Buyers of tablets that run Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows 8, are in for a pleasant musical surprise: they'll be able to handpick from a selection of millions of songs and stream them for ...

Xbox Music brings over 30 million songs to your Android device, but a few missing features keep it from competing with the mobile streaming music service top dogs. Good sound quality. Lots of tracks.

Since the Zune era, Microsoft has never been bad at music. No, they were just late to the party. Apple showed up with the best hardware first, and they complemented it with the world’s best music ...

The move is designed to broaden Xbox Music's distribution and audience in order to compete with the likes of Spotify and Rhapsody. By Alex Pham, Billboard Xbox Music is breaking out of the Microsoft ...

Microsoft has big plans for its new Xbox Music service when Windows 8 arrives on Oct. 26 and Windows Phone 8 a few days later on Oct. 29, but if you’re a gamer and you’d rather not wait, it’s actually ...

Microsoft is withdrawing free streaming on Xbox Music from Dec. 1, citing the need to focus on its music purchase and subscription service. The company is offering a free 30-day trial for users ...

Xbox Music has introduced OneDrive integration, allowing users to play tracks stored on the Microsoft cloud service. The new feature is available on the PC desktop service as well as the apps for ...

The Zune era is about to come to a definitive end. Microsoft’s new Xbox Music–the service it announced at the E3 conference in June–arrives on the Xbox console on Tuesday and on Windows 8 on the ...

Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, works from Seattle and focuses on investigations and analysis. He's a former Seattle bureau chief for BusinessWeek and author of the book "Design Is How It Works: How ...

Microsoft's new Xbox Music service will debut on October 26 alongside the launch of the company's new operating system Windows 8, multiple sources have told The Verge. Xbox Music comes to life this ...

The Xbox One has further expanded its ability to play background music while playing games as it now supports Microsoft’s Groove Music service. Earlier this month, the Xbox One received the Simple ...