{"id":28295,"date":"2017-05-31T06:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-05-31T06:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:02:16","slug":"soundclouds-first-game-console-app-arrives-on-xbox-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/soundclouds-first-game-console-app-arrives-on-xbox-one\/","title":{"rendered":"SoundCloud\u2019s first game console app arrives on Xbox One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SoundCloud has announced its first ever games console app with the launch of\u00a0its audio-streaming service on Microsoft\u2019s\u00a0Xbox One.<\/p>\n

The SoundCloud app will be\u00a0available to download through the Xbox App Store from today, and the good news is that it won\u2019t be limited to those subscribing to SoundCloud\u2019s on-demand service \u2014 anyone with a SoundCloud account will be able to listen to their audio just as they can through other platforms.<\/p>\n

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Above: SoundCloud: Homescreen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The \u201cfully integrated music experience\u201d also allows gamers to listen to music or podcasts in the background without leaving the game, and the deep integration with the console\u00a0means gamers can tap Cortana to play and skip tracks within SoundCloud using just their voice.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2007, SoundCloud has grown to more than 175 million monthly listeners, though historically\u00a0it has differed from the likes of Spotify insofar as it\u2019s geared toward creators<\/a> and allows anyone to upload their own audio. But last\u00a0March SoundCloud\u00a0launched a $10 monthly on-demand subscription service<\/a>\u00a0after inking\u00a0deals with most of the major music publishers.<\/p>\n

Though SoundCloud has been battling to turn its business around, rumors abound<\/a> that the company is losing a lot of money, and competitors such as Spotify<\/a> and Google<\/a> have recently been linked to talk of an acquisition.<\/p>\n

SoundCloud\u2019s arrival on Xbox One marks the first of the major music-streaming services to land on Microsoft\u2019s console, with Pandora Premium<\/a> currently limited to Pandora\u2019s\u00a0mobile apps. It is worth noting here that Microsoft offers its own Groove music subscription service to Xbox users.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere,\u00a0Spotify struck an exclusive deal with Sony<\/a> to include its streaming service on PlayStation two years ago.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Xbox One news today, SoundCloud also revealed it\u2019s rolling out a new beta app for Windows 10 PCs and tablets.<\/p>\n

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SoundCloud has announced its first ever games console app with the launch of\u00a0its audio-streaming service on Microsoft\u2019s\u00a0Xbox One. The SoundCloud app will be\u00a0available to download through the Xbox App Store from today, and the good news is that it won\u2019t be limited to those subscribing to SoundCloud\u2019s on-demand service \u2014 anyone with a SoundCloud account… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-info"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t