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Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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Post by bookwormAT »

jamesaguilar wrote: post #52
thrownaway2424 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't "pin music to device" what the little orange down-pointing arrow does in the Play Music app?

It is. But, I need to be able to do it from the web app, I don't want to have to go through hundreds of albums on my device and do it. I want to do put $(".pin_button").click() in my Chrome console and be done with it.

maybe you could just make one playlist, put all music you have in there, and pin that list on the device? Then you should have all your music and playlists available locally.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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Post by mcintyre1994 »

micampe wrote: post #44
skyjedi wrote: post #6

A good start. No iPad version or landscape. Still infinitely better than the stock music app

Really? I’m trying it and I disagree. I don’t understand what’s the difference between Listen Now and My Library; I though it would search in the entire Play library but it only finds stuff I already have, even when creating Instant Mixes; recommendations are empty; scrolling is terrible, it loads thumbnails only after you completely stop scrolling (like YouTube), losing most of their usefulness; parts of the UI seem…

Do you have a subscription or trial for All Access? Listen Now and instant mixes should definitely use the whole catalog if you do - at least they do in Android and Web.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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Post by ben1040 »

Yhippa wrote: post #35

If Apple ever rolls out a subscription music service this will be removed from the App Store, right? Or is it that you just can't sign up for Google Play Music through the iOS app?

>Or is it that you just can't sign up for Google Play Music through the iOS app?

This. This isn't allowed, unless Google opted to use in-app purchase to set up the subscription and give Apple a 30% cut.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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Post by ultimoo »

I find it amusing that since Google already had an established ad-based 'services' market before foraying into the mobile space with Android, they invest significant effort into making apps for iOS.

Whereas, since Apple has always been in the 'products' market, they don't (have to) invest any effort into the Android ecosystem. I think the first time I was ever exposed to adverts was with iTunes Radio.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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Post by craigc »

tvon wrote: post #5

I'm experiencing a horribly broken login process. * Open login screen * Switch to password app, copy password * Switch back to Google Music, login screen loads again * Enter credentials, 2-step verification screen loads * Switch to Google Authenticator, get 2-step number * Switch back to Google Music, user/password login screen loads again. In short, I cannot authenticate using a single device, I'll have to use a sec…

This exact same thing happened to me. What I did was went to the authenticator app and memorized the 6 digit number ahead of time. Then I logged in quickly (with my password already copied from 1Password) and put in the number from memory.

Worked for me!

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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Post by micampe »

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #64
micampe wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? I’m trying it and I disagree. I don’t understand what’s the difference between Listen Now and My Library; I though it would search in the entire Play library but it only finds stuff I already have, even when creating Instant Mixes; recommendations are empty; scrolling is terrible, it loads thumbnails only after you completely stop scrolling (like YouTube), losing most of their usefulness; parts of the UI seem…

Do you have a subscription or trial for All Access? Listen Now and instant mixes should definitely use the whole catalog if you do - at least they do in Android and Web.

I don’t, I guess my expectations were wrong, not very clear though. So what are the features available without a subscription? Just music upload from my computer? I was under the impression that some kind of radio/streaming was included in the free account.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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Post by k-mcgrady »

cjlm wrote: post #48
sahaskatta wrote: post #13

I've been trying out a different music service every few months, here's something interesting I found. Number of songs: - Xbox Music 30 million. - Apple iTunes 26 million. - Amazon MP3 25 million. - Spotify 20 million. - Rdio 20 million. - Google Music 18 million. I've most recently been using Google Music since I can upload songs albums which aren't available in their library (e.g. Beatles). However, Xbox Music is p…

At least on iPhone, I much prefer the Spotify interface over the Rdio one. I figured I would give Rdio for a month and I'm already missing the Spotify app. In particular the Search in the Rdio app is abysmal.

I despise the Spotify interface. I was a customer for years (UK so it's been available here a while) and switched to Rdio last year mainly because the web and mobile interfaces are so much better (imo).
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