Can I use Google Now to launch the music app and play songs or albums on my phone? If I try "play [name of song]" or "launch [name of artist album]" or the like, it does a web search rather than looking at what I have on my phone.
foosion said:
Can I use Google Now to launch the music app and play songs or albums on my phone? If I try "play [name of song]" or "launch [name of artist album]" or the like, it does a web search rather than looking at what I have on my phone.
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google music is great!
if you only want it to look for whats on your phone go into settings and check "on device only", if not, then it will check what's on your phone AND whats on your google account.
Wolfbeef123 said:
google music is great!
if you only want it to look for whats on your phone go into settings and check "on device only", if not, then it will check what's on your phone AND whats on your google account.
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Are you talking about Google Music or Google Now? Google Now does not appear to search my phone for music.
foosion said:
Can I use Google Now to launch the music app and play songs or albums on my phone? If I try "play [name of song]" or "launch [name of artist album]" or the like, it does a web search rather than looking at what I have on my phone.
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You actually want to say "Listen to [artist, album or song title]." You'll then get a prompt asking you which app you want to use.
foosion said:
Are you talking about Google Music or Google Now? Google Now does not appear to search my phone for music.
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I'm so sorry, i really need to go get my glasses, i misread it.
I'm talking about google play music.
I don't think google now can do that.
and if it did, apple would be all over googles ass.
and to tell you the truth back when i had a 4s, the "play [song]" or "shuffle all" was the only useful functionality lol
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You actually want to say "Listen to [artist, album or song title]." You'll then get a prompt asking you which app you want to use.
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That worked. Thanks
Is there a list of the actions that Google Now will perform on the phone? The list in the Nexus 7 Guidebook is incomplete.
aberrati0n said:
You actually want to say "Listen to [artist, album or song title]." You'll then get a prompt asking you which app you want to use.
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I guess you learn something new everyday,
thanks!
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That worked. Thanks
Is there a list of the actions that Google Now will perform on the phone? The list in the Nexus 7 Guidebook is incomplete.
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http://www.google.com/mobile/voice-actions/ has a list of all the voice actions that debuted in Froyo. I'm not sure if any more have been added since, but that should help get you started.
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You actually want to say "Listen to [artist, album or song title]." You'll then get a prompt asking you which app you want to use.
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I feel stupid. Instead of "listen to _____" I was telling it "play _____", that worked a few times but it failed more than it succeeded. The Listen to command works much better, thanks.:good:
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Google music 3.0 beta official - http://www.mediafire.com/?h97x524mdyzbnn3
Just installed but there's no option for music beta
Razer(x) said:
Just installed but there's no option for music beta
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don't know dude, I just liked the app so thought of sharing it...btw I found the app in xperia x10 forums
you have to be part of the beta before the app offers you the beta services.
Sign up on music.google.com
but you have to be in the USA...unless you...erm...use a proxy...or vpn... but I am not telling you to do that
It might take several weeks before you get your invite though.
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you have to be part of the beta before the app offers you the beta services.
Sign up on music.google.com
but you have to be in the USA...unless you...erm...use a proxy...or vpn... but I am not telling you to do that
It might take several weeks before you get your invite though.
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Already tried with no response, guess i'm unlucky
Lennyuk said:
you have to be part of the beta before the app offers you the beta services.
Sign up on music.google.com
but you have to be in the USA...unless you...erm...use a proxy...or vpn... but I am not telling you to do that
It might take several weeks before you get your invite though.
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I signed up to the beta and registered via a vpn but have been using it recently through my normal UK IP. It seems to be working pretty nicely so far
I signed up for the Beta the same day it was annouced/offered and didn't get my invite until June 2, so don't give up yet.
How is this one different than the android market version?
Im guessing for those outside the US, but thought I'd ask.
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in this app, i get duplicates
i have a few songs on my phone and also on my cloud that are the same.
is there any way to view only songs stored on cloud?
because i'd also like to keep some songs local.
it has the option to view offline music available,
im looking for an option to display only "online songs" ( cloud)
off topic, but facebook for android is updated and is available in market
kryptoner said:
off topic, but facebook for android is updated and is available in market
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Now wanting access to your sms!
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Now wanting access to your sms!
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Oh god, i thought you were kidding!
You're Invited!
Welcome to Music Beta, a new service from Google that lets you store your personal collection online and access it instantly without the hassle of wires or syncing.
Enjoy your music anywhere — listen on any web browser or your smartphone or tablet running Android 2.2 or higher.
Save your favorite albums, artists, and playlists on your device so you can keep listening even when you’re not connected.
Create your own custom playlists or build them automatically from a single song.
Get Started
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Got it two weeks ago, uploaded almost 15.000 songs and mixes already. Pretty awesome, songs play almost instantly and completely load over 3g in like 10/15 seconds.
Can confirm you only need a USA IP for actually signing in and agreeing to music manager then installing the app.
After that your normal IP will work with it.
Currently uploading my tunes to it, and working well
Loads quickly via 3G as well, quite handy having access to your library from anywhere.
I don't think you need a USA IP at all. I requested an invitation with a Google Account where the country was set to "UK" and received one weeks ago. I sign into music.google.com using the same account in the UK and have no issues.
YMMV.
I am still trying to find out how I can let Google Music download the Offline content to my external_sd card instead of the internal.
Where is google storing those music files now? Any idea.
Was anybody able to set a song as a ringtone that has been put as offline content?
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Flupken said:
I am still trying to find out how I can let Google Music download the Offline content to my external_sd card instead of the internal.
Where is google storing those music files now? Any idea.
Was anybody able to set a song as a ringtone that has been put as offline content?
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Pardon my lazy, my lackluster google-fu and my necromancy, but bump goes the thread as I echo Flupken's external sd question
I can't figure how to delete a couple of songs. This is driving me insane. I did shuffle all on streaming and now I have some songs that I want off the phone. I know where they all are if I plug the phone into a PC, but I don't want to do it that way. There has to be an option in the app.
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/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music/
the songs seem to be unnamed (as they're in ###.mp3) format. you can verify on your computer it's size and compare w/ the ones in the folder
if you are just streaming them then go into settings from inside the google music app and unselect the cache music check mark. I will say that while the cached music is available offline if your phone actually needs more space google music automatically removes what is needed.
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un selecting it will also automatically remove the temporary stored current music
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if you are just streaming them then go into settings from inside the google music app and unselect the cache music check mark. I will say that while the cached music is available offline if your phone actually needs more space google music automatically removes what is needed.
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un selecting it will also automatically remove the temporary stored current music
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When you Say unselecting it, I take it you mean clicking settings and Select Make Available Offline and then when the check boxes appear to the left uncheck them.
The problem there is that none of my offline music is already checked when i get to that screen. This is really messing with me. I truly am starting to believe that google didn't implement a way to delete music after you download it.
OK figured it out. Turns out I had to check them for copy offline. Then it downloaded any missing album songs. After that I could uncheck them and they would be deleted.
I doubt that process follows androids new style guide that Matias is pushing. I think there could be a lot more consistency and user Customization that is needed in these apps.
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S4Rs said:
OK figured it out. Turns out I had to check them for copy offline. Then it downloaded any missing album songs. After that I could uncheck them and they would be deleted.
I doubt that process follows androids new style guide that Matias is pushing. I think there could be a lot more consistency and user Customization that is needed in these apps.
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How does this NOT follow his guidelines??
Firstly, the guidelines are for the VISUAL elements Android ICS, not internal workings. And secondly, THIS IS STOCK ANDROID FROM GOOGLE. How would this not comply with anything Google. Holy crap.
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S4Rs said:
When you Say unselecting it, I take it you mean clicking settings and Select Make Available Offline and then when the check boxes appear to the left uncheck them.
The problem there is that none of my offline music is already checked when i get to that screen. This is really messing with me. I truly am starting to believe that google didn't implement a way to delete music after you download it.
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open google music hit the three dot setting tab then select settings. Remove the check mark from cache music if you dont want it to make whatever you stream available offline
S4Rs said:
OK figured it out. Turns out I had to check them for copy offline. Then it downloaded any missing album songs. After that I could uncheck them and they would be deleted.
I doubt that process follows androids new style guide that Matias is pushing. I think there could be a lot more consistency and user Customization that is needed in these apps.
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Believe it or not, but you are not supposed to be bothered by the cached files(the program will handle them just fine if the memory is needed elsewhere). And if you don't want music to cache them, go to settings(uhh consistency) and remove the checkmark from caching music.
I have been downloading music so that is available to play offline. However, when I wipe my phone I need to re download all of my music(obviously). I was wondering if there was any way to back up the downloaded offline music. I have found the folder where the music is stored and backed that up, but Google Music did not pick it up when I moved the folder back over to my phone. If anyone could shed any light on the situation I'd be very thankful!
did you try titanium backup?
I use Google Music a lot recently. What I figured out to do is to move the music files (that I uploaded to Google Music) to the music folder on my phone. Since the file names, tag data, etc are all the same Google Music treats them as if you downloaded them from Google Music (no duplicates or any weird stuff). So you always have a back up on your PC. I have a folder on my PC with music I specifically upload to Google Music. It makes it easier to keep track.
I hope that made sense...
That solution is easy and makes a lot of sense. But how are you guys downloading your music from the Google cloud? I understand you can download the entire library with the Google Music Manager program on your PC and then copy the files to your device (a bit combersome), but I've never been able to figure out how to download individual songs.
I've tried to get "comfortable" with the whole Google Music cloud thing, but I've got to say, I'm about ready to throw in the towel and go back to the Amazon MP3 app. Amazon has cloud storage too, but it's SO much easier to manage on your device.
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That solution is easy and makes a lot of sense. But how are you guys downloading your music from the Google cloud? I understand you can download the entire library with the Google Music Manager program on your PC and then copy the files to your device (a bit combersome), but I've never been able to figure out how to download individual songs.
I've tried to get "comfortable" with the whole Google Music cloud thing, but I've got to say, I'm about ready to throw in the towel and go back to the Amazon MP3 app. Amazon has cloud storage too, but it's SO much easier to manage on your device.
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You can "pin" tracks, albums, artists, or genres to the device so its local and not streamed. They're kept cached in a specific folder for Google Music's use only.
martonikaj said:
You can "pin" tracks, albums, artists, or genres to the device so its local and not streamed. They're kept cached in a specific folder for Google Music's use only.
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That's the "pin" I've been looking for. Still can't find it in ver 4.1.511. I guess, someday I'll take a few days off from work and do some extensive web research on Google Music. Then I just may find out how to use the dang app. They sure don't make it easy.
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That's the "pin" I've been looking for. Still can't find it in ver 4.1.511. I guess, someday I'll take a few days off from work and do some extensive web research on Google Music. Then I just may find out how to use the dang app. They sure don't make it easy.
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Just long press or hit the triangle in the bottom right of any category (an artist's name, for ex) and hit "available offline" checkbox. It'll then start downloading to the device for offline playback.
The way Google Music app stores the music files for "available offline", it doesn't save them in a normal folder as normal file.
It saves it in it's own random filename in the /android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music folder. So when you wipe data/cache, this gets wipe.
If you look in settings/apps/ you can see Google Music app itself taking huge space.
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martonikaj said:
Just long press or hit the triangle in the bottom right of any category (an artist's name, for ex) and hit "available offline" checkbox. It'll then start downloading to the device for offline playback.
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Yes, I see that option now. Thanks. You usually have to hit the back button once to get to that page.
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Robin M said:
Yes, I see that option now. Thanks. You usually have to hit the back button once to get to that page.
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Theres also another way. Couldn't tell you where the option is on the Galaxy Nexus, but using ICS (or GB, for that matter) on my G2, you can hit menu > "make available offline" and then check multiple artists, albums, or songs.
martonikaj said:
Theres also another way. Couldn't tell you where the option is on the Galaxy Nexus, but using ICS (or GB, for that matter) on my G2, you can hit menu > "make available offline" and then check multiple artists, albums, or songs.
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Yep, that works too. Now you're making me feel stupid. But you just earned another hit on the "Thanks meter" to bring you up to an even 360.
Robin M said:
Yep, that works too. Now you're making me feel stupid. But you just earned another hit on the "Thanks meter" to bring you up to an even 360.
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Nah you're not stupid. Some things like that are quite unintuitive to say the least. I'd like to see Google keep moving towards putting functions in the foreground rather than hiding them. They're doing this with Android 4 they just gotta keep going with it.
I know this should go in apps/themes but will probably get most visibility here, plus this thread will die quick enough anyways. Mods, move it if you want, not that you need my permission.
LANDING PAGE
PLAY STORE LINK :highfive:
Hangouts replaces Talk.
Also, the Search (Now), Maps, & Music updates are avaiable.
The Chrome version is there and pops up a window overlay
Anyone know if SMS is part of it? Seems silly for it not to be, but doesn't look like it's part of it. So not actually unified messaging yet.
Hangouts for android is live!
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The Chrome version is there and pops up a window overlay
Anyone know if SMS is part of it? Seems silly for it not to be, but doesn't look like it's part of it. So not actually unified messaging yet.
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No carrier sms, more like Google voice messages with picture capabilities.
androo45 said:
Hangouts for android is live!
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Live now for me as well!!
WiredPirate said:
No carrier sms, more like Google voice messages with picture capabilities.
Live now for me as well!!
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Just installed it, and people's numbers are listed. What happens if I send a message to one? Bearing in mind that Google Voice doesn't yet exist in the UK!
Really does seem like an huge gap. They talked about getting technology out of the way so you can get on with communication, but I still have two apps to send messages and pictures to other people!
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Just installed it, and people's numbers are listed. What happens if I send a message to one? Bearing in mind that Google Voice doesn't yet exist in the UK!
Really does seem like an huge gap. They talked about getting technology out of the way so you can get on with communication, but I still have two apps to send messages and pictures to other people!
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It verified my # first?. But didnt migrate my sms list and the hangout message I sent didnt show in sms. I agree it would be cool if that was a feature, maybe in the future.
Didnt want to make a new thread for this but since we are talking about apps and stuff announced at Google I/O. New updates for Google Play music and Google search are in the play store. Google Play Music looks COMPLETELY different.
It tried to verify my number, but I think that's a WhatsApp style link for others to find you.
However, my SIM reports my number as something else entirely because I ported a number over. So it couldn't verify me. Trying to talk to my network now, they're not answering...
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Didnt want to make a new thread for this but since we are talking about apps and stuff announced at Google I/O. New updates for Google Play music and Google search are in the play store. Google Play Music looks COMPLETELY different.
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I like the improvements too! I figured as much of a hot topic as Hangouts has been I might as well post the thread just in case someone forgot what today is lol. Like I said in the OP, I'm expecting it to die quickly - just a friendly PSA. But you are correct, probably didn't warrant a new thread but I've seen worse.
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It tried to verify my number, but I think that's a WhatsApp style link for others to find you.
However, my SIM reports my number as something else entirely because I ported a number over. So it couldn't verify me. Trying to talk to my network now, they're not answering...
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Mine said it was going to send a sms, but I never received one, instead I received a notification that my # was verified.
Yeah, but the number my SIM reports is not my phone number, and Hangouts picked up the number from the SIM! Trying to get the network to reset it...
When I open up the play store link, it says installed but when I open it, Google Talk opens up...any ideas?
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I am not getting the new interface for Hangouts via the Chrome plug in. Only seeing the Talk interface. Any pointers?
Sounava said:
I am not getting the new interface for Hangouts via the Chrome plug in. Only seeing the Talk interface. Any pointers?
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Do you mean in Gmail? Because it's a floating window outside of that. Click the new button on your toolbar...
msavic6 said:
When I open up the play store link, it says installed but when I open it, Google Talk opens up...any ideas?
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Sounava said:
I am not getting the new interface for Hangouts via the Chrome plug in. Only seeing the Talk interface. Any pointers?
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This is transitioning Talk into Hangouts so it may take a little time for everything to line up. At first I was being directed to "Hangouts (replaces Talk)" that just said "open" on my device, and it looked like Talk. But then, after a dozen impatient refreshes, "open" changed to "update". Now Talk is labeled Hangout and has the new UI, but the icon is still Talk. Messages I am sending in Hangout on my phone are appearing in Talk in gmail on my comp right now.
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Do you mean in Gmail? Because it's a floating window outside of that. Click the new button on your toolbar...
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This is transitioning Talk into Hangouts so it may take a little time for everything to line up. At first I was being directed to "Hangouts (replaces Talk)" that just said "open" on my device, and it looked like Talk. But then, after a dozen impatient refreshes, "open" changed to "update". Now Talk is labeled Hangout and has the new UI, but the icon is still Talk. Messages I am sending in Hangout on my phone are appearing in Talk in gmail on my comp right now.
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In my phone I have the Hangout installed now, even started a group conversation, but still getting the old Talk interface in chrome, hence not seeing group messages, and not getting either the new emoticons, nor the new interface, nor the smileys, even when I click the new Hangout button in the toolbar. Maybe it will be implemented after some time in the future
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When I open up the play store link, it says installed but when I open it, Google Talk opens up...any ideas?
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If you are using a ROM where Talk is one of the system apps, you may need to uninstall it. I used Titanium Backup to uninstall it and then downloaded Hangouts from the Play Store.
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In my phone I have the Hangout installed now, even started a group conversation, but still getting the old Talk interface in chrome, hence not seeing group messages, and not getting either the new emoticons, nor the new interface, nor the smileys, even when I click the new Hangout button in the toolbar. Maybe it will be implemented after some time in the future
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If I'm understanding you right, you're trying to access Hangouts via the Gmail web interface. The Chrome Hangouts plugin does NOT replace the Talk box in Gmail. It adds an extra app, which is accessed by clicking the Hangouts icon on your Chrome toolbar.
The Gmail web interface will be rolled out later and will be upgraded from within Gmail itself.
Sideload mirrors as attached. (hangouts apk was too large for xda. reuploading...)
Play Services http://d-h.st/j63
Hangouts http://d-h.st/w4P
Pulled from 4.2.2 GNexus.
So another update and Bixby takes a step back - again. It's lost the occasional working option to open Samsung Music and now just keeps offering Spotify again. I'm all for collaboration but not to the exclusion of their own APPS. How much are they paying you Samsung?
Did you try "my command" under Quick commands? Basically use word or phrase and add command of your choice as in open a music player of your choice
raul6 said:
Did you try "my command" under Quick commands? Basically use word or phrase and add command of your choice as in open a music player of your choice
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Thanks, but yes I did, in every variation I could think of, but the crazy thing is that their own player is not listed in the APP section. I can get it to open the player with typed commands, but anything like making it play brings up the 'load Spotify' type answer!