May 13, 2011
At long last, the worst-kept secret in the musicStay tuned for more Google Music details, including screenshot galleries, coming up shortly on Mashable.industry has been confirmed: Google has launched its music service.On Tuesday at Google I/O, the company took the wraps off Google Music Beta. Currently, that site is invite-only, but users will be added to the platform soon. The product is “free for a limited time.”
The service will be available starting on Android devices and via the web. Click here to see screengrabs of Google Music on Android.
The service will be available starting on Android devices and via the web. Click here to see screengrabs of Google Music on Android.
Rumors of Google Music first fell on our eager ears in June 2010, at which time we learned Google was buildinga music service with an Android twist. And while building such software is clearly not a problem for Google’s high-functioning genius engineers, the company was still settling the terms of the deals with labels inSeptember 2010 … and in November 2010 … and in December 2010 … and in April 2011. A less optimistic crew of journalists would have begun to doubt whether Google Music would, in fact, ever see the light of day.
