![]() They learn what you like if you give songs a “thumbs up.” You can discover new music this way, but can’t choose the specific song or album to listen to. Meanwhile, radio services such as Pandora play songs they select along certain genres, artists or styles. Songs you own are stored on remote servers operated by those companies, and your device pulls them over the Internet as you’re ready to listen to them. Prominent ones include iTunes Match and Inc.'s Cloud Player ($25 a year each, though Amazon has a free option for 250 songs). That’s where online storage lockers come in. You may also run out of space to store songs on your mobile device. But you can run up a big tab if you buy a lot of music. You pay once per song or album rather than monthly, and you own it forever. Plus, all your songs disappear when you stop paying the monthly fee.ĭownload stores such as iTunes have a wider selection of music. Some artists, including “The Beatles,” hold out completely. But it can take weeks or months for new albums to appear - notably Coldplay’s “Mylo Xyloto” last year and Adele’s “21" this year. Subscription music plans such as Spotify and Rhapsody allow you to listen to almost any song or album you want as many times as you want for $10 a month. So you’ll have to distinguish between Samsung’s “Music Hub” (for music) and its “Media Hub” (for TV shows and movies), and avoid Android’s “Music Player,” “Play Store” and “Play Music.” This issue is compounded because several Samsung apps are meant to replace Android versions. Several apps on Android devices sound alike and do similar things. The first problem is distinguishing Music Hub’s app from others. But I don’t believe it’s an incentive to switch. battle in court over how similar their devices look and feel. The music service could help the Galaxy stand out as Samsung Electronics Co. After trying it out for a week, I was left wondering why this was any better or worse than a pure music subscription plan.Īlso, Music Hub works only on Samsung’s Galaxy S III phone, which is becoming one of the iPhone’s biggest rivals. There are some redundant and confusing features and not everything worked properly. In practice, though, Music Hub can make your head spin. That’s a great premise at a great price: At $10 a month, Music Hub promises an affordable, ad-free listening experience. ![]() Samsung’s new music service tries to combine four things into one: an all-you-can-listen plan like Spotify, a pay-per-song store like iTunes, an Internet music storage service like iTunes Match and a radio service like Pandora.
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