MUMBAI: The web giant Google Inc has unveiled a music streaming service called ‘All Access’ in the United States that allows users to blend songs that have already been uploaded to their online libraries. Early birds who sign up for service before end of June can avail this service for $8 a month.
This service will roll out soon in twelve other countries where Google currently sells music, which includes 10 European countries such as the U.K., France and Germany, Australia and New Zealand. After the early-bird period, the monthly fee will go back up to the industry standard $10. It comes with a 30-day free trial.
This can be a straight competition with the existing paid subscription model like Spotify and Rhapsody.
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The announcement was made at Google’s annual developers conference in San Francisco.
As per reports, a person in the music industry familiar with matter stated that Apple Inc is expected to debut a digital radio service later this year; Google-owned YouTube is also working on a paid subscription music plan; and Spotify is exploring a way to make a version of its paid streaming plan free with ads on mobile devices.
Due to absence of appropriate deal and features of the services the officials were not ready to speak to media. Meanwhile, this music service has signed deal with three large music label companies like Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group Corp.
In November 2011, Google launched his music store in digital space.
You can listen to millions of tracks right away, or switch to a ‘radio’ format that creates a playlist of songs of your choice. Android engineering director Chris Yerga said, “This is radio without rules. This is as lean-back as you want or as interactive as you want.”
