Google’s strategy with music has been overly complicated for some time (not unlike its strategy with messaging and communication apps). YouTube Music service has expanded its reach across platforms, as well, with support for Android TV, Google Maps (for music while navigating) and via Google Assistant in recent days.įor any user who doesn’t opt to move to YouTube Music, Google says subscriptions will be automatically canceled. Assistive technology now also makes personalized suggestions of what to add when you’re building a YouTube Music playlist. YouTube Music offers a variety of playlist options now, too, including collaborative playlists built with friends and new programmed playlists built by editors. It has also rolled out offline listening, lyrics and an Explore tab for discovery, and a tool for transferring podcast subscriptions and episode progress to Google Podcasts.

This year, Google increased playlist length from 1,000 to 5,000 songs and added support for uploads (up to 100,000 tracks - 50,000 more than on Google Play Music).

The company has been preparing YouTube Music in advance of this shift to address complaints Google Play Music users had with earlier versions of the service. Starting this month, users will no longer be able to make purchases or pre-order music from Google Play Music through Music Manager, nor will they be able to upload and download music. Google says it will also be making changes to the Google Play store and Music Manager. Users also can use the Google Takeout service to export their data and download their purchased and uploaded music.įor those considering making a switch to a rival streaming service, like Spotify, there aren’t official tools available, but there are third-party options, like Soundiiz, TuneMyMusic, MusConv and others. Through the transfer tool released in May, Google Play Music users will be able to export their playlists, uploads, purchases, likes and more to YouTube Music. However, Google will continue to make your content available for export through December. The rest of the world will lose their access in October. In September 2020, users in New Zealand and South Africa will be the first to lose access to stream or use the Google Play Music app. Though December is the final deadline for being able to export from the Google Play Music app, your ability to stream from the Google Play Music app will end before then. The company says YouTube Music will fully replace Google Play Music in December 2020, at which point Google Play Music users will no longer be able to stream from or otherwise use the Google Play Music app. But Google this week has given users a deadline on making the switch. Google’s plans to wind down its Google Play Music service in favor of the company’s newer YouTube Music have been known for some time.

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