Previously an iPhone-only iOS app, Google Play Music released a desperately needed update on Tuesday that now supports both Apple's handsets and tablets as a universal app, reports The Verge.

Users can't sign up for Google Play Music's monthly subscription service through the app because Apple would take a cut, but everything else is available. Both the iPhone and iPad versions have been created using Google's new "material design" language, bringing it in-line with the company's other apps.

New artist and album pages come with descriptions, an updated "now playing" view and other "small visual improvements" within the app. The company said it is working on improvements to streaming and automatic caching to increase the speed and reliability of music playback, reports Apple Insider.

Users can play millions of songs on Google Play; create custom radio from an artist, album or song; listen to unlimited radio; and enjoy their music collection anywhere. Since all music is stored online, there is no need to worry about offline playback, storage space or syncing.

Google Play Music's iOS app could become a user favorite with its subscription service to cloud music that includes access to Google's YouTube Music Key program for music video fans. It also allows users to keep accumulated MP3s alongside its unlimited music by subscription.

There are some issues with Google Play Music. Uploading files still is an imperfect process. There's no budget-friendly family plan. The service is not as socially integrated as Rdio and Spotify.

Users can download the free Google Play Music version 2.0.3828 from the Apple App Store, which is a good thing considering some applications available at the Google Play store have been infected with malware. The problem was discovered earlier this month after popular applications downloaded from the Google Play Store were found to contain adware.

The anti-virus firm Avast said that a malware-infected free version of the card game Durak had been downloaded up to 10 million times, according to Google Play's own counter.

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