![]() In fact, Attard says that ability is the feature Desktop Players request most often. ![]() Without a desktop client, I likely would have gone back to Spotify by now, ad-free YouTube be damned.īeyond the direct updated from Google, Chromecast compatibility remains the only real benefit of putting Google Play Music in a browser tab. Hopefully these folks will maintain interest, because they've made my Google Play Music experience infinitely more enjoyable. Contributors Jacob Gillespie and Chris Chrisostomou have picked up the slack in his stead. Anwar, meanwhile, has had to sideline Radiant Player development because he's busy finishing his undergrad degree. He tries to release a new version, with new features, every two to three weeks. You can change your theme, customize the colors, send your play history straight to last.fm, and it even has a built-in equalizer. Google Play Music Desktop Player adds a level of customization that simply isn't there in the web player. "Google is constantly modifying and updating the web version … which makes theming it a job that requires constant maintenance," says Attard. This frees up your computer's resources to do things you care about, instead of wasting them on playing music. But they require the developers to pay attention and keep up with Google's bugs and tweaks. Radiant Player and Desktop Player aren't tricky to maintain they're basically boxed-off browsers feeding off of the Google Play Music website. This guarantees Google a seat at the table for digital interaction, which means they have better insights into an individual's activity, thus fueling their core revenue engine-advertising." "That said, Google wants as much digital activity as possible to occur in Chrome. "Google would contend that there's no limitation with the user experience created through a Chrome browser," says Michael Facemire, principal analyst at Forrester Research. You’re Probably Listening to Spotify Wrong.
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