Audiobooks officially launched in Google Play Store

Audiobooks officially launched in Google Play Store

Google has announced the launch of the audiobooks in its Play Store. Although mostly known for hosting Android apps and games, Google Play is the search giant’s storefront for all of its content offerings like Movies, TV shows, Music, eBooks, and Magazines.
In a blog post today, Google revealed that audiobooks are rolling out today in 45 countries and nine languages. The audiobooks will be accessible to the users across Android, iOS and the web with Google Play Books, as well as on Google Assistant-powered devices, like the Google Home. However, the Google Assistant support will only work with English-language audiobooks right now. The Play Books app will also support casting of audiobooks on Chromecast as well as playback on Android Wear and Android Auto. The audiobook playback will also sync across devices, so you can just pick up where you left off no matter what device you’re using.
“With audiobooks on Google Play, you can turn your time stuck in traffic, on the treadmill, or waiting in line into reading time,” Google wrote in the blog spot.
Unlike Amazon’s Audible, which includes subscription as a key component, Google is going to sell individual audiobooks. According to Google, most of the popular titles are being offered for under $10 (at least for the time-being). For markets where Google currently offers Family Library, the users will be able to share their purchased audiobooks with other family members for free.
Google also notes that like eBooks, the consumers will be able sample the audiobooks before purchasing them by selecting the preview option.
To celebrate the launch of audiobooks in Google Play, the search giant is offering promotional pricing on many audiobooks. So, if you are into audiobooks, it will be a good time to grab a few for cheap.
Although India seems to among the supported countries, the audiobooks page us currently coming up empty for me in Google Play, but it may change in the few hours or by the morning.



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Amazon expands Echo and Music Unlimited to 28 new countries

Amazon expands Echo and Music Unlimited to 28 new countries Posted: 08 Dec 2017 07:09 AM PST E-retail giant Amazon is keeping on with its push to expand more and more of its services to newer markets with the launch its Echo speakers and Music Unlimited service to 28 more countries. It was earlier this week that the company had launched its e-commerce website in Australia. And before that the Fire TV Stick was made available in over 100 countries. Last year, the company had taken Prime Video global. Now, its music streaming service Music Unlimited and Echo lineup of smart speakers will be available in a number of countries in Europe and South America. You can find the full list at the end of this report. Amazon Music Unlimited This streaming service from Amazon was originally introduced in 2016 in the United States. It was later expanded to several other markets including UK, Germany, Austria, and Japan. In the newly added markets, Amazon will be offering three plans – Echo plan, Individual plan and Family plan – with cost varying across markets. These plans will give access to massive library of music to the users as well as curated playlists, and more. Amazon Music Unlimited is accessible via the web as well as Android and iOS apps. Echo holders will also able to listen to Music Unlimited on their smart speaker. Amazon Echo The Echo line-up of smart speakers from Amazon allow the consumers play music, make calls, set alarms and timers, ask questions, control smart home devices, and more by using just their voice. Although Amazon has not made it clear how many models of Echo, it is going to offer in the new markets, but I believe it will start with Echo, Echo Dot and Echo Plus. Links: Amazon Music Unlimited | Amazon Echo Newly supported countries:  Belgium, Iceland, Bolivia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, Chile, Lithuania, Colombia, Luxembourg, Costa Rica, Malta, Cyprus, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, El Salvador, Poland, Estonia, Portugal, Finland, Slovakia, Greece, Sweden, Hungary, Uruguay The post Amazon expands Echo and Music Unlimited to 28 new countries . READ MORE :Instagram launches Direct, a standalone messaging app . READ MORE :Pocket for Android gets new Highlighting feature in Latest update . READ MORE :Stable EMUI 8.0 Oreo update rolling out to Honor 9 and Honor V9 . READ MORE : Get selfie-style answer from famous personalities in Google Search , READ MORE : Oreo update now available for Android Wear devices, READ MORE : Top five announcements from Google for India event READ MORE : Honor 7X unveiled: 5.93-inch FullView screen and dual camera READ MORE : JioPhone acquires Google Assistant support READ MORE : Google launches Android Oreo (Go Edition) for low end smartphones READ MORE :  Xiaomi to launch its so called “Desh Ka Smartphone” on 30 November in India READ MORE :  Micromax Bharat 5 with Nougat and 5000 mAh Battery is Official now in India READ MORE : Instagram brings Story Archive and Story Highlights in Latest update READ MORE : How to Prevent Emails from Going to the Junk Email Folder READ MORE : How to Prevent Emails from Going to the Junk Email Folder READ MORE : JioPhone acquires Google Assistant support

YouTube music streaming service coming in March 2018

YouTube music streaming service coming in March 2018

Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:01 AM PST

YouTube is changing as the internet is evolving, Alphabet Inc is doing all the major changes to set the need of audience. Music Streaming service, which is booming from last decade has set new goals for YouTube also. Despite of two failed attempts to cater the Music Streaming service, YouTube wants to hit the market with third attempt by bringing YouTube Music streaming service. This time they are preparing in a really good manner to gain momentum in the market.



As per the sources over at Bloomberg, YouTube Music streaming service is set to launch in the March 2018. YouTube want to compete with Spotify and Apple Music, which are top players in the Music Streaming world.
As per the sources, YouTube has already signed with Warner Music Group and is in talks with Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group. Merlin is also on the list and will soon sign a agreement for the services.
YouTube has already made live the audio-only streaming service Google Play Music in 2011. YouTube Music Key came along in 2014, giving subscribers ad-free music videos.
We think, this time YouTube is going to bring something really good on the board. Let’s wait and watch for march 2017.
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