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What Do You Think of Google Music?

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It looks that Google is not content with dominating the search industry and rivaling Facebook with Plus; now they want to take the Internet music scene by storm and compete against Apple and Amazon with their release of Google Music.

Discover, buy and share music – 24/7, from your computer or mobile device. It is Google’s motto. Google Music is an online song streaming service and digital music store with up to 13 million tracks, available to the US public for the moment.

Google Music Signup Process

Browse @ music.google.com with your Google account (e.g. Gmail, YouTube, etc) and jump in. You will need to enter your credit card details for free track download or song purchase.

[box type=”note”]Watch out for the license agreement, you need to have rights to upload a song, or Google will close your account.[/box]

Google Music Features and Advantages

Google Music

  • Integrates with Android Market to offer personalized recommendations based on users collection. No sync, all music files are online. Automatic file storing. Offline playback
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  • Add 20,000 free songs to your library with Music manager. They support more song
  • format choices than iTunes or Amazon which only supports MP3s and AAC files
  • 320Kbps high quality songs/MP3s
  • With Instant Mix, users can create their own playlists
  • Google+ integration (share your playlists with friends on the network)
  • Artists can create their own “hub” pages (think YouTube for songs!); indie talents will be able to take advantage of the increasing exposure, get their name out and build their tribes

Google already closed deals with major labels and studios, including Universal, Sony and EMI.

Rolling Stones, Coldplay and other popular artists like Shakira and Busta Rhymes plan to offer live concerts, new albums and fresh interviews exclusively for the Android platform – through Google Music.

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Google Music Cons

  • It requires you have an Android phone running Android version 2.2 Froyo or higher.
  • Users say that deleted tunes still persist.
  • There is no subscription service available like for example Rhapsody, who offers streaming for a monthly fee.
  • Users need to upload songs themselves, which takes time if their library is sizable.

The Question is…

What do you think about Google Music?

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  1. Shine says:
    So this Google Music is like Spotify. What can I say about Google Music? All I can say is... it's hard to compete with Google.
  2. Noel Addison says:
    Seems lie Google really wants to dominate the online world.
  3. Kay Elisabet says:
    Google wants to take over the world!! All these new web things that keep coming out are making me feel old and IT-retarded (Which is sad because I'm in my twenties and work with the web...). I'd just finally gotten used to Spotify!
  4. Raj says:
    I am not sure how this service works and how it can be applicable to other countries having low bandwidth connections?
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      I don't think it will work fine this way on low connection, especially if you are streaming, the option would be download and listen/watch offline on your device.
  5. Chandan says:
    I watched Google musics option on google homepage since few days, but don't visit the link.
  6. Brad says:
    iTunes will always be best IMO.
  7. Ileane says:
    I got into Google Music early on and I think it's wonderful. I can listen to my music while I'm at work and it's better than Spotify because I can also listen to any podcasts that I downloaded from iTunes. There is only one big problem with it so far - I can't burn CD's - at least I didn't see where I could do that yet.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      I see! mmm.. in my case I won't really pay too much attention to burning CD's at this time, with my 4G fast connection I can watch and listen on the go! Thanks for pointing out to this Ileane!
      • Ileane says:
        I don't have a SmartPhone yet...so I need CD's when I listen in the car. Maybe Santa will bring me one and I can through all my CD's out the window. :)
  8. Salah Messaoud says:
    I wish I can access it Hesham. "We're sorry, the document you requested is not available in your country."
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Maybe soon! :)
  9. tekkaus says:
    I have been a big fan of Google...too bad this service is only limited in US for the time being. :(