Google Play Music arrived on iOS today, following reports from earlier this week stating that a launch was “imminent.” The app, which will compete with Apple’s iTunes Radio and other streaming music options like Pandora, Spotify and Rdio, offers a standard service and “All Access” option, both of which allow you to store your music collection in the cloud, and stream songs to your device, without having to first save them locally. Users of the standard service can add up to 20,000 of their own songs to their cloud storage, but All Access users are able to listen to unlimited songs, the company says. In addition to the mobile app, desktop users can also stream their songs from the web interface at play.google.com/music. Those who also choose to upgrade to the $9.99/month All Access service are able to stream songs through a radio option, too, as well as those from their own music collection. Unlike some competitors’ services, All Access lets you skip as many songs as you like, while you’re also helping to improve your personal recommendations by tapping a thumbs up/thumbs down icon as music plays. All Access users can also explore various curated sections, including New Releases, Staff Picks and other featured playlists. Other features, like building playlists, and saving files for offline playback, are also supported. To kick off the launch on iOS, Google has made the All Access service free for the first month, through a trial option for new users. The app is live now in the iTunes App Store here.
Reported by TechCrunch 3 days ago.
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