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Since Big G has outright refused active app development for the Microsoft platforms (there are just a couple of official apps from Google), there is a healthy amount of third party solutions that allow access to Google services right within the Metro interface.
There are third party unofficial apps available on the Windows Store for everything Google — from Gmail to Picasa — and gMusicW (http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/939f0859-1413-4a52-9ab6-6e50405c8c2e) is another such application.
This is a free client for Google Play Music, the Mountain View based companies cloud music solution that allows users to keep and listen to up to 20,000 of their favorite tracks in the cloud.
Before we get to the feature set, here is the official description:
“gMusicW is a Windows 8 client for Google Play Music. Main features are: playing music in background, playlists management, 5 starts rating system for songs, Last.fm Scrobbling (enable it in application settings, “accounts” page).”
This is actually a free solution with ads (that can be removed via a simple in-app purchase), and provides fast and easy access to playlists, artists, albums and genres right from the main screen. The app is completely integrated with Windows 8 search, making finding songs effortless.
It allows the creation of playlists, which can then be synchronized between devices. And the interface is clean and uncluttered, particularly the Snapped View looks and feels like any modern audio player.
The app is completely optimized for touch based input, and is available for all versions of Windows 8, including x86, x64 and ARM builds.
Click here (http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/939f0859-1413-4a52-9ab6-6e50405c8c2e) to check out gMusicW on the Windows Store.