Google Play Music is a music streaming service and podcast and an online music locker operated by Google. This service was announced on May 10, 2011, and after six months, a special invite beta period, it was publicly launched on November 16, 2011.
Users with standard accounts can upload and listen up to 50,000 songs from their private library at no cost. A paid Google Play Music subscription entitles users to stream on demand for any song in the Google Play Music catalog, as well as access to YouTube Premium. Users can purchase additional tracks for their library through the Google Play music store section. In addition to offering streaming music for devices connected to the Internet, the Google Play Music mobile app allows music to be stored and played offline.
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Features
Standard account
Google Play Music offers all user storage for up to 50,000 files for free. Users can listen to songs through the web player and the service mobile app. This service scans the user collection and matches the files to tracks in the Google catalog, which can then be streamed or downloaded up to 320 kbps. Any non-matched files uploaded to Google servers for streaming or re-downloading. Songs purchased through the Google Play Store are not counted with the upload limit of 50,000 songs.
Supported file formats for upload include: MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, Ogg, or ALAC. The non-MP3 upload will be converted to MP3. Files can reach up to 300 MB after conversion.
Songs can be downloaded in mobile apps for offline playback, and on a computer through the Music Manager app.
Standard users located in the United States, Canada, and India can also listen to curated radio stations, supported by video ads and banners. Stations are based on "an activity, your mood, or your favorite popular music". Up to six songs per hour can be skipped when listening to curated radios.
Premium account
With paid subscriptions to Google Play Music, in addition to standard features, users get access to on demand streams of 40 million songs, no ads during listening, no limit on leap counts, and offline music playback in mobile apps. A one-day free 30-day trial of subscription to Google Play Music is offered for new users. Paid subscribers also receive access to YouTube Premium (including YouTube Music) in eligible countries.
Platform
On a computer, music can be heard from a dedicated Google Play Music section of the Google Play website.
On smartphones and tablets, music can be heard through the Google Play Music mobile app for Android and iOS operating systems. Up to five smartphones can be used to access the library on Google Play Music, and up to ten total devices. Listening is limited to one device at a time.
Samsung Galaxy S8
In April 2017, a report emerged that the default music player on the new Samsung Galaxy S8 would become Google Play Music, continuing the trend that began with S7 in 2016. However, for S8, Samsung partnered with Google to include exclusive add-on features into apps, including the ability to upload up to 100,000 tracks, an increase of 50,000 track users is usually allowed to upload. Google also stated that they will develop "other special features on Google Play Music only for Samsung customers". In June, Google Play Music on S8 was updated to exclusively showcase "New Release Radio", a new, personalized music playlist every day. In July, playlists are available to all users, with Google noting in a press release that exclusivity on Samsung devices is part of the "early access program" for testing and feedback purposes.
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History
Google first hinted at releasing a cloud media player during the Google I/O developer conference 2010, when Google Senior Vice President of Social Vic Gundotra showed the "Music" section of Android Market called during the presentation. The music service was officially announced at the I/O conference the following year on May 10, 2011, under the name "Music Beta". Initially, it was only available by invitation to the citizens of the United States, and had limited functionality; the service features a "music locker" at no charge for storage of up to 20,000 songs, but no music store is present during the beta period, as Google has not been able to reach a license agreement with a major record label.
After a six-month beta period, Google publicly launched its service in the US on November 16, 2011, as "Google Music" with the "This Go to Eleven" announcement. The event introduces several service features, including a music store integrated into the Android Market, sharing music through Google's social network, "Artist Hub" page for musicians to publish their own music, and purchasing songs that are reflected on T-shirts. At launch, Google has partnerships with three major labels - Universal Music Group, EMI, and Sony Music Entertainment - along with other smaller labels, although no agreement was reached with Warner Music Group; in total, 13 million tracks have been covered by this deal, 8 million already available for purchase at the launch date. To promote the launch, some artists release free songs and exclusive albums through the store; The Rolling Stones debuted live footage of the Brussels Affair (Live 1973), and Pearl Jam released a concert recorded in Toronto as Toronto, Canada.
In January 2012, a feature added to Google Music allows users to download 320kbps of MP3 copies of any file in their library, with download limits per song over the web, or unlimited downloads through the Music Manager app.
According to a February 2012 report from CNET , Google executives are not happy with Google Music's adoption rate and revenue in the first three months.
In March 2012, the company rebranding Android Market and its digital content service as "Google Play"; the music service was renamed to "Google Play Music".
Google announced in October 2012 that it has signed an agreement with Warner Music Group that will bring their "full music catalog" to the service.
At Google's I/O developers conference in May 2013, Google announced that Google Play Music will expand to include a paid music streaming service on demand called "All Access", which allows users to stream any song in the Google Play catalog. It debuted immediately in the United States for $ 9.99 per month ($ 7.99 per month if users sign up before 30 June). This service allows users to combine the All Access catalog with their own song library.
Google Play Music is one of the first four applications compatible with Google Chromecast's digital media player launched in July 2013.
In October 2014, the newly introduced "Listen Now" feature provides contextual and curated playlists and playlists. This feature is adapted from technology by Songza, which Google acquired at the beginning of the year.
On November 12, 2014, a Google subsidiary, YouTube announced "Music Key", a new premium service that replaces All Access that includes the Google Play Music streaming service, along with ad-free access to streaming music videos on YouTube. In addition, aspects of the two platforms are integrated; Recommendations Google Play Music and YouTube music videos are available in both services. The service was relaunched in revised form like YouTube Red (now YouTube Premium) on October 28, 2015, extending its scope to offer ad-free access to all YouTube videos, not just music videos, as well as premium content produced in collaboration with leading YouTube producers and personalities.
In December 2015, Google began offering the Google Play Music family package, which allows unlimited access to up to six family members for US $ 14.99/month. Family packages are currently only available in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, , and the United States.
In April 2016, Google announced that podcasts will come to Google Play Music. His first original podcast series, "City Soundtracks", was announced in March 2017, and "will feature interviews with various musicians about how their village affects their work, including people and influential moments".
In November 2016, Google introduced the Google Home smart speaker system, with built-in support for Google Play Music.
In June 2018, Google announced that YouTube Red will be replaced by YouTube Premium alongside YouTube Music. As a result, users who are subscribed to Google Play Music are now given access to YouTube Premium - including YouTube Music - in the countries where they qualify. Google plans to redirect Google Play Music customers to the YouTube Music service no earlier than 2019.
Geographic availability
Standard accounts in Google Play Music are available in 63 countries. The full list includes: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama , Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Premium subscriptions are available in the same country as Standard accounts.
The availability of music was introduced in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain in October 2012, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland in September 2013, Mexico in October 2013, Germany in December 2013, Greece, , Sweden and Slovakia in March 2014, Canada, Poland and Denmark in May 2014, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Ukraine in July 2014, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador and Venezuela in August 2014, Brazil and Uruguay in September 2014, 13 new nations in November 2014, Brazil in November 2014, Argentina in June 2015, Japan in September 2015, South Africa and Serbia in December 2015, and India on the month September 2016, where only music purchases are offered. The All Access subscription service was launched in India in April 2017.
Reception
In 2013, Entertainment Weekly compared a number of music services and gave Google Play Music All Access a "B" score, writing, "Added uploads to add a large streaming archive fill in some bigger slits."
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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