Xbox Music has been released on iOS and Android yesterday. Microsoft's streaming music service goes all out and jumps the barriers of its own platform to compete with other peers like Spotify or Google Play Music All Access. Microsoft's bet is solid by having a 30 million song catalog, although the competitors are really strong.
Those of Redmond will not only play the battle in the field of mobile devices but also in the browser, with a versión web which before we could only access from Windows devices. With this we can enjoy free streaming music for 6 months and with internal advertising. After those 6 months a limitation will arrive, surely in the form of external advertising or payment to eliminate it.
When it comes to mobile devices, these two apps are actually very interesting for those who already have an Xbox Music Pass account. That is, those who have an existing subscription.
The application allows you to search for artists, albums and songs and generate personalized playlists with them. You can also put a radio based on an artist you have selected. The option to listen to music offline is not implemented.
Although the idea is to bring it to tablets as well, the truth is that the two applications, both for iOS and Android, have not taken this step firmly.
The prices are quite similar to those of its competitors. 9,99 euros per month o 99,99 euros per year are the two subscription options. It also allows us to test the first 30 days free, yes by entering bank details or PayPal account.
The prices are traced from Spotify on a monthly basis. Although we do not have the option to contract the service only for the browser. The annual offer is also not present in your competitor.
In the case of the Google option, the price will be 9,99 euros per month. Although, if one signs up before September 15 it will cost only 7,99 euros per month and we can also upload our own music, up to a total of 20.000 songs.
You can download Xbox Music for iOS on iTunes and for Android on Google Play.