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# Best Buy Soft Launches Music Cloud Service
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/best-buy-soft-launches-music-cloud-service/
- Published: 2011-06-23T08:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-06-23T08:40:00.000Z
- Description: Best Buy soft launched a new cloud music service on Monday and three days after we broke the story, the Music Cloud service is still not fully fuctional. Like Apple's. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/06/best-buy-soft-launches-music-cloud-service.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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**Best Buy** soft launched a new cloud music service on Monday and three days after we [broke the story](https://www.hypebot.com/best-buy-quietly-launches-itunes-match-style-mobile-cloud-music-service/), the **Music Cloud** service is still not fully fuctional. Like Apple's announced **iTunes Match**, this licensed service works on a scan and match basis, avoiding large transfer of files to the cloud. Even though retail giant has not made a formal announcement, a Best Buy Music Cloud app can already be downloaded at Google’s Android store. **More Details:**

  
The Best Buy Music Cloud service is powered by California based **Catch Media** which is compatible with iOS, RIM's BlackBerry and Android smartphones. Catch CEO Yaacov Ben-Yaacov told [Businessweek](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-17/best-buy-expands-cloud-based-online-music-platform-to-u-s-.html?ref=hypebot.com) that his company made the licensing deals for Music Cloud, including agreements with major record labels, according to Ben-Yaacov.

Th unfinished Music Cloud site implies that there will be a free lite version and paid pro version with more features and storage. Best Buy offered some additional details in a blog post [here](http://www.bestbuymobile.com/article/inside-best-buy-music-cloud?ref=hypebot.com).