Google announced it will launch a cloud-based digital music service without securing licensing agreements with record labels or music publishers.

Google’s free service, Music Beta, will let users upload their music library to Google’s computers to stream their songs from any Web browser or Internet-connected cellphone running Google’s Android operating system.

Google will continue its talks with the labels and publishers to build a platform for distributing and selling music on Android phones and tablets. Without licenses from artists and labels, Google is limited in what it can offer its users. Google noted at its news conference that its service was “completely legal” because it is merely allowing people to access files they already own that are stored on Google’s servers.