Cloud IT formerly On-Site Technical Solutions: Google Music out of Beta

Google announced yesterday that Google Music is out of Beta. I've been using it almost since inception and it has replaced iTunes as my player of choice. I do still use iPods for my portable listening pleasure.

Google launched a new music store on Android Market and offers hundreds of free songs for the Google player library. Google music has a 20,000 song limit (apparently regardless of size - so add those albums instead of single tunes!) but purchases from their store do not count against that 20k limit.

Google was not providing support during the Beta, but when I reported a problem they immediately responded that they were looking into that specific issue and it was resolved within a day. If you haven't used Google's free products and needed support, that was a tremendous improvement. Overall Google support, especially for paid products, is light years ahead of where it was a couple of years ago.

If you haven't tried it, check it out - especially if you use a newer Android phone. Older Droids can be (are?) problematic downloading upgrades and the Google Music Player.

From the Official Google Blog: Google Music Open for Business

And here is the email sent to Beta users:

Dear Music Beta user,
We're excited to announce that Music Beta by Google is officially graduating from beta today! Google Music will remain a free service, and you can continue to store up to 20,000 songs in your personal music library. Please see the revised Terms of Service for this product update.

Google Music also comes with a number of new features. We've launched anew music store on Android Market that works seamlessly with Google Music. Shop on the web or your Android device for millions of tracks andhundreds of free songs for your music library. All of your purchases are automatically stored on Google Music for free (and don't count toward your 20,000 song limit). You can even share a free full play of any purchase with your friends on Google+.

For Google Music users with Android phones and tablets running version 2.2+, you will automatically receive an updated version of Android Market with the music store over the next few days. You should also receive a system notification with the Music app update sometime today, but you can always download it immediately.

For more information on these changes, please check out these links:

— The Google Music Team

You have received this mandatory service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Music service or account.

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