Official Google music desktop app

This Article does not make any sense now as google discontinued the Google music app and there is an official youtube music web app

Google don't provide a official Google play music app and that the way it is suppose to be. 

Some guy wrote a Google Music desktop app, but that is not a full desktop app based on google official music API (there is no official music api) it is a Website parser based on electron.

All the other solutions you find around the web are Google music web page parser based upon Electron or Windows Universal app, Adding their own functionality on top of it. Which means google can always red flag them and the users using the similar Apps? 

These app also raise the concern of privacy and security because you will be entering your google password on a third party google music website parser, which can be potentially dangerous.

So what is the solution? 

Enter chrome desktop Apps, Chrome provide you ability to run a website like a desktop app, which means it can launch a Web url in a border less window native app live environment and if a web page it written well it can behave like a Desktop app and doing so is a dead simple task.

Steps 

1. Install Chrome (if it is not already installed), Installing chrome will create short cut on desktop. (if not create your self)
2. Copy paste the shortcut again on desktop and rename the new shortcut to "Play Music" or what ever you like, (it is still a chrome short cut copy) 
3. Right click and go to the property of shortcut and append the Target field with
   --app=https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/home 
   
   it will become like "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --app=https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/home  (see image below)
   
   
   
   
   
4. Change the icon (to make short cut look cool)
1. Download (right click and save image) this icon and place it somewhere in your computer (its up to you)
   
   
2. Chick on the change Icon, browse to the path you have saved the icon and choose it. 
5. Click "OK" on main shortcut dialog.

Tada!!

Now double click on the shortcut you have just created, it will open a Google Music page with experience of a native desktop app. 

This will be the as far as you can you when it comes to the totally legit google music desktop app. Will be directly supported by google, Will update with new web feature when your chrome browser upgrade. 

above method can also work for 

Amazon Prime Music (though they have a native app, but it is still electron base), Saavn, Gaana (or any other website)

Disclaimer:

This will not provide native song caching on your desktop, but neither do any other website parser (even amazon official desktop player does not cache or store songs on desktop application). If you want that functionality use Apple Music (itunes), but Apple Music Android application sucks big time.