{"id":338984,"date":"2017-04-21T21:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1479720"},"modified":"2017-04-21T21:50:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:50:27","slug":"new-partnership-makes-google-play-music-the-default-on-all-samsung-devices-with-double-the-storage-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/new-partnership-makes-google-play-music-the-default-on-all-samsung-devices-with-double-the-storage-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"New partnership makes Google Play Music the default on all Samsung devices, with double the storage capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Samsung and Google today announced<\/a> a new partnership that will make Google Play Music the default music player and music service including on new Samsung phone and tablets worldwide, starting with the launch of the\u00a0Galaxy S8 and S8+. The deal comes with an added bonus for Samsung users \u2013 they\u2019ll be able to upload up to 100,000 of their own songs to Google Play Music for free.<\/p>\n

This is double the storage capacity typically offered. Currently Google Play Music offers free storage and playback of up to 50,000 songs from a user\u2019s personal collection.<\/p>\n

With the deal, new Samsung phones and tablets will come with an included three-month trial of Google Play Music. This subscription includes features competitive with rivals like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora Premium, and others, such as\u00a0ad-free listening, on-demand access to over 40 million songs, and curated playlists. It also includes access to YouTube Red, for watching ad-free videos across YouTube.<\/p>\n

In addition, Google promises that its\u00a0service will work with Samsung\u2019s own personal assistant software, Bixby, when it launches later in the spring. That means you\u2019ll be able to speak to ask\u00a0the assistant to do things like play a particular song or even a genre of music.<\/p>\n

The partnership follows Samsung\u2019s decision to exit the music business last fall, when it shut down its U.S. mobile music service, Milk Music,<\/a> after failing to gain traction. The company was also rumored to be acquiring Jay Z\u2019s Tidal music service, but later denied that a deal was in the works.<\/p>\n

At the time it announced Milk Music\u2019s closure, Samsung hinted that a deal like this one with Google could be the path it was choosing to take next, saying then that it had \u201cmade the strategic decision to invest in a partner model focused on seamlessly integrating the best music services available today into our family of Galaxy devices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" Samsung and Google today announced a new partnership that will make Google Play Music the default music player and music service including on new Samsung phone and tablets worldwide, starting with the launch of the\u00a0Galaxy S8 and S8+. The deal comes with an added bonus for Samsung users – they’ll be able to upload up to 100,000 of their own songs to Google Play Music for free. This… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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