We all know, we all know — you’re anxiously awaiting the general public launch of iTunes Match , but what in case you are one among those people? You already know, the group that dips their toes into both Google and Apple offerings. It’s clearly not as blasphemous as you have got been caused believe, because the fine folks in Google’s mobile department have just produced an iOS-specific web app for Google Music Beta. For those who’ve forgotten, Music Beta was launched about a months back at Google I/O, giving audio archivists the possibility to upload 20,000 in their favorite jams into the cloud; now, as you may think, it ain’t just Android users tapping into those libraries. Predictably, the Music Beta iOS web app enables iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users to login to their accounts and stream at will, and in case you are right down to give it a go, the download link is only below — you will need to has been accepted previously into the beta, though.
We gave it a brief whirl at the iPad here at Engadget HQ, and it really works beautifully. As you’d expect, the real graphical elements are a little lacking in comparison to the Android app, but all the core functionality is there. Swiping left / right cruises through Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlists and Genres, and the track currently playing remains in a top bar no matter what main window you’re in. The hunt function works as advertised, and on a basic cable connection our results populated within two seconds of having the third letter down. All in all, it is a fairly nice spread (see for yourself within the gallery below), but not quite as nice as we’re envisioning a dedicated app to be. Still holding out for one? Heh… we never said Google was that generous.
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