Consumers no longer need to spend time downloading and transferring music from one device to another. They can now enjoy unlimited access, listen to as much music as they want, bring back old favourites or discover new music without worrying about the costs adding up from download charges per song.

“Samsung has worked closely with the major record labels to locally develop a service designed exclusively for the Australian consumer,” says Samsung Electronics Australia vice president of telecommunications Tyler McGee.

“Just like digital downloads was a major advancement from CD’s about 10 years ago, Samsung Music Hub represents a step in the way we access and consume music now and into the future using subscription streaming.

“The era of cloud services is now upon us and has opened up an ideal connection between music and devices like never before”.

Music industry collaborates

Samsung developed Music Hub in collaboration with all four major record labels. The service has been applauded by key influencers across the Australian music industry.

“On behalf of ARIA, I welcome Samsung’s new Music Hub service into the arena of music streaming as a great way for music lovers to access music in a legitimate format which supports artists, labels and songwriters,” says Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) chief executive Dan Rosen.

The service was launched at a star-packed launch party hosted by James Mathison with key influencers from all sectors of Australian society. Artists from the major labels were represented with performances from Pete Murray, The Potbelleez, Faker and Zoe Badwi along with Minx and Alison Wonderland (She Can DJs). The launch is part of a multi-million dollar campaign between now and Christmas set to drive awareness across Australia.

Music across multiple Samsung devices

Samsung Music Hub has been designed to complement the changing way Australian’s consume music – which increasingly sees music needing to fit in with the fast paced lifestyles of consumers, whether at home in the living room with friends or out and about by yourself; whether used by one person on one style of device or by many household members across mutiple devices. The service launches in Australia on 17 October on Samsung’s flagship GALAXY S II Smartphone, which has sold over 10 million handsets worldwide. By mid-December, a premium subscription will then give Australian’s access to music playlists on up to five different platforms including:

Samsung GALAXY Smartphones
Samsung GALAXY Tablets
Samsung SmartTVs
Samsung Smart Home Theatres & Smart Blu-rays
And via web-browser on PC’s