Friday, December 6, 2013

Online Radio: Google's music streaming is now available in Germany - TIME ONLINE

Google Play Music “all-inclusive” is the online radio from Google. The 20 million songs are available for 9.99 a month. 1.25 euros it gets the Gema.

Sara Hecht, product manager for Google Play Music

Sara Hecht, product manager for Google Play Music | © Rainer Jensen / Google

After Apple, Spotify and various other now also launching Google in Germany a music streaming service. Google Play Music “all-inclusive” is the somewhat unwieldy title of the offer, which is available from today and Friday.

Google promises that it contains 20 million songs on any device, whether Android or iOS, you can listen to – as long as there is no iPad. At this moment the offer is not working.

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A permanent internet connection, it needs to not necessarily, albums and songs can be stored on the device, is offline.

Each user can also upload their own music library, up to 20,000 songs can be stored in an account online.

Google Music is offered cheaper in the starting phase. Who until 15 Logs in January, pays permanently 7.99 a month for their personalized radio. Thereafter, the subscription will cost € 9.99 a month. Be terminated, it can be monthly.

the offer was

made possible by an agreement with the Gema. The German collecting society represents artists and music publishers. Google pays for its streaming service a fee to the Gema, which they distributed to the owners. The fee is specified in the so-called collective VR-OD 8. Thus, Google will pay the 7.99 Euro or 9.99 Euro 1.25 Euro the appropriate subscription to the collecting society.

Google adds his offer in Germany therefore added an important component. While there are not that different to, for example, Spotify or Deezer. But in the digital world of products of the Group, which sold just like Amazon and Apple and books and journals, lacked music in this country yet. In other countries such as the U.S. Google Music is already longer online.

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