Google is Ahead of Apple With a Free Music Service

Google Play Music added a version without cost but with advertising, following the scheme of Spotify. For now, only available in the US

 

 

Following the recent announcement of its competitor Apple Music , Google responded with the launch of a free music, a free version of Google Play Music designed to attract more customers to its subscription service and give artists a way more income .

According to the company she said on its official blog, the service is based on the emission of advertisements and is available from today in the US for web. Before finishing the week will come to Android and iOS.

Google Play Music available in more than 50 countries service monthly subscription of $ 9,99. It is hoped that the free version to extend its presence to more markets, but since the company did not confirm now what will.

The service uses technology Songza, a company that Google acquired long ago and employs musical selections based on the mood of the user, location, time of day, past preferences and songs that indicated at some point they were your taste.

"At any time of the day, Google Play Music is music you need, whether for work, exercising or dancing. We also offers radio stations to do better. If you're looking for something specific, you can search for stations either by genre, mood or decade. You can also search favorite, album or song and instantly create a music station like your artist ", stressed the company.

In addition to relying on lists, Google Play Music will have other limitations on the payment . They may pass six subjects per hour, which seems to become a standard for this type of services. The user can pause issues, but there is no way back and see what issue is as follows.

A plus is that free users can listen streamings at up to 320kbps, as long as your connection allows.

Google's announcement came after the review launched two days ago by singer Taylor Swift to Apple, which led the company to change the criteria for its new music platform , Apple Music, and agree to pay the copyrights of artists included.
 

Apple Vice President for Internet services Eddy Cue said after the company paid to artists copyright during the free trial period had promised its subscribers to launch this product.
 

The new system will begin operating on June 30 and Apple had agreed to that in the trial period of three months, he would not charge anything to subscribers and consequently not pay royalties.