How Upload Music To Google Play

Before All Access, before the white and orange overtook Google Play Music, the service was rather unproblematic: yous uploaded your music, and you lot streamed information technology anywhere. Information technology was a simpler time. It was a better time. Nowadays, many users use Google Play Music without always uploading their libraries. Whether you desire to download the music yous bought, upload the music y'all own, or just become music saved on your phone for offline listening in the car, here'southward how to manage your Google Play Music library.

How to upload and download music on Chrome
How to upload and download music through Music Director
Why can't we upload on Android?
Saving albums or playlists for offline playback
How to automatically save music while you listen
How to automatically salve new podcast episodes

How to upload and download music on Chrome

Uploading and downloading music can be washed quite hands in Google Chrome, thanks to Google Play Music for Chrome. This spider web extension adds a miniplayer for Google Play Music while listening on your laptop or desktop, and it also adds the behind-the-scenes necessities to upload and download music from Google Play. Keep in mind before using Play Music for Chrome that using it to download or upload music will add that computer to your device list, and then make sure the figurer you're using it on is the estimator you lot're normally going to employ.

To upload:

Tap the iii-line carte du jour icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
Tap Upload music.

Drag and drib your music into the window.
If y'all haven't already added Google Play Music for Chrome, Google will prompt you to add it so that it tin can embark the upload.

To download a vocal or album:

Tap the three-dot bill of fare next to the song or album y'all want to download.
Tap Download.
If you haven't already added Google Play Music for Chrome, Google will prompt you to add it and so that it can commence the download.

You can merely download a song or anthology twice through the Google Play Music website and Chrome extension, so be mindful, and if you're planning on doing a large download or upload, switch from Google Play Music for Chrome to Google Play Music Manager.

How to upload and download music through Music Director

Google Play Music Manager was originally the only way to get your music in or out of Google Play Music's music locker service, and while the program is slightly former, it works well and more importantly, it works in the background, so yous don't have to look at information technology very often. Music Manager is available for Windows, Mac, and several Linux distributions; in fact, it's compatible with just about every major laptop/desktop Os out there except for Chromebooks.

Subsequently downloading and installing Google Music Manager, you'll log into your Google Account, and and so you'll be presented with a few options:

Uploading from iTunes — or Windows Media Thespian, if anyone all the same uses that — or uploading music from specific folders on your computer
Whether Play Music automatically uploads new music from iTunes or your chosen folder
If you want to download your library, you lot can cull to only download gratis and purchased music or your entire library

In one case y'all've practical your settings, simply close the window and allow the program run in the background while you lot use your computer normally. Because the app relies on background uploads and downloads, it's not lightning fast only it too doesn't bog downward your computer's internet speeds while it manages your music. Uploading your initial library or downloading your whole library volition of class depend upon how many songs you lot have and how fast your cyberspace is, but if you have a few thousand songs, I'd requite it a solar day or two to finish uploading everything. Your times may vary but your patience volition be rewarded.

Why can't we upload on Android?

You lot'll notice that for a Google service that is then geared towards the mobile experience, Google Play Music doesn't really have a way to upload or download music directly from its Android app. The "download" option that exists in the Google Play Music app is actually more than akin to the salve for offline playback in Google Play Movies. The music's on your telephone, but it'southward encrypted, then no other music app can see or play it.

At least for the downloading side, I tin see how that might get a touch on dicey, especially when y'all get the paid subscription songs involved in offline downloads. However, it's been over five years, and it's long past time for Google Play Music to take an option for uploading your music directly through the Android app, peculiarly when the device you lot upload or download music through counts towards your device limit. If Google Photos can automatically scan your phone and enquire you if you desire to upload photos and videos in whatever random folder of your telephone, then damn information technology, and so can Google Play Music. Don't brand users go through a desktop middle man.

Saving albums or playlists for offline playback

Open the playlist or anthology you want to download.
Tap the download icon next to the three-dot menu icon.

Want to download an private vocal? Well, you lot have three options: download the whole album that vocal is from, add it to a playlist and download the playlist, or plough on the setting in our adjacent section.

How to automatically salvage music while you listen

Don't want to hassle with manually going and downloading every album, vocal, and playlist you're listening to? Non a problem. Google Play Music has a handy hidden feature to help users download music for offline playback while they're streaming their libraries. Cache music while streaming is a great setting that you should turn on immediately, whether you spend a lot of time off Wi-Fi or but want to make sure you lot're not tuneless should your trusty Wi-Fi become down.

Tap the three-line carte du jour icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
Open up Settings.
Tap Cache music while streaming.

How to automatically save new podcast episodes

Having new podcast episodes downloaded and ready to listen without having to go hunt them downwards while you're on Wi-Fi is a blessing for long commuters, and Google Play Music makes it very easy to keep the latest episodes downloaded on your phone. There is, however, 1 caveat: Google Play Music will only auto-download 3 episodes at a time. Then, if you listen to a podcast that'due south updated every 24-hour interval — or sanity help u.s.a. multiple times a twenty-four hours — automobile-download might not keep everything you haven't heard yet downloaded unless you actually stay on top of your subscriptions.

Tap the three-dot card on the podcast'due south page. 2 Tap Subscribeif it'due south a podcast y'all oasis't subscribed to before or Manage subscription if it's a podcast you already subscribe to.
Tap Motorcar-download to toggle information technology on.
Tap Subscribe if it's your start time subscribing to the podcast or OK if you already.

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Ara Wagoner was a staff writer at Android Primal. She themes phones and pokes YouTube Music with a stick. When she'due south not writing about cases, Chromebooks, or customization, she's wandering around Walt Disney World. If you see her without headphones, RUN. You can follow her on Twitter at [@arawagco](https://twitter.com/AraWagco).