Google Home App display of Title, Artist, and Source. Design research and spec.

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Consider the differences in Google Home App (GHA) in music information (picture, metadata) display from Google Play Music (GPM) and Internet Archive (IA).

Based on Android phone, Google Home v1.28.27.3 TODO: IOS, tablet, if different

Within current GHA, music information appears in three formats/places/views. Google's GHA documentation seems out of date, or incomplete as to named views but lets call them:

• home thumbnail
• device card
• player controls

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The GPM music information template seems to be: title artist source

In the IA home thumbnail example below, the music information shows as: A King is Blue by Al (Tenor Sax) Kin... Media Player

A possibly preferable display might be: A King is Blue Al (Tenor Sax) King and His Royal Crowns Internet Archive

While not sure it it's possible to identify as a "source" like GMP, or Spotify, etc. It seems preferable in this view to split the title and the artist, eliminating the text "by".

It would be good to find out if more metadata can be added to these views. For example: the IA item link/URL.

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For design reference, the device card. Possibly "Active Device Card" -- Google Home App docs

Note: full album art

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For design reference, the player controls.

Note:

• Heading: "Playing [title] on [source]" -- Nice and long for IA, short song title only for G
• track slider -- there's no Prev, Next, but when checking titles I could quickly skip must the track with the slider.

In Google version

• button in G: "Open Google Play Music"
  • Nice to have, if possible: "Open Internet Archive" but this might require becoming a "Music Service." See next comment.
  • Great to have, IA custom button: "Download to My Device"

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Google Home App Music Settings view for selecting default music service (or music app)

Adding an IA service might likely be too involved:

Internet Archive Free service available