Google has continued to improve their Play Store and digital services and expanded it to other markets as well. However it has been lacking one crucial feature in its Play Music service which is library matching. Amazon Music and Apple iTunes scan your existing collection and add your songs to your online storage from their own catalogue. Google until now has expected users to upload every single song manually in order to have access to them.In mid-November they release the scan and match feature to the European market and it is now available to US residents.
All you have to do is allow Google to scan your library and the match your music collection with their own. Even if your songs are of lower quality they will be streamed at a full 320 kbps. These high quality songs wont be downloadable, but having the option to stream them is always welcome.
Now the icing of the cake is that Google gives us this service for free, while other companies charge around $25 a year for this feature. While $25 a year doesn’t seem like much, it doesn’t really make sense to be charged for music you already own. Companies generally charge this value to avoid music piracy. Google on the other hand is reported to have paid the fee to record companies instead of charging users.
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source – Google | Android Police