This month can be called digital music month, because there were two big news hit us in succession. First Apple finally launched iTunes Match, the final link in its chain of cloud services, allowing users to get anytime, anywhere access to all those songs they ripped from CDs over the years or acquired by. Then on Wednesday Google Music debuted, its fully armed and operational online music store.
Therefore, for users, face two good music service (Google Music and iTunes Match), which one should they choose is the first difficulty. As such, here we will make a detailed analysis and discussion.
What you need to konw about iTunes Match?
1. You have to cost money for iTunes Match service.
2. Only users with an Apple ID in the United States can use this iTunes Match service.
3. You can't use the Apple ID for iTunes Match to be an iCloud account.
4. The access to some services (uploading and matching libraries, streaming music) is limited to 10 devices. This includes computers, iPhones, iPod touches, iPads, and Apple TVs.
5. You can't make two separate iTunes Match accounts for one library.
6. You can match, upload or re-download any music format compatible with iTunes, including AAC, Protected (DRM) AAC (.m4p), MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, and more. But neither video content, nor any other iTunes file types.
What About Google Music Service?
1. Google Music can automatically back up iTunes and most other music flies.
2. Google Music is the player and library, but you buy music on the Android Market site-whether or not you ever use any Android device.
3. You can't download songs to another computer unless you bought them on Google Music.
4. Some Android devices fully support it, some don't. Google states that this will be updated within days, but it's unclear which phones and tablets' Android versions will be updated on what schedule.
5. There's no official iPhone app, the Google Music site is even formatted well for iPhone screens.
6. Google Music lets you store up to 20,000 songs in the cloud for free. Once uploaded, you can easily play them on a Mac or PC or Android device.
7. You can only share purchased songs to Google+.
That's all! Googel Music vs iTunes Match, compare with above items, are you clear about which one is the best music service for you?
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