SV: Google Play Music
Hi Mary, I must admit I love using Apple music. The only disadvantage to most services is that very old recordings are pretty hard to fine around. I've almost gone the same route as you with Spotify and so on. I stil like the audio quality of Spotify, but sadly it's no longer accessible on pc. In Denmark where I live my internet provider has a pretty good free music service with a tons of music. I'm just beginning to using that, so I'm not totally familiar with the quality but their app on iPhone looks very accessible. We live 3 persons here in the house, so the family version of apple Music certainly apeal to us. Best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Mary Otten Sendt: 23. januar 2016 00:59 Til: PC Audio Discussion List Emne: Re: Google Play Music I wasn't aware that there is another android-related list for the VI. I'm familiar with the eyes-free list, which is a google group and has lots of traffic. I don't see myself giving up iTunes match. I have a lot of stuff in there, and Apple recently raised the song limit to match others, so no problem there. I suspect it depends on what you're looking for as to which service you like better. There were some folk on the android list, which has a certain anti-apple tone to it rather often, who admitted that in their view Apple Music had more songs than Google. But the impression you get from an unsuccessful search or the opposite undoubtedly contributes to the opinion. I had spotify for a while and dropped it. Same for Pandora. My pc is old and not connected to anything in the house, not even via airfoil. So even if I were interested in google music from the pc, it wouldn't be this pc. Mary
Google Play Music
So I took some time to do a very basic explore of Google Play Music from an Android point of view this morning and I very much liked what I saw. You can use Google Play Music on your PC with Google Chrome - that's the easiest way - or download the IOS App if you want to use it on your iPhone etc. I can tell you that Google Play Music seems to be the most versatile and best value for money when it comes to music services on the Internet, if Google Play Music doesn't perform the music function you're after then it probably isn't too far away or you just haven't found that function yet and its waiting to be discovered. Google Play Music has its subscription component allowing you to play unlimited music but that's only the beginning, if you have a sizeable music collection then you can upload it to Google Play Music, up to 50,000 soungs so that's quite a collection. The audio quality is excellent, far better than Pandora and yes, Google Play Music can act as Pandora does when playing tracks, remember those "Tumbs Up" and "Thumbs Down" buttons to programme Pandora to your musical tastes? Google Play Music has them too. So that's where I am with Google Play Music thus far and perhaps other list members have gone further than I have. -- ** Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
Re: Google Play Music
Hi There! Regarding the PC first, the only way to use Google Play Music from a PC to my knowledge is to use the Google Chrome browser, I don’t know of any third party client that will support it however on the Android platform there are a variety of different methods you can use apart from the actual App itself though I am a novice in this department. If anyone would be interested in following the discussion - or even following along with the discussion of Android and its accessibility, various products etc then you can subscribe to the vi-android list at > vi-android-requ...@freelists.org > <mailto:vi-android-requ...@freelists.org>Type subscribe in the subject line. Anyway I did my exploration of the Google Play Store on my Samsung Galaxy S6 using Android Lollypop as Samsung haven’t yet rolled out the Android 6.0 update but I was very pleased with the level of accessibility found in the Google Play Music App. Again, I’m only starting out with Play Music and I’ve probably only scratched the surface but I was certainly able to search for the music I was after, play the songs I wanted, add these to a playlist and do other manipulation, find out about the artist, make the songs available offline and so on, in short a good start. As to what has more content? I appreciate your opinion and comments of course Mary however I’ve heard comments about which has more than what all too often. An example, I know someone who thinks Apple Music is the best thing since sliced bread and couldn’t find some material when looking one day. A mutual friend of ours found that material on Spotify so could it be that it pays to have a finger in every pie if you love your music? I’m a subscriber to Spotify too though I don’t use it as much as I really should but having said that the subscription has paid for itself well over and over by now, Spotify has been there whenever I’ve been after that particular track in a hurry, hearing something on the radio for example and not having enough iTunes Credit available, that sort of thing. I think the big question will be for me whether I’ll give up iTunes and the associated Match/Cloud services in favour of Play Music, Spotify etc or keep them all. > On 23 Jan 2016, at 9:34 AM, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I haven't tried google music on a pc. I'm not interested in learning > yet another browser with its add in screen access methods, no thanks, > chrome vox. And I don't agree that google music is the best of the > services. I think apple music has it beat. I have tried google music on > an android device, actually two of them, both running marshmallow, and > since I find the android experience much less efficient than the ios > one, my opinion is based in part on that. Apple music on android isn't > all that much fun either. but their selection is greater than google > music's, imho. I have found a lot of stuff on apple music that I > couldn't even search for on google music, given the issues I have on > android with text typing and editing. On the other hand, if you're a > youtube person, you get youtube red or read, not sure how it is > spelled, as part of your google music subscription. So, no ads. I don't > do much youtube, so for me, that wasn't a draw. But the ease of use and > huge selection of out of the way stuff I find on apple music makes it a > big value for me. depends, I guess, on your devices and how you want to > access stuff and what you want to access. > > Mary > > ** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
Re: Google Play Music
I haven't tried google music on a pc. I'm not interested in learning yet another browser with its add in screen access methods, no thanks, chrome vox. And I don't agree that google music is the best of the services. I think apple music has it beat. I have tried google music on an android device, actually two of them, both running marshmallow, and since I find the android experience much less efficient than the ios one, my opinion is based in part on that. Apple music on android isn't all that much fun either. but their selection is greater than google music's, imho. I have found a lot of stuff on apple music that I couldn't even search for on google music, given the issues I have on android with text typing and editing. On the other hand, if you're a youtube person, you get youtube red or read, not sure how it is spelled, as part of your google music subscription. So, no ads. I don't do much youtube, so for me, that wasn't a draw. But the ease of use and huge selection of out of the way stuff I find on apple music makes it a big value for me. depends, I guess, on your devices and how you want to access stuff and what you want to access. Mary
Re: Google Play Music
Just to clear up something, vi-android meaning Android for the Visually Impaired and not for the Samsung S6, Nexus p6 etc. The list is a fairly low traffic list but the great thing is that the people on the list - just about every one - knows exactly what they’re talking about so there’s a huge pool of knowledge both to be tapped and to contribute to. I renewed my iTunes match for another year last week, that service has saved my bacon so many times not to mention making the organisation of my Music library across IOS devices so much easier. I have documented how I use the Match service to help me find better versions of recordings I have sampled from LP or managed to get from other sources, for that reason alone iTunes Match is worth its weight in gold. > On 23 Jan 2016, at 10:58 AM, Mary Ottenwrote: > > I wasn't aware that there is another android-related list for the VI. > I'm familiar with the eyes-free list, which is a google group and has > lots of traffic. I don't see myself giving up iTunes match. I have a > lot of stuff in there, and Apple recently raised the song limit to > match others, so no problem there. I suspect it depends on what you're > looking for as to which service you like better. There were some folk > on the android list, which has a certain anti-apple tone to it rather > often, who admitted that in their view Apple Music had more songs than > Google. But the impression you get from an unsuccessful search or the > opposite undoubtedly contributes to the opinion. I had spotify for a > while and dropped it. Same for Pandora. My pc is old and not connected > to anything in the house, not even via airfoil. So even if I were > interested in google music from the pc, it wouldn't be this pc. > > > Mary > > ** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
Re: Google Play Music
I wasn't aware that there is another android-related list for the VI. I'm familiar with the eyes-free list, which is a google group and has lots of traffic. I don't see myself giving up iTunes match. I have a lot of stuff in there, and Apple recently raised the song limit to match others, so no problem there. I suspect it depends on what you're looking for as to which service you like better. There were some folk on the android list, which has a certain anti-apple tone to it rather often, who admitted that in their view Apple Music had more songs than Google. But the impression you get from an unsuccessful search or the opposite undoubtedly contributes to the opinion. I had spotify for a while and dropped it. Same for Pandora. My pc is old and not connected to anything in the house, not even via airfoil. So even if I were interested in google music from the pc, it wouldn't be this pc. Mary
Re: Google Play Music
I figured you meant visually impaired, not 6. The list I am referring to that is a google group is also for the blind/vi. Mary
Re: Google Play Music
Well the more lists we have then the merrier. The vi-android list is based in Australia so that means without a shadow of doubt that its very good - if not brilliant - . > On 23 Jan 2016, at 11:56 AM, Mary Ottenwrote: > > I figured you meant visually impaired, not 6. The list I am referring > to that is a google group is also for the blind/vi. > > Mary > > ** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
Article: Sonos embraces Google Play Music
The more providers in this market then the better for everyone I should think. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/blogs/gadgets-on-the-go/sonos-embraces-google-play-music-20140411-36h3f.html ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane