This sucks. I just launched Google Play Music and once you get a station playing, VoiceOver reads nothing on the screen. You can hear sounds when you flick, but VoiceOver reads nothing. I really enjoy Songza and hate that this change is taking place.
From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 12:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Google kills Songza after buying the music service in July 2014 Hi, Thought I post a link to this article for those who use and like Songza. I pasted the article’s text below followed by the link: Google to shut down Songza on Jan. 31, migrate listeners to Google Play Music By Roger Fingas Wednesday, December 02, 2015, 02:19 pm PT (05:19 pm ET) Google will officially shut off Songza at the end of January, leaving a two-month window for listeners of the streaming service to migrate to Google Play Music, according to an announcement. The move is possible because Play Music has been upgraded with Songza's core features, VentureBeat reported on Wednesday. Contextual playlists were added in October last year, and free ad-based radio became an option in the U.S. this past June. With the radio option available in Canada as of today, Songza's former American and Canadian markets are now covered. Accounts ported to Play Music should automatically carry over all playlists, upvoted songs, and stations, the latter including recents and favorites. All listeners are being notified of the changeover, but will have to opt in to a Play Music account. Songza's four co-founders will remain with Google, where they will help integrate the music streamer's features to all 60 markets Play Music currently operates in. Google took over Songza in July 2014. At the time it promised that "no immediate changes" were planned beyond improving the service. Competition in the music streaming industry has greatly intensified during 2015. Tidal launched in April, followed by Apple Music in June. Last month, Pandora acquired Rdio for $75 million. Link to article: http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/12/02/google-to-shut-down-songza-on-jan-31-migrate-listeners-to-google-play-music -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
