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Microsoft unveils comprehensive Xbox Music service, including free streaming on Windows 8

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 15, 2012
Updated June 18, 2025
4 min

Microsoft’s Zune music service and players utterly failed to steal market share from Apple’s iTunes and iOS devices. But the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is trying again today with the unveiling of the Xbox Music service for Windows 8.

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