It’s called ‘Google Play Music- All Access,’ which is a very liberal and fun-loving name indeed. Google seemed to ditch any fad-like, gimmicky stuff in favour of functionality and innovation (albeit less ostentatious innovation). You can also talk to this service, as in speech with your mouth. There is something called ‘Conversational Voice Search’ mode that operates via Google Chrome, whereby users can say “OK, Google” to wake the search mode from dormant state. Here’s a segment from the conference that details the ‘Radio’ and ‘Listen Now’ modes.
(Engineering guy Chris Yerga exclaims of the ‘Listen Now’ mode, “Every day it surprises me. I can’t wait for you all to have your own magic moments with ‘Listen Now’”. The ‘Listen Now’ mode is therefore exactly the same as making your own tiny baby boy or girl).
Tech enthusiasts The Verge say, “The service is built atop Google’s already-existing music store for Google Play, and features a recommendation engine that will guide users towards new music they may not have already discovered. As demoed on an Android smartphone, All Access incorporates both local tracks and those available for streaming into one master searchable library, a marked improvement over much of its streaming competition.”
The service will launch super soon in the US, subscribers looking at $US9.99 per month or $US$7.99 for signing up before June 30. No word on an international roll out, though.
Via The Verge
