Just like my post before about unlabeled Google Music Beta, here are will show you some features and benefits of Music Beta by Google. They are: - Any Web-connected device with a browser or supporting Flash can stream music from the locker. Requires Android-powered devices with the app installed to download and play cached streams.
- Users who sign up for the locker service will get free music added, similar to how some mp3 players ship with sample tracks. Google negotiated rights to this free music with various rightsholders.
- All music available to each device is available in a single view, meaning users won't see one list for music stored native on the device and another list of music stored in the locker.
- Audio quality for streaming files can be as high as 320kbps if the device and network supports it.
- Optimized for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) but any Android device version 2.2 or above can support it.
"A large segment of the music industry worked cooperatively and was extremely helpful sorting out the issues of online licensing," she said, giving particular credit to the independent label and publishing communities. "We certainly remain open to partnerships with the music industry for new features and functionality. This is the beginning of what we hope will be a long relationship with music and users and helping users engage with music and artist and fans."