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The Samsung's music streaming app called "Milk Music" will shut down on September 22. However, all affected users may still enjoy the service by switching over to its back-end service called "Slacker."
Samsung released a statement on Friday announcing that the company is going to stop the Milk Music in the U.S. next month. The company said that it is a part of their strategic decision, investing in a partner model to integrate the best music services that are available for their Galaxy devices.
The company believes that working with partners will increase the innovation rate, enhance the sales of their device and will bring new experiences for their customers. However, this does not mean that their goal of being independent from Google will end. It is possible that Samsung will work with partners to establish a Galaxy-specific app, PC World reported.
Milk was created in 2004 as Samsung's Pandora-like music streaming service. After a year, the company stopped the app's video streaming service and in June, the Milk VR app was renamed "Samsung VR," as reported by Tech Times.
It is not really a surprise that Milk will not last that long. Samsung has lain off some employees from its Media Services Unit. Reports also said that some executives were also removed from their positions. It is not clear if this will affect anything else outside Milk in the future.
Galaxy fans may expect some music streaming apps bundled with the future smartphones that are tightly integrated with the underlying operating system. The only problem Samsung might is making its fans to forget about Milk and just switch to a better app.
On the other hand, Slacker is a well-known music streaming service that was created in 2006. It is available only in the U.S. and Canada. Users may listen to music via the web or from its app for iOS and Android. Slack is also available for Windows 10 but the app's review is not that good.
