The company has also confirmed that content bought with DRM may not play after the shutdown.
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Microsoft’s Zune portable media player was the company’s answer to the original line of Apple iPad products, with the first model launching in 2006.
Sonos is a little different than some audio solutions in that playing music on their speakers requires a specific app, which among other features enables access to music libraries on up to 16 PCs, Macs, or other storage devices on a home network, various Internet radio services, and music services like Groove Music. Music streaming is turning out to be ideal for most people with Spotify and Apple spearheading efforts on the same.
If for some reason you own and still use a Zune MP3 player, it’s about to get less useful as Microsoft discontinues the device’s online services.
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This is why it does not come as a surprise to learn that Microsoft will be winding down Zune Music’s services on the 15th of November. However, at this point, it is unclear whether older devices will be compatible with the services. Well, it was a line of MP3 players that Microsoft sold from 2006 to 2011, trying to compete with the iPod, along with an accompanying service to stream and download music to the devices. Basically, paying subscribers will automatically be converted to Groove Music Pass. If a user chooses to not continue as a Groove subscriber, Microsoft promises to send an email soon with detail on how to cancel and obtain partial refunds for any pre-paid time periods. Users with a yearly Zune subscription will be moved to an annual Groove Music Pass for $99.90. With Groove, you can stream music from Microsoft’s OneDrive on multiple platforms.
