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Google Music Beta is live.

http://music.google.com/. Go get an invite.

Another "Outside of U.S need not apply" situation.
How can I continue to exercise my Google fanboidom?!

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.music&feature=search_result

How long did they take to send the invite? I've requested one through a proxy, with Google Voice i received it in minutes...

Was there an app for this already on the A500 ? Yesterday evening I turned on the tablet and right away it had an update from google music. I never noticed the widget before until I saw the update.

Right, the app is already on our tablets (which I linked to a few posts up) and if you visit the market, it might even tell you to update it - however the service - the cloud storage part - is by invite.
So, while you can use the app, it's local only.

How long does it take for an invite?
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me wants invite!
I was swearing up and down after Engadget's review of this stuff this morning. They basically blamed Google for coming out with an app that doesn't meld with the ISP's outrageously stupid and unfair data tiers and caps. UNBELIEVABLE.

I have moved some albums into the a500 music folder from my computer. I looked everywhere on my tablet and cant find anything that I moved but I can see them in the folder on my computer what gives ?

Has anyone gotten in!!!! i'm begging them to let me in!!!!!

Nothing yet...
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I requested an invite on the 10th and haven't heard anything back yet either.

poeticdecision said:
Has anyone gotten in!!!! i'm begging them to let me in!!!!!
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You should keep submitting. With the same email. Over and over and over again... (;
We're rootin' fer'ya!

I definitely can't wait for this to go public.
I love sticking it to the record companies for not being progressive and hugging their money.
DOWN WITH THE MAN!
That and I don't have to copy my music across many devices anymore...

I tried that approach but it only registers once and says only registered... Music is my favorite passtime it would make things alot easier

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I got my invite today. I registered for it as soon as the invite link went live the day of Google I/O. I'm here at work so I haven't had a chance to play with it yet. I did active it though and when you're in activating it, it gives you the option of some free songs depending on the genre you like. Hopefully I can upload some of my music tonight and have a full report on this later.

Sounds good. Grats.
Even though I requested an invite, I won't use the service. I have all my music on my tab.

I got my invite yesterday. Deleted the free songs (um no thanks for the 100 songs I won't listen too).
There is a limit to 20,000 songs, found out yesterday my entire library is 29,000 plus songs.
Takes FOREVER to upload songs, BUT surprisingly there is WMA support in the cloud. They must be re-compressing stuff during the upload.
It's a pretty cool thing, but Audiogalaxy is MUCH faster.

Use the Amazon Cloud Music app. available right now and works just as well, if not better.

xfernand said:
Use the Amazon Cloud Music app. available right now and works just as well, if not better.
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Yeah, except for the whole 5GB limit. Google Music has a 20k song limit...

Who else got invited to Google Music Beta?

From the e-mail I got from Google, I've aparently been invited because I own the Xoom 3g, and am currently paying for 3g service from Verizon.
But whatever the reason, I got the invite.
I still haven't recieved the update for my Xoom yet, and I don't think you can get the Music app in the app store until the update, so i've been forced to try the beta in "Browser" which is a bunk.
As far as desktop goes, it works well, but on the Xoom, it lags a little, and will only play the music if the tab for the player is open. (which really I guess is to be expected, and why there is an app for it.)
Regardless, it is quite simple to use, and in itself, is a very simple layout. There isn't really anthing special, it reminds me of itunes (as far as strictly listening to music, not including the store and all the extra jazz.) They have what they call "Instant Mixes" which is pretty much the genious mix in apple, except it will only create a 25 song playlist.
One nice thing about it, is whatever player you choose it to upload your songs with, it carries over the playlists.
There is a "New and Recent" section beside Album, Song, Genre, and Artist like on the Xoom. Also, a small but nice selection of free songs that you can choose to have imported into your cloud when you sign in the first time.
I really will have to wait till I can test the app to make any final decisions on this.
As far as I'm concerned, cloud based music storage is pretty much useless to me. I can survive with 5-10 gigs stored onto my Xoom that I can listen too without ever needing to connect to the internet. (I don't need to use my 10$ a gig data from verizon for something that should be free) Once we get our SD slot working, this will become especially true. It is cool to be able to have your music anywhere in the world, but not if you think that you have to pay Google for this service, then pay for the data while using the service.
But I will go at it with an open mind for anyone that would find this of interest, because well, I guess it's part my duty since I recieved an invite. If you also recieved an invite please let me know what you think about it.

I got in the beta as well. The biggest thing for me when it comes to cloud music is not worrying about transferring music to my devices or computers anymore. I'm always worried about backing up my music and syncing across all my computers. Now if I reformat any of my devices be it tablet, phone or laptop I can get my music from anywhere and redownload it if needed.
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Do you have the ability to invite others?
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Saintfyre said:
Do you have the ability to invite others?
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No, only google can invite.

It is weird... i got on the Music page before the keynote and signed up for the Beta with the same email as the one my Xoom is connected to and I still haven't gotten anything.... kinda sucks.... maybe that caused everyone to assume we were just another user instead of Xoom users

Handshake87 said:
It is weird... i got on the Music page before the keynote and signed up for the Beta with the same email as the one my Xoom is connected to and I still haven't gotten anything.... kinda sucks.... maybe that caused everyone to assume we were just another user instead of Xoom users
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See, I don't think you will get an invite just for owning a xoom..... Here is exactly how the e-mail inviting me was phrased (Please note, i did not sign up for an invite, i just got it)
Hello Motorola XOOM user,
We'd like to tell you about some changes to the Music player on your tablet. The latest app update now supports Music Beta, a new service from Google. As a Verizon Motorola XOOM user, you’ve been extended an early invitation to beta test this service.
Music Beta lets you store your personal music collection online and access it instantly without the hassle of wires or syncing.
Enjoy your music anywhere — listen on any web browser, your Motorola XOOM, or any other device running Android 2.2 or higher.
Save your favorite albums, artists, and playlists on your smartphone or tablet so you can keep listening even when you're not connected.
Create your own custom playlists or build them automatically from a single song.
Note also that is says Verizon Motorola XOOM user... I guess this could be explained by any 3g model, but I actually have my data active, so I imagined that's why I received the invite.

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Not that I can see. I have yet to receive the 3.1 update, but I received the invite, signed up, and also downloaded the updated Music app from the market. I haven't uploaded any songs yet, but I can stream the two dozen or so tracks they gave me for free. Works well, pretty simple, audio quality is actually pretty decent - on the Xoom speakers, haven't tested on my Sennheiser headphones though.

khov07 said:
Not that I can see. I have yet to receive the 3.1 update, but I received the invite, signed up, and also downloaded the updated Music app from the market. I haven't uploaded any songs yet, but I can stream the two dozen or so tracks they gave me for free. Works well, pretty simple, audio quality is actually pretty decent - on the Xoom speakers, haven't tested on my Sennheiser headphones though.
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Oh, so it's just an update to the stock music player I need?

I have active data on my 3G xoom w/ Verizon also, so it's weird they would pull random people, but I guess that may not be weird. I have 3.1 on my xoom after doing the force push update from BRD. I also have the new beta music app on both my tablet and my phone lol. I have not received an invite though...What I do like is the ability to get movies through the Android Market but I don't think that's part of this?
Oh well then

I pay for 3G service on my Xoom as well, and I haven't gotten an invite, or the dam update!
lol

Should be noted my 3g xoom has never had vzw service and I got the xoom invite email.
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Bauxite said:
Should be noted my 3g xoom has never had vzw service and I got the xoom invite email.
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Well I guess they're doing some kind of random invite...

So i guess a good question is, have any WiFi Xoom owners gotten the email with out requesting an Invite?

At I/O, Google said that Music was a beta program with a limited audience initially: all attendees got an invite. There are two components: the new player, and the backend service. I believe they are independent of one another, such that you can download the Music Beta app in the Market but still not be admitted to the beta of the service.
Apologies if this was all already obvious: I just wanted to clarify for folks in case it wasn't clear as there are a few moving parts.

sogrady said:
At I/O, Google said that Music was a beta program with a limited audience initially: all attendees got an invite. There are two components: the new player, and the backend service. I believe they are independent of one another, such that you can download the Music Beta app in the Market but still not be admitted to the beta of the service.
Apologies if this was all already obvious: I just wanted to clarify for folks in case it wasn't clear as there are a few moving parts.
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I believe you are correct. Anyone can download the updated Music app from the Market, but unless you got an invite and signed up, you can't use the whiz-bang features of the Music beta service.
On both my EVO and Xoom, I was able to update the app and signed into it thanks to the invite I received.

Ya I have activated 3g Xoom on Verizon so I am unsure as to WTF is going on lol

I have the 3G Xoom but do not pay for the service, and I've had it since day 1. I'm not rooted, and I have not received the 3.1 update yet.
I requested an invite for Music before the keynote Monday with my main gmail account. I have 2 other accounts tied to my xoom, but I initially signed into my xoom with my main account.
About 30 minutes ago, I got an invite to Music in one of the secondary accounts tied to my Xoom (one I did NOT request an invite with).
Currently uploaded about 500 songs, about 18k to go. This is exciting!
Now I just need my 3.1!

mixpix405 said:
I have the 3G Xoom but do not pay for the service, and I've had it since day 1. I'm not rooted, and I have not received the 3.1 update yet.
I requested an invite for Music before the keynote Monday with my main gmail account. I have 2 other accounts tied to my xoom, but I initially signed into my xoom with my main account.
About 30 minutes ago, I got an invite to Music in one of the secondary accounts tied to my Xoom (one I did NOT request an invite with).
Currently uploaded about 500 songs, about 18k to go. This is exciting!
Now I just need my 3.1!
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Well however they're doing it, I'm glad I got the invite as it works quite well. I don't know about other cloud services as I have not tried them, but the way all the music stored on the cloud and all that is stored on your XOOM blend together in the same app is sweet.
Unfortunately I am still waiting on my update. I just wanted to add that.

Got two invite e-mails (24 hours apart) so ok. But no 3.1 update.

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Got two invite e-mails (24 hours apart) so ok. But no 3.1 update.
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Can I have one?
Still waiting for invite and 3.1
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Got my music.google beta invite!

Just got the invite! I'll load some albums up tonight and let you guys know how it goes on the transformer.

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Just got the invite! I'll load some albums up tonight and let you guys know how it goes on the transformer.
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Just got my transformer and already had the music beta so it loaded automatically. Trying now.
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richB7 said:
Just got my transformer and already had the music beta so it loaded automatically. Trying now.
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Works fine.
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got mine too but it takes an eternity to upload songs

keroppilee said:
got mine too but it takes an eternity to upload songs
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Inherently, browsers aren't built to be upload tools...so I'd imagine it would take weeks to upload ones library. I anticipate that but man the convenience afterwards will be so great.

How long did you guys have to wait for yours, out of interest? I requested an invite some time last week.
Google Music doesn't offer any kind of FTP/SSH support?

I got mine today too, started my library upload about 30 minutes ago (up to 115 songs out of 3.5k)
I've tried it out on my phone via 3G and on my Transformer on wifi, and the audio quality is great.

I got my invite this afternoon, and I registered within two hours after it was announced at Google IO.
I thought perhaps getting my Transfomer yesterday might have triggered the invite, but perhaps it was just a coincidence.
BTW, the audio on this tablet is shockingly good! I always felt like the audio on my G-Tablet was too low. I did not think I would ever listen to music on a tablet, but I really enjoyed listening to some free Cab Calloway today.

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I got mine today too, started my library upload about 30 minutes ago (up to 115 songs out of 3.5k)
I've tried it out on my phone via 3G and on my Transformer on wifi, and the audio quality is great.
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I got my invite this on the morning of the 25th. I put my request in an hour before it was announced before Google IO.
They give you an app that you can link to your my music folder or itunes. The app will upload automatically whenever you add songs as well, or manually or at certain times depending on how you set it.

ISP's generally also limit the hell out of upload speeds as generally upload is more for their business plans that need to serve content and they don't want people misusing the consumer plans for the same purpose

shame for uk fanboys!

Finally got mine! WOOHOO! Can't wait to go home to try it out now!

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ISP's generally also limit the hell out of upload speeds as generally upload is more for their business plans that need to serve content and they don't want people misusing the consumer plans for the same purpose
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This is when I wish I lived in a FIOS area and could take advantage of 20-50 mbps upload speeds. Uverse only gets me 1.5

In keeping with this being a Transformer forum:
It works flawless on the Transformer. Sound quality is top notch and streaming is very fast. I even tethered the tablet to 3g and it was still fast with no audible loss in quality.
I uploaded about 10 or so albums in an hour or 2 so it wasn't bad...but my music library is about 120 gigs so I'll need to pick and choose what to load.
Overall, it's a MAJOR convenience not having to load music on my tablet or phone anymore!

So Long Market

This has been reported in other threads but no here.
Beginning Tuesday, the Android Market will be known as the Google Play Store. Google's eBookstore and recently launched music service will also be part of the Google Play Store. The same selection of books, music and movies had already been available on Android Market. Sounds nice, but whats behind the shiny chrome?

any way of forcing the update? Tried the old clearing data/cache/fc-ing, reboot ....but to no avail. am I to assume we must wait for it to roll out?

Google says that the update will roll out in the next days

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...WRfbXVsdGlfX18yX3Byb21vXzEzMzEwNTgxMjcxNTIiXQ
49 Cent apps to celabrate.

My phone just auto-updated. Just had to re-accept the EULA and it was just like the normal market. Not sure about my TF since it is at home right now.

Mine just got updated.
Want the apk ? http://db.tt/T8m8eJW7

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Mine just got updated.
Want the apk ? http://db.tt/T8m8eJW7
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thanks installed just fine

I'll have to get used to this. The icon and the new spot in the app drawer will throw me off for a few days
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Mine updated also. I like the old name better

yeah they should have kept the name but just merged the other services.

Google play update

Many phones are recieving the update v5 of google play material design.
Wonder why didn't we got it!!
Anybody here who recieved it already?
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No bro same here ?, I don't know why.....

rahilsayed said:
Many phones are recieving the update v5 of google play material design.
Wonder why didn't we got it!!
Anybody here who recieved it already?
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You can update manually.

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/google-play-store-5-0-31-apk/
Try this

Just download the apk lol.
I have a friend with oneplus one and n5 and he didn't receive it either, so it doesn't mean anything

Google for most of their apps (esp Play Services and Play Store) roll out updates in stages usually over a week or two, you just get it when you do, I don't have it on any of my devices yet but it will come.
Like others have said you can manually update with the apk if you want it faster.

Thanks friends for replies......and i must say that our community has reach way far than any phone in a month.
I have seen S3,Sony SL communities but they never grew this big as our yet in short time .:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Just received update 2 days before
Not a big deal though
Just wanted to tell you

I've just had mine update not 10 minutes ago, looks very good the material design makes me want Android L even more now

My brother's SAMSUNG GALAXY GRAND DUOS (GT-I9082) rooted running on LiquidSmooth v 3.2 just got it few hours ago. May be he got it due to PA GAPPS!
And I'm still waiting for it! Haha

2 days ago I already got that update.

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2 days ago I already got that update.
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I got it last night. Must say not quite impressed. Minor UI changes & nothing else. So all those who have not received it yet, you ain't missing much guys. :good:

Miner UI changes. But its awesome.
And i feel now its double fast too.

I got an update today on 5.0.31 ....

Update manually
I found a way to update manually without having to download any apk file. You can do it right from Google Play Store. Here is how:
-Open Play Store
-Press the menu button (top left of the screen, 3 horizontal lines)
-Select "Settings"
-Scroll down and under "About" you should see "Build version". Press it and it should say that "Google is going to download a new version of Play Store and update it" or something similar
-Wait a few minutes
That's it. You should have the latest version of Play Store now.

I was just about to check, but then realised, it's already v5.0.31 :good:

I just got the update, not much but good ui

me too checked today and it was updated

I am on v5.0.32 due to force update through normal apk installation.
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I am on v5.0.32 due to force update through normal apk installation.
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I am on v5.0.31[emoji46] and 32 got out?