UMicrosoft usandula ukubhengeza ngephepha lenkxaso athe wagqiba ngalo Phosa itawuli kwicandelo lomculo lokusasaza kwaye inkonzo yakho yoMculo weGroove iya kuvalwa, Inkonzo enikwe elinye igama elingaziwayo ngo-2015 xa i-Xbox Music ivaliwe. Nge-31 kaDisemba, inkonzo kunye nayo yonke into enxulumene nayo iya kuyeka ukusebenza ngokusisigxina.
Ngokucacileyo, iMicrosoft iye yafuna ukuthatha ithuba kubasebenzisi abambalwa namhlanje abayonwabelayo inkonzo kwaye ingabashiyi bexinekile, Ufikelele kwisivumelwano neSpotify ukuhambisa zombini uluhlu lokudlala kunye nomculo abasele bewenzile ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Ukusukela izolo, ngo-Okthobha u-2, inkampani ayisavumeli mntu ukuba abhalisele inkonzo kunye nabo bonke abo banemali yonyaka kwaye bafuna ukurhoxa kwangoko Baza kufumana imali ebuyiselwayo okanye ikhadi abaza kulichitha kwiimveliso zeMicrosoft. Emva kokuvalwa kweGroove Music, kwihlabathi liphela, zine kuphela iindlela onokukhetha kuzo: Spotify, inkosi yangoku yokusasaza umculo kunye nabasebenzisi abangaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-60 (ekufuneka songeze kuzo iGroove Music), iApple Music enezigidi ezingama-30 (njengoko kubhengeziwe ezimbalwa iintsuku), iGoogle Play Umculo kunye noTidal.
Zombini ezivela eTidal nakwiGoogle Inani labasebenzisi abanokubakho okanye abanazo zombini iiplatifti azange laziswe, ke asinakho ukufumana umbono wokuba bakusiphi isikhundla kwimarike. UGoogle, nokuba inkonzo yakhe yomculo ayisebenzi ngendlela ebengathanda ngayo, ayinakuyivala inkonzo kuba iyakuthatha unikezelo lweenkonzo zemultimedia. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, uMicrosoft uza kuthumela i-imeyile kubo bonke ababhalisele iGroove Music ebazisa xa beqala ukufudusa uluhlu lwabo lokudlala kunye neelayibrari kwinkonzo yokusasaza umculo waseSweden.
