Do you love the Google Play Music service but hate using the official Android and web app? A new app from XDA developer bubbleguuum allows you to play your Google Music library from any third-party music app by mounting the play music cloud as a FUSE filesystem, allowing any standard music player to recognize the files stored in Google Music’s cloud library. Pretty sweet, right?
There are a few catches however. In order for the GMusicFS app to work on your device you must have root access and an ARM CPU that is running Android 4.0 or later. Here’s the full list of requirements:
- A rooted device running Android 4.0+ on ARM CPU. Root is necessary for mounting the filesystem
- A kernel supporting FUSE filesystems (should be the case of all 4.0+ kernel)
- SuperSU or Superuser
- Some music uploaded to the Google Music service
- A compatible third-party music player. Tested working with Poweramp, Winamp, PlayerPro, n7player. Should work with most players using the Android MediaPlayer API or ffmpeg. Doesn’t work with Deadbeef and XenoAmp.
So, are you game? If so, head over to the XDA thread where you will find the GMusicFS .APK and installation instructions.
