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Google Music beta ready for iOS

Google Music beta lets you upload your music library to Google's servers and stream the content to web-connected devices like your computer or Android handset, but not iOS. Several months after launch, the service now supports iOS via a web app optimized for the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad.

The app isn't as pretty as the native application on Android or the web app for desktops, but it's functional. You can browse your music library via artist or album. Controls are intuitive and the player is responsive, especially when you consider each track is being streamed over the Internet. Music will play in the background while you browse your online music catalog and will even continue to play when you switch to another application.

If you're a Google Music beta user, you can check out the iOS web app by pointing mobile Safari music.google.com.

[Via Engadget]



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Megan

Tats really interesting about google that they do have an open culture

November 17 2011 at 1:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris

CWilder:

I was perplexed by this myself, until I figured out a solution.

To fix the problem of some of your music not showing up on your iOS device, you have to delete the Google Music database from you device. Unfortunately, every time you add music to your Google Music account, you have to delete the database to keep your device up to date.

Go to Settings, scroll down and click on Safari, scroll down and click on Databases, on the top right click Edit and then delete the music.Google.com database.

The next time you go to Google Music, it will ask if it can increase the database size, tell it to increase, and you'll have a up to date list of your music. Repeat those steps every time you add music to your account.

Hopefully Google will at the least fix it so that we don't have to go through this hassle every time we want to update you Music account.

Hope this helps anyone else that is stuck with this problem too.

September 14 2011 at 5:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Prachi Desai

Google Service on iOS, whats this Google. Any new idea to work on...

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September 12 2011 at 12:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CWilder

I've just finished, after two and a half solid days of uploading, getting my music all up in Google's cloud. Over 3800 songs (modest by most standards) show up in my MacBook's web browser when I log in. In my iPhone's mobile app, however, only FIVE songs will show up. I've tried rebooting, logging off and back on to no avail; five songs is what I can stream back through my iDevice. I've read two other comments elsewhere about the same issue and would love to know a solution. Thanks!

September 12 2011 at 9:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joel

I am still happy about this even if it is just a web app. The web app while not as smooth as its Android counterpart looks nice. I am eager for an app solely so it can take advantage of the hardware and make a real smooth pretty looking app similar to the Android version. I am aware that soon Apple will have a very similar service available but the news is foggy as to the method of playback on a mobile device. Will I be able to stream it? Or will I have to download it? If the latter is the case then I will certainly pass.

September 10 2011 at 10:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brianashe@mac.com

The first sentence should be reworded with some past-tense verbs: "Google Music beta lets you upload your music library to Google's servers and stream the content to web-connected devices like your computer or Android handset, but not iOS... the service now supports iOS"

September 09 2011 at 1:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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