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Only thing that matters to me: How is the selection compared to Spotify?
Also Spotify android app is an atrocity
Google Play Music All Access
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Mushroomer25
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I'm excited for this entirely because it means Spotify will likely have to lower the cost of Premium to compete.
T.M. MacReady
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no Metallica?!
beato_angelico
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agree. I'll try it when the spotify 6 month trial is up.
Couldn't you have uploaded it all to Google Music and stream/download it before?
Can't tell yet.
Spotify's desktop app has been going downhill fast. Font has changed, can't see album view, it takes 5 minutes to load, they got rid of my friends/followers, they keep asking me to follow artists, the social feed is annoying as hell, they removed filtering etc etc. I've been a long-time subscriber, but now that I'm forced to upgrade to their latest version (I used to use 0.8.5) I'm done. I can't handle the 0.9.0 updates, they are complete trash.
Android app is rubbish and iOS app isn't that much better either.
User 100115
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I honestly didn't think about it. Would that work with iTunes files? Please tell me I have been stupid this whole time.
I'm not sure, I get my music from amazon. If you go to play.google.com and click upload music you can download a small program that you point at your music folder it will work it out
I use Rhapsody, but then again I'm a RealNetworks employee and so I have a free sub from when we used to own them.
Not a fan of their Android app though, particularly the lack of controls on the notification screen. Currently trying out Google's music service since I was already using them for storing my own tracks and I like to contain things in one app if possible.Yup. The program actually has an option where you just select "iTunes" and it will do all the rest. Super easy.
User 100115
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Yeah, I am getting that now, the website claims it will work with iTunes music, and if it does, I am going to hug you. Cause seriously. I was stupid.
negreenfield
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This is pretty sweet. I don't really like Spotify all that much but it was the only one that integrated your own music with the Spotify music and had a good selection. I liked it better than Rdio and MOG, but I think having the cloud storage of my music I already have on Google Music really puts this service over the top for me. Happy so far at least (10 minutes of use so far).
User 100115
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It's uploading now, 900 songs. I can then have it select other folders too right? (I have around 2k more on a secondary hard drive that were ripped and erm, acquired way before iTunes was a thing)
Opus Angelorum
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Yes you can add additional folders to upload from.
Use a proxy (like this: http://hola.org/) to access google music and create an account. Once an account is made, you don't have to use a proxy anymore.
Oh I have a google music account. I mean the All Access thing.
User 100115
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At least I am not the only one who missed the memo for this. This is the best day ever.
LOL! I've been using that service since it came out. Every once in a while, I'll explain it to a friend/acquaintance and watch as their eyes slowly open...and even then they are convinced that there is a catch.
User 100115
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I have no excuses, I should have known about this. I am internet savvy as hell and have been online since the freakin' dark ages. Does this mean I am getting old? Oh god.
Hrm... When listening to the radio, it doesn't autoskip the track if you thumbs down it. [edit] Just worked when I thumbs-downed something.
Also you can swipe down from the album cover to reveal album stations. You can also swipe up from the mini player while looking at the album stations to bring up the single-track view.
I do like most of this new redesign. Wish they added thumbs up/down in the notification bar, though.
Also you can swipe down from the album cover to reveal album stations. You can also swipe up from the mini player while looking at the album stations to bring up the single-track view.
I do like most of this new redesign. Wish they added thumbs up/down in the notification bar, though.
GhostRidah
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I just want know how good the radio feature is, I already uploaded my whole collection a long time ago and for the most part all previous music services never have more than half the stuff I search for. So I end up just using it to find new music with the radio feature.
CrookedRain
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I was hoping they would add support for pinning music to your SD card with the new update. 
Insofar as "offline" music is concerned, I have my thumbs-up music pinned so they auto download. Every track that was not in my library that I've thumbs-upped has been downloaded to my device. Don't know any other way offline would work.
Hmm, a song a thumbs-downed earlier popped up on my radio again. lol
Hmm, a song a thumbs-downed earlier popped up on my radio again. lol
Auron_Kale
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Debating if I want to try this out or not. I already use spotify and itunes on my phone, so this would be strictly for my pc...
Hmm...
Hmm...
BFIB
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You get a 30 day free trial, so why not try it out?
Jack Scofield
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Awesome news. I've been eyeing Spotify for awhile, but if this is cheaper than I'll definitely go with this. The new Google Play Music app is gorgeous, too. Way better than how it looked before.
Question, though. I've never used a streaming music service like this. If I download a song and then let my subscription lapse, what happens to that song? Will it still show up in my library but not be playable? Does it autodelete? I have no idea what happens.
Question, though. I've never used a streaming music service like this. If I download a song and then let my subscription lapse, what happens to that song? Will it still show up in my library but not be playable? Does it autodelete? I have no idea what happens.
BFIB
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I'm wondering the same thing. I've already added quite a few to my library and created some custom playlists. I'm guessing thats what will happen, since if you click the little tab next to the song listed, it will ask if you want to buy the song.
Marty Chinn
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Probably because you have to install an app.
negreenfield
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This. Wow, the app is really nice now. It's incredibly fast too as is the Google Music web app. I'll wait a bit longer before cancelling Spotify but so far this All Music is a winner.
Auron_Kale
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Basically what I was thinking, I'll just upload more music from home. Thing I hate is that I can't use google music on my iphone.
I do actually, was debating on the merits of whether or not to keep spotify if this service replaces it. But I have a lot of playlists on spotify that I'm happy with.
You won't be able to play the song any more, at least on Spotify or Rdio. I'm thinking Google's will be the same. On Rdio, I had to redownload my songs after I let my subscription lapse for a few weeks.
LOL. I think I have mentioned it a few times in other theads when people keep complaining how they can't move their iTunes library to Android. They are just all mp3 files sitting on your computer anyway.
Google needs to advertise Google Music a bit better.
It 'works' for me, it's asking for my credit card info - but the credit card info I currently have is no good - when I try to add a new card the country option can't include canada (which is the problem).
But you can also pay via google play card - but I have no idea how to get one of those.
So if any peeps can give me some advice on how to get payments working from canada, I'd owe ya. Either some online gift-credit card, or a place I can pick up play cards in toronto.
I'm looking into the former now.
Try in browser.
BFIB
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Yep, when I got my S3, that was my main concern. I had all this music sitting there in my iTunes account that I would not be able to use.
Downloaded the Google Music Player on my PC, went to settings and found the "iTunes" folder. Bam, 13 gigs of my iTunes goodness transferred to Google's Player.
They really do. They have done a bad job getting the word out about the desktop auto background upload app and the matching service. Can't really blame people for not knowing about it.
Signed up, my whole library from before is still there. And now you can add other music to your library.
So far everything I've wanted to find has been available. I'm so excited about this. I refused to touch Spotify because they had so little that I liked.
I got on at the introduction price of $8 a month after the initial month is up.
Also, the mobile app looks fantastic on Note 2.
So far everything I've wanted to find has been available. I'm so excited about this. I refused to touch Spotify because they had so little that I liked.
I got on at the introduction price of $8 a month after the initial month is up.
Also, the mobile app looks fantastic on Note 2.
I get the same error :/
have you accessed it from the web yet? i had to first.
I get a Server error. The thing is, it should work here (France). I'll try again tomorrow.
el retorno
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is there a way to download/cache the music if your paying like on the spotify app? I can't stream everywhere
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