<P> Google Play Music is a music and podcast streaming service and online music locker operated by Google . The service was announced on May 10, 2011, and after a six - month, invitation - only beta period, it was publicly launched on November 16, 2011 . </P> <P> Users with standard accounts can upload and listen to up to 50,000 songs from their personal libraries at no cost . A paid Google Play Music subscription entitles users to on - demand streaming of any song in the Google Play Music catalog, as well as access to YouTube Music Premium . Users in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico also have access to YouTube Premium . Users can purchase additional tracks for their library through the music store section of Google Play . In addition to offering music streaming for Internet - connected devices, the Google Play Music mobile apps allow music to be stored and listened to offline . </P> <P> Google Play Music offers all users storage of up to 50,000 files for free . Users can listen to songs through the service's web player and mobile apps . The service scans the user's collection and matches the files to tracks in Google's catalog, which can then be streamed or downloaded in up to 320 kbps quality . Any files that are not matched are uploaded to Google's servers for streaming or re-download . Songs purchased through the Google Play Store do not count against the 50,000 - song upload limit . </P> <P> Supported file formats for upload include: MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, Ogg, or ALAC . Non-MP3 uploads will be converted to MP3 . Files can be up to 300 MB after conversion . </P>

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