Google Music

3devious · May 10th, 2011, 09:40 AM

Sounds like the 3g Xooms are getting it first. I look forward to checking it out. I guess after the announcement at I/O it will become available.

clb2196 · May 10th, 2011, 10:51 AM

So- I dunno. I've already got all my music on Amazon cloud. the only benefit looks like more storage, which right now (I have 20GB free thru Amazon) I don't need. I like that from Amazon I can download music through the app also- there are plenty of spots here without 3G coverage, especially on the subway. Also, the article is wrong, amazon Cloud Player does have playlists. So I'm not sure how Google Music is going to be better than what I already have.
Google to introduce music service without major label support | ZDNet

ckelly33 · May 10th, 2011, 11:43 AM

Amazon cloud is awesome, I have to agree. I'm gonna try the Music Beta but without label support it will be hard to overcome amazon's offering where (as pointed out above), I can buy my music too.

clb2196 · May 10th, 2011, 11:49 AM

Yeah exactly. Plus any music you buy on amazon doesnt count toward your storage limit. It's gonna be tough to beat- if they'd beat Amazon out, it'd be a different story. But amazon was the first there, and when they do something they do it all the way, and they're tough to beat.

3devious · May 10th, 2011, 12:02 PM

I was secretly hoping that the app would behave more like WinAmp and not stream my own stuff but be a good music player that had a lot of the features of other places like Pandora.

marctronixx · May 10th, 2011, 06:10 PM

Music Beta on your Android device - Music Help

BiGMERF · May 10th, 2011, 06:23 PM

i got my update and i am wifi only.. but havent gotten 3.1 yet go figure

3devious · May 10th, 2011, 07:23 PM

They said you'll get it. I hope you like it. I forgot that the Music app was what they envisisioned for Google music. It's not terrible, but I am not sure what the excitement would be about. I'm still not feelin' it when it comes to keeping things in the cloud.

slbailey1 · May 10th, 2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by clb2196

So- I dunno. I've already got all my music on Amazon cloud. the only benefit looks like more storage, which right now (I have 20GB free thru Amazon) I don't need. I like that from Amazon I can download music through the app also- there are plenty of spots here without 3G coverage, especially on the subway. Also, the article is wrong, amazon Cloud Player does have playlists. So I'm not sure how Google Music is going to be better than what I already have.
Google to introduce music service without major label support | ZDNet

Google Music will be better if it supports WMA music files.

clb2196 · May 11th, 2011, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by slbailey1

Google Music will be better if it supports WMA music files.

In an academic sense, I definitely agree. On a personal level, doesn't really make a difference to me. I'm sure the interface will be nicer than Amazon, and I'll definitely give it a try, I requested an invite. I'm giving them every opportunity to win me over.

ml3000 · May 11th, 2011, 02:22 PM

so, i received the invite but every time i try to log in it tells me that i have already requested an invite. Super frustrating and i don't know what to do or who to contact. this could be why maybe?

I think it might have to do with my google apps account and my gmail account.

anyone have any idea how to find out what account your xoom is registered under? I have a google apps account and a normal gmail account. I believe when i first turned on the xoom and put in my gmail information i used my google apps account. well since the online market came out i am never able to see the apps that i use under my google apps account but i can with my gmail account so i use that account to download apps from the website but i do have apps that i have downloaded under the google apps account.

confusing i know ... but that might explain why i got a invite but i cant get it to work. any help would be awesome. thanks!

anyone have any idea who i can contact to see whats up with this?

marctronixx · May 11th, 2011, 02:30 PM

the account you registered for the invite is the account you need on the xoom.

ml3000 · May 11th, 2011, 02:33 PM

I have both accounts on the xoom though. i think your xoom only gets backed up to one account though... al the settings and such. not sure when one they would have

marctronixx · May 11th, 2011, 02:36 PM

yes only one account for the xoom. the invite should match the xooms address for less hassle.

BiGMERF · May 11th, 2011, 03:31 PM

i sent a request for an invite to there cloud service beta 2 days go but no luck. sigh

Peterpoose · May 11th, 2011, 09:20 PM

Only available in the united States...........

Whats so wrong with us Brits lol

NTexican · May 11th, 2011, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Peterpoose

Whats so wrong with us Brits lol

That's a whole 'nother thread

clb2196 · May 12th, 2011, 11:11 AM

Same here, invite requested, none yet.

No update yet either (for 3G). I lose.

rhippler · May 14th, 2011, 06:12 PM

Well I have both now. Currently up loading. Looks like it will take about 8 days to send it all up there. Too bad they didn't just make it work with whatever player you have. Gonna miss the HTC lock screen controls when I use it.

Tech Addiction · May 19th, 2011, 07:43 AM

Got my Invite yesterday. I did beg on Twitter yesterday morning but i'm sure that was coincidence.

Jbart15 · May 19th, 2011, 07:56 AM

I really do not like the player for Amazon.

tjreishus · May 19th, 2011, 10:46 AM

Now thats a little bit weird! I saw the post about the begging on twitter. I thought it couldn't hurt. So I tried it. Got my invite 1 hour later.

billbunton · May 19th, 2011, 03:04 PM

I just got an invite, and haven't been on twitter for months :-)

marctronixx · May 19th, 2011, 03:10 PM

i have 3 gmail accounts. i received a separate invite for each account. so now i have the one ive been using for a couple weeks +3 more...

tjreishus · May 19th, 2011, 03:57 PM

I've been playing around with it, and I do love it. Although, there was one thing that I was a little disappointed with. I understood the idea that you can now access your music from any device, but I thought it also meant that you can add music to your online library from any device. If you can, I have not figured out how to do this. I purchased a song from amazon on my xoom. It shows up in my music library, so I added it to a playlist on my xoom that I had created from my desktop. It's now part of my playlist on my xoom, but that song is not part of the same playlist that shows up on my desktop or my droid X. I sure hope that I am missing something, or there will be an update that corrects this. Anyone know how to upload music to google music on the xoom?

grimreaver · May 19th, 2011, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tjreishus

... Anyone know how to upload music to google music on the xoom?

I was just wondering that myself. I just got the invite and it seems like the model is to allow having the music on your pc/mac available - but I have music I bought that is only on my Xoom. I know I can copy it via usb or wifi - but I thought I would be able to sync all my music.

NTexican · May 19th, 2011, 11:15 PM

From my understanding you can only upload from the website.

zetroc · May 23rd, 2011, 11:00 AM

I think you can only add files using the Music Manager app, I don't think you can add from the site itself...

So all my music is added... I shouldn't delete my music library at home, right? I can't seem to figure out how to download my files if I needed to. So Music Beta isn't my primary music storage. boo.

clb2196 · May 23rd, 2011, 12:01 PM

Still no invite.

My main question is, how do you add songs you purchase on the device? Do you have to buy an mp3 from Amazon, download it to the Xoom, then add it to the Music app? How does that work? If that's the case it'd have to be WAY better than Amazon, cause the's kinda a pain considering Amazon I can buy/add new songs with one click, and the space doesn't even count against my quota.

donnie666 · May 23rd, 2011, 12:07 PM

I have been using the Google Music Beta since last week and I love it.

billbunton · May 23rd, 2011, 12:20 PM

I signed up Friday, I think, and got my music uploaded. Works pretty well, except I've noticed just about every album has one or two songs missing.

BiGMERF · May 24th, 2011, 02:17 PM

finally got my invite today !

lowboydrvr · May 24th, 2011, 04:21 PM

I signed up for it minutes after the announcement and only received the invite yesterday (WiFi only).

beefyy · May 24th, 2011, 10:07 PM

Just got my invite today for both my xoom and wifey's. Spent the last few hours uploading and messing around with the software. So far I like some of the playlist stuff, but you can only play the songs on one device at a time. Overall it is pimp that I can house my whole collection online and stream from the xoom or my incredible.

~~BiggestManEver~~ · May 25th, 2011, 12:41 PM

Just got my invite. Messing around in there. We'll see.

Mitchrapp · May 25th, 2011, 01:07 PM

I've had the invite for awhile now and i like it. And the free stuff isn't so bad, they have some good stuff - Warrant, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick and some Big Band and R&B -- stuff I like.

JunBringer · May 26th, 2011, 11:46 AM

I don't have a Xoom, but I got my invite yesterday. I really like it, especially the make available offline part. Very handy.

BigKayDaddy · May 26th, 2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JunBringer

I don't have a Xoom, but I got my invite yesterday. I really like it, especially the make available offline part. Very handy.

How do I get the music to be available offline?

lowboydrvr · May 27th, 2011, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by BigKayDaddy

How do I get the music to be available offline?

Menu>Settings ...Put the check in "Download via Wi-Fi only" (this will download music for availability offline only via Wi-Fi).

bgrutter · May 30th, 2011, 05:06 PM

Has anyone else experienced EXTREMELY slow uploads? I setup my account a day or two ago and I'm still only at like 1500 tracks uploaded (though some are very long audiobook tracks).

Does it make sense that my 20gig iTunes collection is probably only 1/3 the way uploaded? Or is it more likely my lame ISP?

beefyy · May 30th, 2011, 05:54 PM

Not really too slow, I uploaded about 2500 songs overnight the other night and it was done before I woke up the next morning.

tjreishus · May 30th, 2011, 07:52 PM

Took 4 full days for me. 13,000 songs

BiGMERF · May 31st, 2011, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by tjreishus

Took 4 full days for me. 13,000 songs

Wow that alot..... lol

Martimus · May 31st, 2011, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by bgrutter

Has anyone else experienced EXTREMELY slow uploads? I setup my account a day or two ago and I'm still only at like 1500 tracks uploaded (though some are very long audiobook tracks).

Does it make sense that my 20gig iTunes collection is probably only 1/3 the way uploaded? Or is it more likely my lame ISP?

It took me a couple of days to upload about 2000 songs to mine. Other than my DSL having a rather slow upload speed, I downgraded the manager ap to a lower transfer rate. I found that running it at "fastest possible" rate during the day was killing my DSL bandwidth... and since I work from home several days a month this made work difficult, to say the least.

I sent feedback about this to Google... but only received an automated response.

Mitchrapp · May 31st, 2011, 11:05 AM

13,000, geez. I have 9, not 9,000 or 900, just 9. Buts it a hell of a good 9 songs :-)

mched · May 31st, 2011, 12:00 PM

Mine took almost 3 days to load 925 songs from iTunes.

ckelly33 · May 31st, 2011, 04:22 PM

Are there any advantages of this over amazon's cloud player?

~~BiggestManEver~~ · May 31st, 2011, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ckelly33

Are there any advantages of this over amazon's cloud player?

Yes. This automatically scans your music folders for new stuff, and uploads it seamlessly.

As far as I know, you have to log into Amazon and upload anything new you add to your collection (that you didn't purchase from Amazon; Amazon purchases are added automatically).

Also, Google offers 20,000 songs free, whereas Amazon has a 5GB limit (20GB if you buy one album off them).

BiGMERF · June 1st, 2011, 05:18 PM

i finally got around to trying to dl music about 1500 songs, after 3 hours not one song dl'ed. any ideas?

LIH · June 2nd, 2011, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ckelly33

Are there any advantages of this over amazon's cloud player?

plus you can tag music right on the site. not so with amazon, where you have to d/l, tag, then re-upload