Zune Services are now Retired for All Windows Users

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Published onNovember 17, 2015

published onNovember 17, 2015

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It was already long overdue, but Microsoft has finally decided that it’s time to retire all of its Zune services. Thus, the Zune Music Pass subscription program and the Zune marketplace for buying MP3s are no longer available.

Of course, this isn’t exactly a surprise, as Redmond made the announcement a few months ago. New Zune Music Pass subscribers are going to be automatically switched to Microsoft’s newGroove Musicservice. If you still have an active subscription, then you can cancel the service and receive pro-rated refunds.

As you probably recall, the last Zune hardware product was made back in 2008 and the brand was used for Microsoft’s music and video marketplaces. Now that Microsoft has renamed even its Xbox Music app to Groove Music, it’s time to make sure that this is the single name customers remember.

Microsoft also explains how is the Groove Music Pass different from the Zune Music Pass or the Xbox Music Pass:

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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