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Google Play Music for family announced at $15 per month

After Apple Music reportedly claimed to have 11 million trial members since its launch in June, Google has announced its Google Play Music (GPM) service at $15 per month for up to 6 users at its Nexus 5X/6P event day before yesterday, reports Ars Technica. There’s no word on whether the service will launch in India and when. This family plan will reportedly allow each user to receive their own recommendations based on music playback, while the service will be starting “later this year”. Note that last month, Eddy Cue, Apple’s SVP of Internet software & services, said that out of its 11 million members, 2 million had opted for the $15 family plan, which allowed access for up to 6 people. As of today, those who signed up for the free trial when the service launched, will need to pay to extend the service. In June, Google had added a free ad-supported radio element to its Music service in the US, to support its $10 monthly subscription plans, through which users could access songs and a storage locker for the music they owned previously. In the US, this service was available on the web, and had plans to be executed on Android and iOS at the same time. At the time of launch, CNET reports that the load of ads wouldn’t be very much, and that Google would also experiment with pre-roll ad spots before the song plays. It would integrate the TrueView ads (also on YouTube), which would…

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