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Google Music

Google introduced Google Music at the 2011 Google I/O developer’s conference. At the time of writing, this service is available by invitation only; however, you can sign up to receive an invitation at http://music.google.com. Xoom owners are sent invitations without signing up.

The Google Music service uses your Google account to store music on the Internet—in the cloud—and that music is available from any device with a modern Internet browser. On Android 2.2 and higher, there’s also a Google Music app.

Getting Music to Google

Once you get your invitation and start your Google Music account, you’ll need to transfer your music collection to Google. You don’t have unlimited storage, but Google estimates you’ve got room for up to 20,000 ...