Microsoft's attempt at a music service for Xbox and Windows users will fizzle out and money will be refunded. Users will have to make bridges to Spotify.
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Nowhere near as popular as Apple Music or Spotify, Microsoft's Groove Music service is at least extremely affordable in its bid to draw in more users.
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Microsoft’s attempt at hatching up an iPod competitor back in 2006 didn’t go so well. It launched the Zune music player back on November 14, 2006. Through six years of support, the growing lineup of Zune players outgrew the demand for them (and Windows Phone 7 devices). ...
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The coming arrival of Windows 10 is a force of change across Microsoft’s ecosystem, and beyond introducing the latest incarnation of the company’s operating systems, it’s leading to shifts in the other software and services Microsoft provides. Earlier this year, Microsoft shared word of one such change in the pipeline, dropping its Xbox branding from the new Music and Video apps for Windows 10. But for Music, at least, it turns out that Microsoft has even grander ambitions, and today reveals the next phase of this re-branding as it announces Groove.Groove is ...
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