“Popular music streaming service Spotify has officially announced it is coming to the U.S. ‘soon,’ but no date has been given for when the service will launch and compete with Apple’s iTunes Music Store,” Slash Lane reports for AppleInsider.
“Spotify launched a new page on Wednesday to announce that the service is coming to America. It boasts that users will be able to access ‘any track, any time, anywhere’ for free,” Lane reports. “‘The award-winning music service that’s taken Europe by storm will soon be landing on US shores,’ the page reads. ‘Millions of tracks ready to play instantly, on your computer and your phone.'”
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Lane reports, “Spotify offers cloud-based music streaming with more than 8 million tracks for free with advertising support. For $15 per month, users can access the service with no ads, and download thousands of songs to an iPhone or Android handset for offline use… Later this year, Apple will offer iTunes Match, which will scan a user’s iTunes library and match songs with those on Apple’s own iTunes servers, allowing them to be downloaded or even replaced with higher quality copies for $24.99 per year.”
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