many platforms, from 26 October (release date of Windows 8 ). Xbox Music certainly looks like a serious competitor Deezer, Spotify and even iTunes.
An extensive catalog of titles
As Deezer, Xbox Music lets you listen to streaming music for free but with advertising regularly broadcast in return: a monthly subscription, most comprehensive and offered 9.90 euros, is available. Nearly 30 million shares can be played by users and many features are waiting for you. The entire music is accessible worldwide, the message "Sorry, this piece is not available in your country" will be in the distant past.
A storage system online
The service allows Xbox Music more import your own songs stored in the cloud and accessible from any device compatible: Windows PC, Windows Phone and iOS and Android. So eventually carry hard drives and USB keys to listen to his favourite music to the four corners of the globe. And if a song like listening online to the user, he will be able to acquire definitely small for 99 cents.
Microsoft therefore strikes a blow in the circle of distribution platforms for streaming music. Then load users to try Xbox Music and all of its features in order to determine the potential ...
