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Nov 16, 2011

Google Music Drops beta, MP3 Store and Google+ Integration Along for the Ride

Been dutifully uploading music to Mountain View's cloud since Google I/O? Might want hit pause for just a sec, while you tune to Google's beat here in Los Angeles, as it's just gone and launched its own music store integrated with Android Market. Best part is, the service still free, though you can now purchase millions of songs from the store to expand your collection of tunes. 90-second track previews are available, and all songs are high quality 320kbps MP3s. And for those with an aversion to waiting, which should be all of you, uploads can now be nixed entirely, provided tracks in your possession jive with Google's master copies. The company is now on equal footing with Cupertino and Amazon's music offerings, who both offer direct sales coupled with a cloud component that allows for unlimited redownloads. Yet it more closely resembles the latter, as unlike the former there isn't a $25 yearly free as all tracks can be streamed for free.

Naturally, a new version of the Google Music app is already available in the Android Market, and a fresh look for Music Manager will follow in the next few hours. Unsurprisingly, Google Music sans beta brings tight integration with Google +. You can now share songs on your friend stream, and not just samples, either -- your buddies can listen to full tracks or albums one time through without ever leaving your profile.
 
 

7 comments:

Lot's Wife said...

Usually, a huge multi-billion dollar company trying to get into every aspect of everything seems threatening, but there's just something so personal about Google. I'm always excited when Google ventures into a new field.

Crisalys said...

Well this is actually interesting. I might give it a try.

Jay said...

Very cool idea from Google.

Anonymous said...

This is great that Google is expanding ever more into other areas.

Outcast said...

It's great to see Google are still trying to expand but I wonder how well this new store's going to work. I don't think Google+ is a particular success so it's worrying when they expand in case things go wrong.

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