{"id":12540,"date":"2016-09-28T10:17:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T10:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=12540"},"modified":"2016-09-28T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T10:25:53","slug":"google-play-music-is-now-available-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/mobile\/google-play-music-is-now-available-in-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Play Music is now available in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Play Music is now available in India<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Google Play Music is now available in India<\/strong> : The company announced a slew of new products related to India yesterday, but the local launch of its music service was not among them. Nevertheless, a number of eagle-eyed Google fans in India noticed that the service came online for them today \u2014 Google later confirmed the launch in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the Play Music store has launched, there are some caveats. It doesn\u2019t include the Spotify-like \u2018All Access\u2019 streaming service and there\u2019s no radio or podcasts yet. Mashable reported that content is priced from 15 INR ($0.22) per track and 90 INR ($1.35) per album.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google Play Music store was first launched in the U.S. in 2011, so it has taken a long time to make its way to India. But these days India is a key focus for Google, as company CEO Sundar Pichai \u2014 who was born in India himself \u2014 explained in a recent op-ed. Not only is India tipped to overtake China as the world\u2019s most populous country, but its internet revolution is in its early days \u2014 just 300 million of its estimated 1.3 billion population go online now. That presents plenty of growth opportunities and scope for innovation to help things evolve faster. Also, unlike China, Google isn\u2019t locked out of the market so it stands to reason that India could develop into a lucrative market for the search giant in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google Play Music is joining a congested market though. Apple Music and Australia\u2019s Guvara are among the international players that compete with domestic rivals Gaana, which owned by media giant Times Internet, and Saavn, which raised $100 million led by Tiger Global last year. Others could follow, too. We reported earlier this year that Spotify is eyeing a launch in India in the not too distant future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Competition aside, India is a challenging market for digital goods since buying online is not yet a habit that mainstream consumers have adopted in large numbers. That\u2019s partly down to the need to change behaviors and attitudes, but the fact that credit and debit card penetration is below 10 percent means that few could buy music even if they wanted to.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Google added carrier billing for content, allowing consumers to make payment via their mobile operator without the need for card. That hasn\u2019t been enabled for Google Play Music purchases yet, but Google hinted that it will be added soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow you can download your favorite local and global music on Google Play in India, plus get free storage for up to 50,000 songs from your music collection. Currently these services are only available to users with international credit cards, but we\u2019ll be expanding soon to additional forms of payment,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/strong> : https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/09\/28\/google-play-music-india\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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