Google Play Music Family Deal

Bacchus

Hey, didn't see another thread on this. Google Play Music's family deal arrived in Ireland (finally) yesterday.

Normally you pay €10 for a single account. The family deal is €15 and allows you invite 5 family members to join. They have their own separate account with their own library of music preferences and saved albums. So essentially you're getting €60 worth of Google Play Music accounts for the price of €15.

The definition of 'family' btw is limited only to that person being in the same country as the primary account owner.

Howard the Duck

Spotify do the same thing i believe, Is the library for Google Play Music good?

xl500

Howard the Duck wrote: »

Spotify do the same thing i believe, Is the library for Google Play Music good?

I thought Spotify limited it to people at same address

GBX

xl500 wrote: »

I thought Spotify limited it to people at same address

I do recall limitations regarding the same email and so many devices on a single plan. But having limitations within an address would defeat the purpose of a family plan.

xl500

GBX wrote: »

I do recall limitations regarding the same email and so many devices on a single plan. But having limitations within an address would defeat the purpose of a family plan.

https://www.spotify.com/ie/family/

Just look under get started it states all must reside at same address

Bacchus

Howard the Duck wrote: »

Spotify do the same thing i believe, Is the library for Google Play Music good?

They may well do, I don't use that service and I've been waiting for months for the family deal to arrive on Google Play... which it finally did yesterday!

Unless you have some eclectic taste in music Google Play is a very comprehensive library. I can't really compare to other services but I really enjoy the "mood" playlists they create. It was a bit hit and miss at the start but whatever learning algorithm they have is genius because it serves me music I enjoy 90% of the time. The app itself is visually appealing and easy to use.

Bacchus

xl500 wrote: »

https://www.spotify.com/ie/family/

Just look under get started it states all must reside at same address

How would that even be enforced though? They only take the CC details of the account owner surely? What other proof would they be able to get of address?

A quick Googling and a reddit thread popped up with this question. A few people there use the family plan and live no where near each other, never mind at the same address.

xl500

Bacchus wrote: »

How would that even be enforced though? They only take the CC details of the account owner surely? What other proof would they be able to get of address?

A quick Googling and a reddit thread popped up with this question. A few people there use the family plan and live no where near each other, never mind at the same address.

Oh I have no idea how they would enforce it just pointing out the difference as Google only limits to same country

beanian

One of my mates uses the one of our family accounts in London while the rest of us are all in Dublin. Never had any issues

sweetie

xl500 wrote: »

I thought Spotify limited it to people at same address

I have Spotify Family and my siblings are at two different addresses. people follow a link and input your exact address and it works fine.

xl500

sweetie wrote: »

I have Spotify Family and my siblings are at two different addresses. people follow a link and input your exact address and it works fine.

I am not saying it cant be done I am just pointing out their Terms It Probably leaves it open for them in the future if they choose to enforce it

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Have you a link?

Bacchus

Adelyn Sweet Strictness wrote: »

Have you a link?

You want a link for a Google service? This is like Google-inception :pac:

https://play.google.com/store

Go into Music and you should have the options to either buy music or sign up for their streaming service. I'm already registered so when I go there it just shows me my account.

If you already have a Google/Gmail account you already have the free service (you can only listen to music you upload), you just need to provide payment details in order to get the full streaming service.

Sappy404

Howard the Duck wrote: »

Spotify do the same thing i believe, Is the library for Google Play Music good?

Apart from exclusives, the library should be largely similar to that of other streaming services. The kicker for Google Play though is the fact that you can upload your own MP3s and stream them as normal. The likes of Prince and Neil Young have little to no music on these sites, and quite a few acts have albums that are missing. Uploading your own files can come in very handy.

The only downside to it IMO is that there's less of a social aspect to it. You can't easily follow what others are listening to or discover curated playlists like you can with other sites, and when you see a playlist someone posts online it's almost always Spotify. Apart from that I quite like it.

DavyD_83

Sappy404 wrote: »

Apart from exclusives, the library should be largely similar to that of other streaming services. The kicker for Google Play though is the fact that you can upload your own MP3s and stream them as normal. The likes of Prince and Neil Young have little to no music on these sites, and quite a few acts have albums that are missing. Uploading your own files can come in very handy.

The only downside to it IMO is that there's less of a social aspect to it. You can't easily follow what others are listening to or discover curated playlists like you can with other sites, and when you see a playlist someone posts online it's almost always Spotify. Apart from that I quite like it.

Didn't know you could upload and stream your own music.
Thanks for that!

Have been trying to figure out a simple (ideally free) way of doing this for ages. I have about 30GB of music on MP3 player and backed up on Hard Drive at home, but with no real way of accessing it mobile. I'm sure there's a storage limit on Google Play, but hopefully will allow for a decent chunk of stuff.

To be fair, I haven't actually looked into it, just thought there was nothing like that. I have music on OneDrive at the moment, but my phone fully downloads the files every time I play them which is a pain and keeps filling my SD card.

Editing to add:
You can add up to 50,000 songs to Google Play Music from your personal music collection using Google Play Music for Chrome or Music Manager (up to 300MB per song). Once you've added your music, you can listen to it through the Google Play Music app and on your computer.

Music purchased from the Google Play Store doesn't count towards your song limit.

bullpost

Deezer also allow you to upload your own music.

beardo81

Might get this for the family when I'm finished my 6 months free Deezer 😀

Lord Nikon

xl500 wrote: »

I thought Spotify limited it to people at same address

Google Play Music limits it to people in the same country.

Lord Spence

exactly what I will be doing, once my free 6 month is up then I will back to google, handy as it comes out of my phone credit which spotify cant do

UsedToWait

DavyD_83 wrote: »

Didn't know you could upload and stream your own music.
Thanks for that!

Have been trying to figure out a simple (ideally free) way of doing this for ages. I have about 30GB of music on MP3 player and backed up on Hard Drive at home, but with no real way of accessing it mobile. I'm sure there's a storage limit on Google Play, but hopefully will allow for a decent chunk of stuff.

To be fair, I haven't actually looked into it, just thought there was nothing like that. I have music on OneDrive at the moment, but my phone fully downloads the files every time I play them which is a pain and keeps filling my SD card.

Editing to add:
You can add up to 50,000 songs to Google Play Music from your personal music collection using Google Play Music for Chrome or Music Manager (up to 300MB per song). Once you've added your music, you can listen to it through the Google Play Music app and on your computer.

Music purchased from the Google Play Store doesn't count towards your song limit.

Only problem I found is it won't let you cast to Chromecast audio, or rather it will for some songs and not for others which was a real pain and caused me to stop using it..

DavyD_83

UsedToWait wrote: »

Only problem I found is it won't let you cast to Chromecast audio, or rather it will for some songs and not for others which was a real pain and caused me to stop using it..

At the moment I'm having a pain in my arse trying to upload the 30-odd albums I have on my OneDrive.
Might not be as simple as I assumed. Although issue may be due to trying to pull from one cloud storage to another.
Thanks for the options anyways guys. I will get access to my musical stockpile eventually

ablelocks

DavyD_83 wrote: »

At the moment I'm having a pain in my arse trying to upload the 30-odd albums I have on my OneDrive.
Might not be as simple as I assumed. Although issue may be due to trying to pull from one cloud storage to another.
Thanks for the options anyways guys. I will get access to my musical stockpile eventually

MS Groove? I have about 30gb of music on my onedrive and play it thru groove. Works perfectly on windows phone/xbox/pc but also works android and ios