The Beatles will get their Groove on

The Fab Four's music catalog, previously only available on Apple's iTunes, will hit streaming music services beginning on 24 December 2015.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

December 23, 2015

1 Min Read
The Beatles will get their Groove on

Everyone who enjoys getting their music via streaming music services are about to receive an early gift beginning at 12:01 AM (Local) on 24 December 2015 as the entire Beatles music catalog hits several new channels.

Services such as Spotify, Deezer, Google Play and Microsoft's own Groove will join five others in finally getting the popular foursomes music. Subscribers on Napster, Amazon Prime Music, Slacker Radio and Tidal will also get the music library on their systems.

Since 2010 music from the Beatles has been available on iTunes but this is the first time any of it will be available through streaming music services which have grown in popularity of the last few years.

If you are not currently a Groove subscriber you can try a free 30 day trial and get an idea of just how extensive the music library for the Beatles and other artists are.

Groove can access music stored in your OneDrive cloud storage and your entire collection, including playlists, are synched between all of the devices you access Groove on including Windows 10 mobile, desktops, tablets and Xbox One.

Of course, even if you are not a subscriber, the 17 albums being made available on Groove can be purchased at an initial discount of 30% off per album until 15 January 2016. You can read more about this historical release over at the Windows Experience blog.

P.S. Did you know Groove is available for iOS and Android based devices?

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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