YouTube Music Archives

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. […]

How to move your library from Google Play Music to YouTube Music

17/05/2020

Google have announced that Google Play Music will close during 2020 and users will be able to move their music library and playlists to YouTube Music and continue listening at no additional cost. The process has been made pretty straightforward but unless you, the user, move your content it will get lost when Google Play Music shuts down. The migration process is available now and how much notice Google will give on the shutdown in […]

Google Play Music is to close this year – Official

13/05/2020

Google Play Music is to close later this year and users are being urged to transfer their music to YouTube Music according to a recent blog posting by the streamer. This has been some time in coming when it announced in 2017 that Google Play Music would be merged into YouTube Red, the predecessor of YouTube Music. When launched YouTube Music was a pale imitation of Google Play Music (GPM) but the upgrades which have […]

YouTube Music gets new Explore tab and song lyrics

08/05/2020

YouTube Music gets new Explore tab and song lyrics and is rolling out these features to both its iOS and Android apps for both free and paid subscriptions. In the Explore tab you can find new releases and browse playlists by mood and Song Lyrics to sing along to your favourites. Both these features have been available to a small subset of users for a couple of months but have now been released to all […]

YouTube Music launches in Nigeria

14/03/2020

YouTube Music and YouTube Music Premium launches in Nigeria as part of its continuing worldwide rollout to replace Google Play Music. Google has been under criticism that YouTube Music is less feature rich and less available than Google Play Music and this has seen a flurry of additional countries and features deployed on the YouTube Music platform. Recent additions have been the ability to upload and play your music collection with the YouTube Music app […]

Upload your music collection to YouTube Music

23/02/2020

Upload your music collection to YouTube Music where you can create and stream your own personal music library in a soon to be released upgrade to the app. Once your music is uploaded, you can use YouTube Music to play your uploaded music as part of your listening experience. Google has announced it will eventually be replacing Google Play Music with YouTube Music and has been adding new features since its launch. No date has been […]

YouTube Music adds personalised playlists

19/12/2019

YouTube Music adds personalised playlists to make music discovery more personal with the introduction of three new mixes – Discover Mix, New Release Mix and Your Mix. Available now the new mixes contain official songs and albums as well as deep cuts, live performances, and remixes as well as recommendations based on listening history. These mixes are updated regularly and with your listening history will create a unique experience and guide your music exploration to […]