Nokia Announces Music+: Premium Features For €3.99/month

Nokia has announced some new features today for its Mix Radio song discovery service. Most notably, the company outed Music+, a premium music service that give users unlimited skips and downloads for only €3.99/month, or $5.37 in US dollars. Customers will also get higher-quality music streaming, access to lyrics, and a desktop app.

Nokia says that Music+ is "the only smartphone music service out there offering access to millions of songs out of the box without the need to sign up, sign in, or suffer adverts." Yes, that's right, Nokia's music service has never been ad-supported, so you'll be able to browse in piece for roughly the price of a Starbucks coffee per month.

Currently, Lumia owners are stuck with Nokia's free Music app, which came to the US back in September. It's certainly not an awful service by any means, but having the ability to skip songs an unlimited number of times is always fantastic, as well as downloading music and having access to various features like lyrics and desktop use makes it all worth the cheap monthly fee.

Music+ will be available to users sometime "in the next few weeks" according to Nokia, and while they say that pricing wil differ by territory, most customers can expect to pay around €3.99, which is slightly more expensive than Pandora One, but it's also under half the cost of Spotify Premium, which is a great deal by any means.