It doesn’t affect selecting the drop down menu, but it looks a little messy. The app UI is consistent across all devices although we did notice that the sidebar gets cut off. It looks cleaner, more user-friendly and it’s easy to identify music that exists on the device and in the cloud. In its latest guise Google has brought it in line with the rest of the Google Play departments. The original Google Play Music application was a clunky and quite simplistic affair. Now All Access unifies all of your music whether it’s discovering new artists, accessing your entire music library, listening to the personalized radio stations or simply making playlists.
Google Music launched in the UK back in November 2012 offering users access to the iTunes Match-style scan and match service and cloud locker service for free.
It’s seen as the last piece of the Google Play puzzle, but does it really have what it takes to take on Spotify, Rdio and the rest? We put All Access to the test to find out. There’s no ads, plenty of music (including the Beatles), and it’s cheaper than other music streaming services if you sign up now.
