This is a nice additional option, but I won't be cancelling my subscription. I hate ads.
What I want to see from Google Play Music (aside from a name change) is:
- Keep improving music discoverability. It has become better, but could be further improved.
- Family plan. I want to pay $15/month and give it to my wife and kid.
- Fix the strange YouTube bug, where if I hit pause on Play Music, and then start a YouTube video within a few seconds I get an error telling me I am already playing media on that device (or similar). What does YouTube have to do with Google Play Music anyway? YouTube is ad supported, Google Play isn't. There is no cross-over. This issue shouldn't be a "thing." Plus I might be watching a YouTube video muted and listening to music (yes, people do that!).
- The new interface is arguably a step backwards (just like every Google Maps update). You keep "simplifying" away functionality.
- The offline playback stuff continues to be pretty clunky to set up. If I know I am going on a road trip and will be driving out of range, actually adding that music to the device is a huge pain, and often the easiest way is just to leave the device playing music for days and let it build up a cache. Horrible.
What I want to see from Google Play Music (aside from a name change) is:
- Keep improving music discoverability. It has become better, but could be further improved.
- Family plan. I want to pay $15/month and give it to my wife and kid.
- Fix the strange YouTube bug, where if I hit pause on Play Music, and then start a YouTube video within a few seconds I get an error telling me I am already playing media on that device (or similar). What does YouTube have to do with Google Play Music anyway? YouTube is ad supported, Google Play isn't. There is no cross-over. This issue shouldn't be a "thing." Plus I might be watching a YouTube video muted and listening to music (yes, people do that!).
- The new interface is arguably a step backwards (just like every Google Maps update). You keep "simplifying" away functionality.
- The offline playback stuff continues to be pretty clunky to set up. If I know I am going on a road trip and will be driving out of range, actually adding that music to the device is a huge pain, and often the easiest way is just to leave the device playing music for days and let it build up a cache. Horrible.