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Google Play Music Still Requires Flash

I uninstalled Flash Player on my computer, now that most sites no longer need it. Adobes Flash Player is still bundled with Chrome, so I had to disable it from the chrome://plugins/ page.

One of the only Google services that still requires Flash is Google Play Music, but only if you dont use Chrome or Internet Explorer 11. I tried opening Google Play Music in Firefox and Safari and got this message: "Missing Flash Player. You need the latest Adobe Flash Player to listen to music."


Theres actually a Lab experiment called "HTML5 audio" in the settings and its grayed out and disabled. It claims that it allows you to "listen to your music without the need for Flash. Support for this lab is still experimental, and it may not work in all cases," informs the description.


Well, it looks like the Lab experiment only works in Chrome, not in other browsers. Its hard to tell why HTML5 audio is still an experiment and not a regular feature that works in all browsers. YouTubes HTML5 player works well in most browsers and Google Play Music uses the same back-end.

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Android Developer Story Music app developer DJIT builds higher quality experiences and successful businesses on Android

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team

Paris-based DJiT is the creator of edjing, one of the most downloaded DJ apps in the world, it now has more than 60 million downloads and a presence in 182 countries. Following their launch on Android, the platform became the largest contributor of business growth, with 50 percent of total revenue and more than 70 percent of new downloads coming from their Android users.

Hear from Jean-Baptiste Hironde, CEO & Co-founder, Séverine Payet, Marketing Manager, and Damien Delépine, Android Software Engineer, to learn how DJit improved latency on new Android Marshmallow, as well as leveraged other Android and Google Play features to create higher quality apps.

Find out more about building great audio apps and how to find success on Google Play.

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Delete Recommendation History in Google Play Music

Google Play Musics desktop site has a new feature that lets you delete history. At the bottom of the settings page, theres a new section called "delete recommendation history". According to Google, this "removes the history used to give you recommendations and customize radio. This will not remove ratings and play counts on individual tracks."


Google shows a long list of recommended radios and albums and you can manually remove them by clicking "not interested" for each radio and album. After using the new "delete recommendation history" feature, I expected to see that all recommendations are removed and Google will start to show new suggested albums and radios based on the songs you play from now on. Unfortunately, thats not the case: Google still shows similar recommendations.

Speaking of historical data, its surprising that Google Play Music still doesnt have a feature that shows all your recently played songs. It should be an auto playlist, just like "last added" and "thumbs up" and users should be able to export it.

{ Thanks, Camilo Moreira. }

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Free Google Play Music Radio

Google Play Music is a great music streaming service, especially if you pay for the All Access subscription. If youre not a subscriber, you can only listen to the music you uploaded/matched using Music Manager or the Chrome app and the music you bought or got for free from Google Play.

When Apple launched iTunes Radio in 2013, it seemed ironic that Apple offered a free ad-supported service, while Google had a paid subscription service. Now that Apple Music is ready for launch, its time for Google to offer the missing free radio feature.


"Google Play Music now has a free, ad-supported version in the U.S., giving you a new way to find just the right music and giving artists another way to earn revenue. Our team of music experts, including the folks who created Songza, crafts each station song by song so you dont have to. If you’re looking for something specific, you can browse our curated stations by genre, mood, decade or activity, or you can search for your favorite artist, album or song to instantly create a station of similar music."


The free radio feature is already available if youre using the Play Music website and its rolling out this week to the mobile apps for Android and iOS. Its US-only, for now.

You can skip video ads, just like on YouTube:


Heres the message you see after 6 skips in an hour or less: "youre out of skips, get on-demand and offline access to millions of songs for $9.99 per month". You can always start a new radio and youll get your 6 skips back.


The main limitation is that you cant play a certain song. If you click a song from the new "top charts" or "new releases" sections, Play Music will start a radio with similar songs.

Whether youre using the free Google Play Music in the US or youre an All Access subscriber, you get thousands of new radio stations grouped by genre, activity, mood, decade, and more. Music for sleeping, dark music, 1950s music, world music, car ride music for kids - these are only a few examples.

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Google Play Music Family Plan

Google Play Music started to offer a new family plan: $14.99/month for up to 6 family members, just like Apple Music. You and 5 other family members can subscribe to Google Play Music All Access and keep your own playlists, radio stations, ratings and recommendations. The new family plans are available in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, France and Germany, while also requiring regular Google accounts (no Google Apps, for now). You can only sign up from the Google Play Music app for Android, but everything else works for all the platforms supported by Google Play Music.



Google says you can "share a payment method on Google Play so your family can purchase apps, movies, books and music." It looks like Google will add a family sharing feature for Google Play, so that purchases are shared between family members, just like in iOS. Hopefully, sharing the payment method will be optional.

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