Google introduced its free cloud-based music matching service in the U.S. just a week ago. Google's music scan and match service is now reportedly replacing explicit songs with clean versions during the matching process, The Verge reported.
While this seems to be good news for some, others are experiencing just the opposite. In some cases the technology is replacing the clean lyrics with the original, explicit source materialI. However, the issue sounds quite familiar because Apple's iTunes Match had the same problem when it was first launched.
Unlike iTunes and Amazon who charge for similar services, Google introduced the service in U.S. for free. The service allows users to match their personal collection of music to the music stored in Google's servers. It also lets users play songs that they already own wherever they might be.
In short, the matching service will scan your music and rebuild it in the cloud for free. You can match up to 20,000 songs from your music collection. Your pool of songs can be streamed back at up to 320 kbps at no cost.
As we reported recently, "Google play has set a 300-megabytes limit per individual song and it provides no option to buy more storage to go beyond 20,000 tracks. When it comes to a similar Apple service - iTunes Match - users can scan their music library and match up with tracks available on the iTunes Store for $24.99 per year. iTunes Match has 5,000 tracks more than Google's free service."
