Nokia Music updated for Windows 8.1, fixes Snap view and the Flux Capacitor

Nokia Music

Confession. Nokia Music recently became i of my favorite music services out in that location. It'south in heavy rotation for me personally with other services like Xbox Music, SoundCloud, and Songza. The offline playlists were very welcomed on my Lumia 1020 during the 17 hr journeying from California to Abu Dhabi for Nokia World. I've likewise been using the Windows eight version app a lot. Sadly, that one wasn't updated for some of the new features available for Windows viii.1. Today's my lucky day, since Nokia has just released an update for Nokia Music on Windows eight. Allow's bank check it out.

When we were at Nokia World in Abu Dhabi, we got a first look at the Windows eight.1 version of Nokia Music. Version 1.5 was teased to us and we learned that information technology would be out in a "few weeks". Well those weeks are up, since you can at present grab version 1.5.0.5720 of Nokia Music from the Windows Store.

This update brings to you a few things. Hither they are:

Windows 8.1 enhancements for both Search and Snap View
Artist favoriting
Notifications
Flux Capacitor kicks in at 87mph

Sure enough once y'all update your Nokia Music app for Windows eight you lot'll see that you tin can at present take the app menstruum to any snap state you lot identify information technology in. You're no longer express to ii modes, instead pick a width of your display and Nokia Music will look beautiful no matter what with no black bars on the side.

Nokia Music snapped in Windows 8.i

Windows eight.1 is depreciating some of the principles for search that came with the OS final year. Most notable is that developers are now encouraged to put the search box within the app versus having users utilise the Search charm.

Another neat thing about this new version of Nokia Music is the power to favorite artists. Why would you lot desire to do that? Easy, to take advantage of the new notifications that the app can give you. When you lot favorite an artist y'all're telling Nokia that you intendance enough about them to go notified for things like new music releases and upcoming tour dates. Cheque out the video below to basically see what's new in the app.

Oh and of course, Nokia has finally fixed the Flux Capacitor to kick in at 87mph in Nokia Music. We can't call up exactly what it was gear up to before, but apparently enough users complained that they've addressed this little misstep.

Want Nokia Music for Windows 8? Yes you do, and so go to the Windows Store to get it.

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