Samsung’s Milk Music Premium now in Australia

Australian Samsung Galaxy phone customers who’ve been getting its streaming Milk Music service for free as part of a value-added for buying its hardware, now get a premium service for $3.99 a month.

It offers no ads, high fidelity audio, the opportunity to skip unlimited songs, and offline listening which allows listeners to catch up to 25 stations on a compatible smartphone, tablet and smartwatch when they don’t have reliable data connection.

Samsung Australia launched Milk Music in February a few months after it retired Music Hub. Australia was one of the first countries outside the US to get Milk Music. The local version launched with 150 stations and 17 genres through 17 models.

Users could ban/ like songs and tailor stations to play popular songs or the deep cuts. The interface dial worked like a car radio, which provided users the chance to hear new music while they were browsing.

A Spotlight section advised users which stations were trending, curated by celebrities, musicians and media “influencers”.

Prasad Gokhale, VP of Samsung’s mobile division said at the time, “We are now introducing a premium service to give our customers access to high audio quality and the ability to enjoy music offline.”

Late last month Samsung shuttered its video discovery app Milk Video following a strip of its content and services team. Milk Video was launched to streamline the process of watching and sharing videos on Samsung devices. It aggregated sites like YouTube, Funny or Die, BuzzFeed, Vimeo and Vice.