Google Play Music on Android TV - Needs Fixin'

by jrdeutsch

I hope the good folks at Google read this Reddit, because there seems to be no reliable way to provide feedback.

The Google Play Music app needs the following tweaks to be a competent music player on ATV:

  • The "screen saver" mode for playing songs should not force me to look at bizarre photos of the artist. It should be the album art, and it should have the song metadata overlayed.

  • Google Play Music absolutely should be a part of the AndroidTV global search results! WTH?

  • The ThumbsUp playlist should be availble to select.

Andrroid

Its a google app.

They always need fixing.

silentflight15

Fast-forward/Rewind

+1 to overhauling the "screen saver" as well. I'd love a greater focus on things I added to My Library in the artist view rather than top songs and the All Albums section, but that goes for all GPM apps.

mortenlu

The missing thumbsup has really baffled me.

millimikao

There are a lot of things that it is missing. One really compelling enhancement (that seems technically feasible) would be to have a music video mode included with the screensaver. There is no reason the app can't use WiFi to stream that video if it is available. It would be a boastable feeature if I could go into YouTube mode for a playlist I've created.

FoferJ

Agreed. The close-ups of artists' faces are just weird.

SpiderDice

Thank you for mentioning the screen saver thing!! It's even worse when there's no album art, it just displays the Google Play logo. Super annoying and talk about screen burn!

LearndAstronomer28

Also they should update it to include podcasts.

tonyreilly

Mine flickers for like 30 seconds before I can use it! Google need to fix and update the GPM app asap.

catrex

I've gotten so frustrated with the interface that I tried to create a bunch of playlists to go to so it's less hassle, but after scrolling right through about 10 playlist names or so, the window crashes and takes me back to selecting the first playlist. If I go slow, sometimes it doesn't happen - still incredibly annoying.

vectorzulu

You can submit feedback from the mobile Play music app.

TSwizzlesNipples

Additionally, for some reason I get this error saying that it hasn't been synced with Play Music in more than 30 days or something and then stops playing after one song. >:(

JimboLodisC

This would have better visibility in a subreddit for Play Music, if there is one, or on Google's forums where Googlers definitely browse.

Krysaenaar

It's a complete mess, it's easier to Chromecast to it from your phone sadly

MayorOfBellona

It really is a different experience than mobile or web. Search doesn't return radio stations and it has a whole different Genre/subgenre section that is playlist focused and includes stuff like featured playlists, top albums/songs, and key albums. I don't see any of this on the other platforms. Is this some kind of legacy version of the app?

compsmith

Mine just randomly plays music when it feels like lol.

jmcs

They should just get the team that did the chromecast UI and have them revamp the Android TV UI.

billyboy961

I just want the music to play in the background after changing the input to hdmi. Spotify does this