Samsung launched Milk Music, its own free music streaming service Friday, with streaming options from rival iTunes Radio, Pandora and Spotify.
Samsung launched Milk Music , a free music streaming service exclusively available for Galaxy owners and powered by Slacker. With the new service, non-iPhone users can get access to Apple's iTunes Radio among other services, including Pandora and Spotify.
Milk Music offers ad-free service unlike iTunes Radio or even Slack Radio. But that luxury will not be available for long, as Wall Street Journal notes that Samsung plans to soon integrate ads and will charge a fee to block them. The new service replaces Samsung's Music Hub that was shut down recently.
Samsung worked for a whole year to design the UI. Milk features a large dial reminiscent of an old-fashioned radio tuner. Users can spin the dial to browse through different genres of music. There are customization options of favorites and user preferences. Powered by Slacker Radio, Milk offers a catalogue of 13 million songs from 15 top-level genres, ranging from Rock to Dance to Jazz. The dial displays up to nine genres at a time and can also be personalized to include selective genres.
Samsung is a late comer to the highly crowded music streaming space. Services like Pandora, iTunes Radio and Google Play Music offer competitive experience for users who want to listen to music on their smartphones, anytime, anywhere.
Milk Music is currently available in the U.S., exclusive to Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, S4 Zoom, S4 Active, S4 Mini, Note 2, and Note 3 smartphones. The app will also be functional on Samsung Galaxy S5 after its commercial availability. It does not require users to register or set-up.
The Milk Music app can be downloaded on compatible devices from Google Play Store.
