YouTube Music Archives

YouTube Music is now available on Apple Watch

25/10/2020

YouTube Music is now available on Apple Watch enabling users to browse music collections, control playback and select casting options directly from their watch. YouTube Music has been playing catchup to match the functionality of the soon to be switched off Google Play Music and to be a serious competitor to the other streamers such as Apple Music and Spotify. YouTube Music Premium users can now browse music collections, control playback and select casting options […]

YouTube Music improves TV experience

24/10/2020

YouTube Music improves TV experience having recently launched several new YouTube Music integrations for listening wherever you are (smart displays, Google Maps and Waze, Google Home and Nest speakers). The initial launch of YouTube Music in the YouTube app on TVs was in July 2019 and this represents the first major upgrade to YouTube Music for listeners using their TV. New features include: Music Library – Easily access your saved playlists and liked songs in […]

YouTube Music rolls out Global Charts

05/10/2020

YouTube Music rolls out Global Charts so that people can browse top songs, music videos, artists, and trending content both globally and in 57 individual countries. Earlier this year in April, YouTube Music launched the Explore tab as the go-to destination for music discovery on its service. The Explore tab introduces users to new albums, singles, and music videos, and also helps them easily navigate the catalogue of diverse playlists through the Moods & Genres section. The […]

YouTube Music rolls out playlist improvements

10/09/2020

YouTube Music rolls out playlist improvements including Assistive playlists, Collaborative playlists and an improved Mixed For You section. The new features include: Assistive playlists YouTube Music will suggest relevant songs to add to your playlists based on signals such as playlist name, existing songs in the playlist, and user listening history. You will see up to seven suggestions when editing a playlist. If you want additional suggestions, you can hit the Refresh button to see more. […]

Wear OS smart watches to lose Google Play Music

09/08/2020

Wear OS smart watches to lose Google Play Music in the next few weeks with no date for its replacement by YouTube Music. In a support note Google made the following announcement: “In the next couple of weeks, users will no longer be able to use or download Google Play Music on their Wear OS by Google smartwatches. Google is investing heavily in improving integrated music services through all of your connected devices with YouTube […]

Google Play Music starts phased shutdown

04/08/2020

Google Play Music starts phased shutdown with YouTube Music replacing Google Play Music by the end of 2020. Google Play Music users have been able to transfer their music libraries, personal taste preferences and playlists to YouTube Music since the beginning of the year. The shutdown of Google Play Music will happen by December 2020 and users of the service will have transfer their music libraries by that time. In the coming months, Google Play […]

YouTube Music adds 14 new countries

17/06/2020

YouTube Music adds 14 new countries making a total of 95 countries where YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium are now available. In addition to rolling out these two services in Egypt, YouTube have added a Student Plan in that country and removed family plans from Belarus. The 14 additional countries are: American Samoa Aruba Belarus Bermuda Cayman Islands Egypt French Guyana French Polynesia Guadeloupe Guam Northern Mariana Islands Papua New Guinea Puerto Rico U.S. […]