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With the arrival of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, several Microsoft services that we announced months ago will be released, including Xbox MusicThis service is the one that has been replacing the Zune Music Marketplace, and with which Microsoft hopes to be able to compete head-on with Google Music and the iTunes Store.

From today we know some more specific characteristics of the service, among which the price is included. Several users who have access to the test phase of the application have confirmed that the service will cost 89.90 pounds a year (the change would be about 113 euros), or if preferred, a monthly subscription priced at 8.99 pounds per month (around 11 euros to change).To all this, Xbox Music is being offered with an initial 14-day free trial.

In addition to these two options, Xbox Music would incorporate a third option, which would consist of a free version including (very Spotify-style) .

Prices for the US version are similar, $9.99 per month or $99.90 for the one-time annual fee.

As news, we can talk about the Xbox Music interface and some features, including synchronization with the cloud. In Xbox Music it will be possible to create playlists and save them, to later share and synchronize this information with any Windows 8 device (tablets, desktop PCs…) and Windows Phone 8 (smartphones), through an Xbox Music interface that promises to be spectacular. In the case of the Xbox 360, this service is reduced to streaming playback.

Another very interesting option is found in the Windows Phone 8 SDK, where it has been discovered that it is possible to activate the option to upload our songs to the service , from the connection with Skydrive, which means that we will not only be able to save documents and images, but now we will also be able to include our songs.

To be able to take full advantage of Xbox Music, you will need to have an Xbox Live Gold user account, similar to Google on Google Play and Apple on iTunes.

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