Nokia has
released the Nokia Music+ app for Windows 8 and Windows RT. The app allows subscribers of Nokia Music+ to use the service on their Windows 8/ RT devices. The app is a free download on the Windows Store and allows users to listen to music mixes, download mixes for offline listening, listen to their own music and get mix recommendations and artist information, and beam music wirelessly to supported smart TVs or other DLNA-enabled devices.
The app also lets users pin playlists and artist playlists (mixes) to the start screen and switch to Snap View minimising Nokia Music on the home screen but still offer the ability to access music controls
Nokia had announced Nokia Music+ in January and started to. The service is available for a subscription fee of $3.99 in the US and euro 3.99 in other markets and allows users to create custom music playlists based on artists, genres,and other attributes. It offers add-on features like infinite skips, unlimited downloads, higher quality downloads, lyrics, and access on other devices.
The Windows 8 app also offers a 7 day trial of Nokia Music+ with an in-app upgrade path, after its expiry.
The app is
available on the Windows 8 Store in the UK, US, Ireland, and Australia, and will be rolled out to other counties where Nokia Music+ is available, in the coming weeks. Existing subscribers can sign-in with the same user credentials to use the service. Nokia Music+ is available in the UK, Ireland, US, Norway, Sweden, France, and Italy.
The app is also one of the first apps to benefit from Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 sharing the same development kernel, as Nokia says it was able to create the core experience true to the mobile app, very quickly.
Release notesFeatures
Mixes: Hundreds of hand-crafted playlists across every genre you're interested in. From Pop to Dub, Blues legends, Ragga, Indietronica, and loads more - we've got the lot
Offline Mixes: Download hours' worth of your favorite mixes to listen when you're not connected to the internet
MP3 Playback: Listen and queue your own music. Put them in your Music library and we'll pick them up. Get Mix recommendations and artist information
Artist Mix: Tell us up to three of your favorite artists and we'll make you a mix featuring those and other similar artists
Artist Page: includes artist biography, artist mix, featured in mixes, tweets, gigs, similar artists and image gallery where you can set your device lock screen
Supports Nokia Music+, an enhanced music service which includes higher quality audio, unlimited track skips, unlimited offline mixes, full time-synced lyrics (where available). Includes free trial.
Lyrics: Shows time-synced lyrics for many of your favorite songs (Full lyrics available only for NM+ trial)
Play To: send what you're listening to directly to many smart TVs or DLNA-enabled devices
Snap View: A native Windows 8 feature. It allows you to view one app in a mini view whilst accessing another app at the same time
Use the Search charm to find Mixes that contain your favorite Artists