Monday, November 21, 2011
5 Things to Know About Google Music
Music is the most searched and downloaded content over the internet. Many apps and online music stores helps users to download their favorite music. Apple first launched its music store, iTunes and has been most popular online music store. Google has stepped into the music market with its introduction of Google Music which it had to do a long time back. The online music store will offer more than 13 million tracks and instant access to purchase music. It is similar to online music offerings from Amazon and Apple. Google Music includes an online storage locker where you can upload up to 20,000 songs for free. You can also purchase music through the Android market either through your mobile device or PC.
Google Music service is now competing against Amazon's Cloud Drive and Cloud Player and Apple's recently launched iTunes Match. All three services offer online access to your music and easy integration with an online music store. The biggest thing Google has going for it right now is that it is the cheapest option than Amazon and Apple.
Here are five things you need to know about the new online music store.
1. It is Free
Google Music has been offering free music to users since it is beta period and it is also free to anyone after the launch to public. Any web users can now download and use the latest offering in the online music store. Up to 20,000 tracks can be stored within each Google Music account.
Many people are using online music stores some of them even ending paying. Although Google music is not a completely free service, most of the music is availed for free.
2. Share music using Google+
Google+ integration will let members share their music with Google+ friends. So when you purchase an album from Google Music, Google+ will let your friends know about it, letting those in your circles play through the entire album once. But only for those songs which are purchased from the music store in Android Market.
Any music you have uploaded to Google's servers does not qualify for Google Music's share feature. As an alternative, you can share a short clip from songs in Google's music store in Google+. Google hopes it will be a great way for friends to discover new music
3. Automatic Backup
It automatically backup iTunes and most other music flies, while you set up the Google Music service you can upload your iTunes library, your Windows Media Player library, or any file folders you designate.
The service supports more file types than it is competitor's iTunes and Amazon Cloud Player. This includes not just the MP3 and AAC formats, but also WMA, OGG, and FLAC. The music's which are uploaded are saved as 320 Kbps, even if your originals are of higher quality.
4. Offline listening
Playing music is the same whether you are online or offline, the only difference is what music is available. Users will be able to listen to music offline on Android 2.2 or higher version Android OS smartphones without being hooked up to the internet. The Google Music Android app will let users log into their account, adjust their settings, and get listening to any of the millions of tracks available.
Google says you can stream from the cloud service to a web browser or via the Music app available from the Android Market it works on Android 2.2 or up. However, it seems clear that Google is targeting Android 3.0 Honeycomb devices in particular, because Android 4.0 is not familiar and the smartphones with android 4.0 are yet to use.
5. Storage
In addition to purchased music, you can store 20,000 songs on Google Music. That is quite a bunch of storage provided in Google Music. The cloud-
based element of Google Music is like the recently launched Amazon Cloud Drive. It essentially enables you to store your entire music library online and then stream the music on any of your devices. Google says, in due course, you will be able to pay for more storage.
Google Music service is now competing against Amazon's Cloud Drive and Cloud Player and Apple's recently launched iTunes Match. All three services offer online access to your music and easy integration with an online music store. The biggest thing Google has going for it right now is that it is the cheapest option than Amazon and Apple.
Here are five things you need to know about the new online music store.
1. It is Free
Many people are using online music stores some of them even ending paying. Although Google music is not a completely free service, most of the music is availed for free.
2. Share music using Google+
Any music you have uploaded to Google's servers does not qualify for Google Music's share feature. As an alternative, you can share a short clip from songs in Google's music store in Google+. Google hopes it will be a great way for friends to discover new music
3. Automatic Backup
The service supports more file types than it is competitor's iTunes and Amazon Cloud Player. This includes not just the MP3 and AAC formats, but also WMA, OGG, and FLAC. The music's which are uploaded are saved as 320 Kbps, even if your originals are of higher quality.
4. Offline listening
Google says you can stream from the cloud service to a web browser or via the Music app available from the Android Market it works on Android 2.2 or up. However, it seems clear that Google is targeting Android 3.0 Honeycomb devices in particular, because Android 4.0 is not familiar and the smartphones with android 4.0 are yet to use.
5. Storage
based element of Google Music is like the recently launched Amazon Cloud Drive. It essentially enables you to store your entire music library online and then stream the music on any of your devices. Google says, in due course, you will be able to pay for more storage.
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