All-in-all, the premium version is well worth it but the $4 or $5 a month just sync playlists to the cloud is not worth it. I emailed the company and asked about a Windows UWP client but they said they're working on a web-based client (presumably PWA). However, I think they've now got a subscription service that syncs this data back to the cloud and therefore can be used to sync between devices. These created playlists are not written back to OneDrive. When a song is rated, it doesn't get written back to the file, at least not that I could tell.Cloud Player won't pickup Groove-created playlists on OneDrive so you've got create new playlists on the phone. For example, Cloud Player has a star rating system (and a heart for 5-star songs). However, metadata settings and playlists don't get written back to OneDrive. It'll play my FLAC and lossless WMA files from OneDrive. In reply to Ogugg:Cloud Player works really well. I can't think of any other organisation that's so desperate to get its customers using its direct competitors. Nope.I guess the streaming your personal music collection from the cloud era is over for me.This is probably the end of my Office 365 subscription. Nice one, Microsoft.Google Play Music is pitiful, I've been avoiding using that for as long as I've been on Android, itself, for me, a poor OS.Or there's pay more for Apple. Time for anyone to knock up a dodgy music player app, offer it for free, no ads, and they can merrily mine the OneDrive storage of anyone who signs up. This is nuts, it's not just music that's in there. (I guess you could copy it from there to your phone.)Ĭan't believe Microsoft would really recommend people download alternate streaming apps and grant them permission to their OneDrive storage. Other options include using “another streaming app,” which links to the Microsoft Store where you can apparently search for yourself, playing your music with the OneDrive app, which can’t be a great experience, and downloading your OneDrive music to your PC, after which you’re on your own. (In fact, I also recommended Google Play Music and iTunes Match as the obvious choices.) It recommends, for example, “playing your music with Google Play Music or iTunes Match,” which I take to mean “copy your OneDrive-based music to a competitor’s cloud service,” something I just discussed earlier this week. Some basically amount to “use something else.” Microsoft’s recommendations for those Groove users who still wish to play their OneDrive-based music on their smartphones is interesting. Customers can also play music using other apps or download files to their PC.” However, customers’ purchased music files will continue to be available and playable on OneDrive. “We’re notifying customers that on December 1, 2018, the Groove Music iOS and Android apps will also be retired and, effective June 1, are no longer available for download. “As we announced last year, we have discontinued the ability to stream, purchase and download music within Groove Music,” a Microsoft representative said. Update: Microsoft provided me with the following statement. You can keep listening to those files, and your playlists, with the Windows 10 Groove Music apps on PC, Xbox, or Windows Phone.” “Your personal music files will continue to be available in OneDrive. “On December 1, 2018, the Groove Music iOS and Android apps will be retired,” a Microsoft support page notes. Thanks to Neowin for tipping me off to this. This isn’t a huge surprise, but Microsoft revealed today that it will retire its Groove app for Android and iOS this year.
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