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Samsung Galaxy owners can make use of a music-streaming service called “Milk,” giving users completely free access to music sans advertisements. Milk Music is fueled by Slacker Radio, a human-generated catalog. The intuitive radio-like playlist generator is strategically integrated into Samsung’s new operating system. It appears to be a more adept version of Pandora Radio.
Milk Music's system is set up in an on-screen large circle dial structure. The major genres surround the dial and are then compiled into subcategories like “acid jazz” or “indie pop.” The user can navigate around the genres that Milk has to offer and other randomized stations that are already in the system. The radio functions like it's scanning through channels on a car radio; you can preview the song that's playing before deciding to stick with the station.
Although Milk Music doesn’t provide a heightened interactive service like Spotify, Samsung’s music-streaming service is doing well so far. Pandora Radio is still popular all over the world, hence the demand for a radio service that pre-selects the songs for the user based on the demanded genre.
Samsung is integrating Milk Music into its system as an added incentive for people to purchase the hardware and potentially other Samsung products. Currently, users must have an Internet connection to run Milk Music on their phones. In the future, Samsung hopes to store the stations within the phone so they can be listened to while offline. Samsung also believes it will eventually offer the program as a paid downloadable desktop app.
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