Google launched a music streaming service, All Access, on Wednesday.
The announcement was made at the annual developers conference in san Francisco. Listeners can listen to unlimited songs from $9.99 a month with a 30 day trail. Users who sign up before June 30 will pay $7.99 according to Billboard.
All Access has an “Explore” tab that gives personal recommendations based on personal libraries and listening patterns. Hand picked songs from Google editors are also included.
Reuters reported users can listen to songs from 22 genres, stream individual playlists, and listen to a radio-like stream that can be adjusted.
Google plans to launch All Access in the United States first then launching it in other countries.
Apple Inc. originally established online music purchases with iTunes but Google has now moved ahead of them with their new music streaming site. Pandora and Spotify are also in the market for music streaming. Pandora costs $3.99 while Spotify is $9.99, the same as the new music site.
The new site takes the work out of managing massive music libraries Google executives said according to Reuters. The size of the library is unclear. The Verge, a tech blog, said Google signed deals with two of the world’s largest record labels, Universal Music and Sony Entertainment Group, on Tuesday.
“It’s a radio without rules,” said Chris Yerga, Google’s Android Engineering Director. “There’s always a great selection for me, and every day, it surprises me.”
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