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Google Play Music is a service that allows you to play, store, and share the songs you love. With the help of Google Music, you can upload up to 20,000 songs from your own music collection and stream it from your web browser or any Android device. If you already have a Google account, Google Music is a service you can use to upload the songs at no cost. If you have the Google Music app on your mobile device, you can listen to the songs offline too since it keeps your music library updated automatically across all your devices.
This article has been marked as historical. Google Play Music was integrated with YouTube Music and discontinued in late 2020. (Posted 2020-10-18). |
Steps
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1Visit Google Music. Open any browser on your computer and type “music.google.com” on the address bar. You will be directed to the “My Music” page.
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2Install the Music Manager. Tap “Upload Music” at the top right corner of the screen, and when the next page loads, tap “Download Music Manager.” Music Manager is a desktop application that allows you to add your music to Google Music.
- Once the Music Manager setup file has downloaded, tap it to install it. After it has installed, a message will appear telling you “Thank you for installing.”
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3Sign into your Google account. After installing the Music Manager, a pop-up will appear. Click the “Next” button on the pop-up and then sign in using your Google account login details in the provided fields. Tap “Sign in” to continue.U
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4Initiate the upload. Once you are signed in, a message will appear asking you to “Upload Songs to Google Music” or “Download songs from Google Play to my computer.” Choose the first option and tap “Next.”
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5Select the folder or songs to upload. A window will appear where you can select the songs to upload. Select a music file (or files) and click “Next.” The Music Manager will start uploading your songs to Google Music.
- If you have your own music folder that is saved on your computer, tap on that folder and click “Next.”
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6Wait for the upload to finish. Depending on the number of songs you uploaded and your Internet connection speed, this might take a few seconds to a few minutes. Once done, a message will flash, saying, “Your music has been added, you can start listening to the songs.”
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7Access your songs. You can now listen to the uploaded songs from your music library at the Google Music website or on the Google Music app.