Google says its music tool will get smarter with playlists that take into account location, time and even the weather. It’s an attempt to bring the approach of Google Now to the Music app.

While playing your choice of music or creating playlists based on a song or artist will still work as normal, the app will also offer a set of automated playlists when its opened, complete with an explanation of why the playlist was created.

The effect of location will work on big and small scales. Fly to a new country and it may offer an introduction to the local music scene. Stay in your hometown and it will offer different playlists for shopping malls, libraries and the gym. Or at least that’s the idea.

 

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