The long wait is finally over for Indian users who have been longing to
plug themselves into Google Play Music. The music streaming service has
just gone live for users in the country, nearly five years after the
music store became available in the U.S.
It’s a wonder that it took so long time for Google to release Play
Music in a country where Android subscribers account for majority of the
mobile users. But what it lacks in timing, Google compensated with a
vast collection of songs including new Bollywood albums like “Indian
Ocean”. That’s on top of international hits and Bollywood tracks from
the two last decades.
Tracks costs more in Google Play Music than
they do in other music streaming services already available in India
such as Apple Music. For example, individual tracks could set you back
₹15 (~$0.23) compared to ₹9 (~$0.13) per song in Apple Music.
Unlike
Google Play Music in other countries, however, Play Music in
India appears to be lacking support for Play Music All Access, Podcasts
and radio. Whether Google plans to roll out these features to Indian
shores remains to be seen. Still, users can upload up to 50,000 songs from their own music collection.
Play
Music All Access is the premium subscription of the service that lets
users gain access to as many songs as they want for $10 per month. As it
is not yet available in India, users will need to purchase individual
songs, and that might be the biggest challenge that the service will be
facing in India.
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