NEW YORK — Google Inc. unveiled its long-planned music service Tuesday, but it will probably need deals with the recording industry to reach its full potential.
Called “Music Beta by Google,” the service lets users store their tunes remotely and access them from any compatible device, including mobile phones, tablets and computers. So far, it does not offer music downloads or song sales, and it doesn’t let people listen to music they haven’t uploaded. The service is available free but by invitation only while it is being tested.
Google announced the new service at its yearly conference for software developers in San Francisco. It did not say whether it would charge eventually.
Google’s music service comes just six weeks after Inc. announced a similar offering. The online retailer’s service also lets users play songs they have uploaded to the cloud on their computer or on a smartphone that runs Google’s Android. The Associated Press
