After guardedly watching Apple to see how this whole “ downloading music ” thing panned out , Google will bring out its on-line euphony storethis good afternoon . Will it become your new preferent place to catch strain ? Maybe ! Here ’s all the ( rumored ) dirt .
https://gizmodo.com/november-16-google-music-event-will-apparently-go-to-el-5858792
What song are available ?
Not all of them . Unlike iTunes , which has deals signed with all major label , Google has reportedly only ink agreements with Sony , Universal , and EMI . That leaves out Warner , which is a big , big hole : Cher , Cee Lo , Diddy , Gucci Mane , Green Day , The Prodigy , Van Halen — the list is long . Lots of huge acts , dead and alert , are part of Warner ’s harem , and if the rumors are honest , you wo n’t have any accession to them ( yet ) via Google Music . Which is a bummer .
How much will songs be ?
Bloomberg is reportingrumored pricing between $ 0.99 and $ 1.29 per track — which would place Google square in Apple and Amazon territorial dominion . No surprisal here — major labels are n’t about to modify the pricing schemes they ’ve been battling over for almost a tenner .
Oh , hey , songs might also be spare ! Or one song every day will , claim Phandroid , similar to Apple ’s free birdcall giveaways , which are usually crap .
How will I use it ?
As it stand nowin beta , Google Music is just a cloud storage locker for the stuff and nonsense you already have — a way to listen to your library from any computer or viaiOS / Androidapp .
https://lifehacker.com/gmusic-is-a-native-google-music-player-for-the-iphone-5851241
There ’s also a build - in , iTunes - style musician . wait that to delay , although boosted functionality and/or a full redesign of the current iteration are n’t out of the interrogation . After all , this thing has been in genus Beta for a while .
We also might see an interesting twist!Billboard is reportingGoogle Music might sport some refined sharing choice , tied in ( of course ) with Google+ . Whether this means simply portion out your playlist , a la Spotify and Facebook , or actually lease booster listen to strain you ’ve purchased , is unknown . CNET saysit ’s the latter , though : an option to give your friends a one - fun gustatory modality of anything you buy .
How is it different ?
Here ’s where we have to contemplate . If Google Music need to stand up out as a third majuscule place to purchase dollar sign songs online ( after Apple and Amazon ) , they ’ll have to push what their contender do n’t : societal . Ping is a pure joke ( Or is it even that ? People usually speak about jokes ) , and Amazon has zero social action .
Google , though , has Google+ . The service is mighty lustreless at the moment , outside of fanboys and the corner eccentric community , but turn it into a music dispersion internet could be clutch . Imagine an soft way of life to download that newest Waka Flocka Flame ( oh , await , no , he ’s sign with Warner ) and then easily drop it into your booster ’s ( or friends ’ ! ) face via Plus , pass on you all an crying culture medium to talk about how bully or frightful it is . Google+ is about as thrilling as a nursery household staring competition right now , so tot up a social music aspect could light a Muriel Spark . The existing swarm computer memory would also keep Google on pace with iTunes Match and Amazon ’s MP3 Cloud Drive . With Google , odds are you ’ll be able-bodied to buy a song , download it to your equipment , and also stream it from anywhere in the world . No word if the existing 20,000 song swarm cap will remain in place , however .
But at the very least , Google Music will mean there are three viable online euphony alternative , instead of two . And competition is always a good thing .
you’re able to keep up with Sam Biddle , the author of this billet , onTwitter , Facebook , orGoogle+ .
GoogleGoogle MusicMusic
Daily Newsletter
Get the ripe technical school , science , and culture news in your inbox daily .
News from the time to come , birth to your present tense .
You May Also Like
