Google announced Tuesday that it is extending its Scan and Match feature for its online locker service to the U.S. Users with Google Play accounts will get a message asking if they would like Google to scan their hard drives for music. If it finds a match in its own library, Google will add the song to the user’s online music collection. The user will then be able to download it or stream it to any Android device. Best of all, from a user perspective, the service is free. Amazon and Apple offer similar services for a fee.
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Google's Cloud Is Alive With the Sound of Free Music
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 18, 2012 06:29 PMGoogle announced Tuesday that it is extending its Scan and Match feature for its online locker service to the U.S. Users with Google Play accounts will get a message asking if they would like Google to scan their hard drives for music. If it finds a match in its own library, Google will add the song to the user’s online music collection. The user will then be able to download it or stream it to any Android device. Best of all, from a user perspective, the service is free. Amazon and Apple offer similar services for a fee.