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Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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

> No iPad version

I really wonder why Google does this. It took them months to release the iPad version of their Maps app, with very few UI differences. There's something broken about that workflow.

Not quite as bad as the oft-promised Google Drive for Linux, but still.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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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…

The auth code is good for 30 seconds, can't you just time it right by getting the code before opening Google Music?

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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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 pretty neat too. It's actually pre-installed on every Windows 8 computer and you can listen to just about any songs without ads in high quality for free. (Not sure why Microsoft doesn't advertise this more.)

Other thoughts: Apple is the only one without a cross platform mobile offering. For I instance, I'd like iTunes radio on Android or Windows Phone. Spotify has by far the best social experience and Rdio has the best designed web/mobile interface.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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post #12
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…

The auth code is good for 30 seconds, can't you just time it right by getting the code before opening Google Music?

I could, but I have a complex password so I copy/paste it from another app.

I should honestly memorize that password anyway.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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post #11
post #6

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

> No iPad version I really wonder why Google does this. It took them months to release the iPad version of their Maps app, with very few UI differences. There's something broken about that workflow. Not quite as bad as the oft-promised Google Drive for Linux, but still.

Web page versions of stuff tend to work better on an iPad than on an iPhone. Facebook didn't have an iPad app for the longest time.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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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…

Those are large enough differences that it is probably entire labels that don't have a contract with certain services.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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Neat, maybe I can convince my wife to use it. I haven't even touched my iPod since I started using Play Music (on Android) - although my biggest beef is that you can't store your offline music on an SD card.

I really wish the Google Experience devices would start shipping with more storage. I have a 64G iPhone because I don't want to be concerned about how much storage I'm using (right now it's around the 32GB mark). SD cards are a total hack and just complicate the UX.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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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…

Free music on Xbox Music on Windows 8 only lasts 6 months, and has ads.

Re: Google Play Music on the App Store

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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…

There is Nokia Music too - 20 million songs

http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/11/17/10-things-you-didn...

Free streaming on Nokia Lumia devices and free 1 year subscription. 3 hours of offline mixes ( at a time ) for download.

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