It’s Tuesday morning, play music for a bright, sunshiny day
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
It’s Tuesday morning and you might be sitting in the office, in desperate need of a way to stay motivated for the week ahead. How about a playlist for staying focused at work? Starting today, it’s easier to find the right music for every mood with an updated Google Play Music app. This is our first integration with Songza, a company we acquired this summer that gives you expert curated music stations based on what you’re doing.
If you’re a Google Play Music subscriber, next time you open the app you’ll be prompted to play music for a time of day, mood or activity. Choose an activity to get options for several music stations to make whatever you’re doing even better—whether it’s a station for a morning workout, songs to relieve stress during traffic, or the right mix for cooking with friends. Each station has been handcrafted—song by song—by our team of music experts (dozens of DJs, musicians, music critics and ethnomusicologists) to give you the exact right song for the moment.
You can download these music stations to listen when you’re offline, see what song is up next, and add, remove or re-order them to suit your taste. Or you can start a new station based on any song in the mix. You can also search for a particular station you want or activity you want to find music for.
As part of this update, we’ve also redesigned the “Listen Now” page so you can more easily discover new music. Now you’ll see cards for all of your recently played music, new releases you might be interested in, and radio stations based on what you like to listen to. You’ll also notice that the new app uses Google’s material design, with bigger images, bolder colors and slick transitions.
The new activity-based station recommendations are available today for subscribers in the U.S. and Canada (Android, iOS and the web). The redesigned “Listen Now” page is available in all 45 countries where Google Play Music is available (for Android, iOS and the web).
With more than 30 million songs to choose from on Google Play, it can be hard to figure out what to listen to. Sometimes you want to build your own mix to rock out with your friends, and sometimes you want to sit back, press play and hear something completely new. Whether you’re at work or on vacation, we’ll find you the best music station to make the experience better.
Posted by Brandon Bilinski and Elias Roman, Google Play Music product managers
If you’re a Google Play Music subscriber, next time you open the app you’ll be prompted to play music for a time of day, mood or activity. Choose an activity to get options for several music stations to make whatever you’re doing even better—whether it’s a station for a morning workout, songs to relieve stress during traffic, or the right mix for cooking with friends. Each station has been handcrafted—song by song—by our team of music experts (dozens of DJs, musicians, music critics and ethnomusicologists) to give you the exact right song for the moment.
As part of this update, we’ve also redesigned the “Listen Now” page so you can more easily discover new music. Now you’ll see cards for all of your recently played music, new releases you might be interested in, and radio stations based on what you like to listen to. You’ll also notice that the new app uses Google’s material design, with bigger images, bolder colors and slick transitions.
The new activity-based station recommendations are available today for subscribers in the U.S. and Canada (Android, iOS and the web). The redesigned “Listen Now” page is available in all 45 countries where Google Play Music is available (for Android, iOS and the web).
With more than 30 million songs to choose from on Google Play, it can be hard to figure out what to listen to. Sometimes you want to build your own mix to rock out with your friends, and sometimes you want to sit back, press play and hear something completely new. Whether you’re at work or on vacation, we’ll find you the best music station to make the experience better.
Posted by Brandon Bilinski and Elias Roman, Google Play Music product managers
I was waiting for this!!! NICE Google.
ReplyDeleteWhy does it always take days for updates to propogate to me?
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Usually Google take a pay service and makes it free. Here, Google took a free service and made it a pay service.
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DeleteNo, they didn't. Google Music has always been free, and still is.. Google Music All Access has always been pay.
DeleteUnless you mean Songza, which is still free.
He's talking about the activity based stations where you now have to be a subscriber whereas with Songza you didn't. Now you could still use Songza I think (if youd had previously downloaded it), but Im sure it won't be long before it's completely removed. I'm sure he wanted an all in one solution.
DeleteHi David. How r u?
DeleteWhy is this limited to U.S. and Canada? Can we expect this feature in other countries soon?
ReplyDeleteSame question here. They have All Access in many other countries, so why not make these playlists available there too?
DeleteAre you sure? I'm using it here right now in Portugal
DeleteYes, it's not working in Czech Republic (Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 10, web) + the article says "subscribers in the U.S. and Canada".
DeleteI'd also like to know when this will be available in other countries. It looks great! Hopefully we don't have a situation where it is unavailable outside of the US & Canada for a long time :(
DeleteWell played Google. Well played.
ReplyDeletedamn it this one was really buggy for me.... overflow menus are just stuck with a spinning progressbar, the now playing bottom bar is always empty, just a play button but no other information... the action bar gets stuck transparent and a lot more... also there is holo elements all over the place
ReplyDeleteOkay Google, please don't kill Songzaa.. We're enjoying it the way it is over here on iOS; besides the addition of new ads. We know the way of every other app you've acquired, please leave this one alone. That is all. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteNow to wait for the new design to hit the UK version of the website
ReplyDeleteIt seems weird that it didn't roll out in Mexico, where All Access is available. Any idea on when it's coming here? I've been waiting for the Songza integration ever since you bought them :/
ReplyDeleteWhen will this feature be available in UK? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAny word on when Google Music All Access is available on Droid in Canada?
ReplyDeleteIt was "next time I opened the app" after reboots and I did not see the new features. Ended up sideloading. Android needs to release updates to everyone at once wherever possible!
ReplyDeleteWhen can we expect Google play music store in India?
ReplyDeletei need an apk link !!!
ReplyDeleteUpdate isn't showing up for Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 or Galaxy S4 in Canada, but it has shown up on Nexus 5. Anyone successfully updated the app using a Samsung device?
ReplyDeleteI have a nexus 5. Why no update yet? ��
ReplyDeleteThis would be great if it was available in the UK.
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ReplyDeletethe songs loaded from the computer are not displayed in alphabetical order.
ReplyDeleteAs feedback and feature request google please make an app that let's you share the PC's internet connection with your phone!, via the micro usb cable, it's like tethering but the other way around. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI've very much enjoyed using this new feature, but I have to ask: is there a way to find the previously listed categories? I was listening to the "Working Out" category while at the gym last night, but now I want to work out at home and it's replaced "Working Out" with "Dinner Party".... If it's trying to do some contextual thing to give me what it thinks I want, it's really not doing a very good job. Just give me an option to explore all the available categories and I'll be happy.
ReplyDeletewhen are you launching google play music in india?
ReplyDeletewhen can i expect the 5.0 updates on my nexus 5 ??? can any one specify the date???
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