Google's music streaming service, Play Music, will be now available in 14 new countries in Europe.
Google's profound interest in Play Music has led to the expansion of its music streaming service to 14 additional European countries. The announcement was made via Google Play's official Google+ account and the information was updated on its support page.
Google's expansion of Play Music service to new markets follows the recent integration of key features of Songza into the media streaming service. The internet search company snapped up the free radio-style internet based music streaming service in July and brought the app's best features to its own music app to improve the overall performance.
By adding 14 new markets to the support list, Google now offers the Play Music and All Access streaming services in 58 countries around the world. The newly added markets to the Play Music support include Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia, Google said.
The All Access is a premium version and costs $9.99 per month. The most recent update to the Play Music app allows users to download music stations for offline playback, ability to check upcoming songs, add, remove or re-arrange songs in the list and search for a particular station. These new features along with a refreshed UI puts Play Music in direct competition with the industry's leading music streaming apps like Pandora, Spotify and others.
Google is also widely expected to launch a music subscription service via YouTube called the YouTube Music Key. Some of the key features of the app include offline listening, ad-free playback and more.
