It's official: Google Play Music will bite the dust sometime later this year. Ahead of that, YouTube Music recently unveiled a new tool to transfer your entire library, profile and playlists from Google's streaming service into YouTube's revamped one with just one tap. YouTube Music is also getting some new features that may make it a bigger competitor to streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music .
Google hasn't said exactly when its music streaming service will go away, though we've been waiting for it to happen for more than a year already. For now, users will have access to both services, giving them time to move their music over and get used to the YouTube Music interface. You'll get plenty of notice before Google Play Music finally shuts down, Google said in a blog post.
As of last year, YouTube Music and Premium had 20 million paid subscribers. Where YouTube Music stands out from its competitors is in its deep integration with your YouTube and Google profiles, which translates into better recommendations for you, the companies say. Since many people use YouTube for music discovery, the Music app tracks your video searches and determines what you might want to hear next.
How to move your music from Google Play Music to YouTube Music
1. Download the YouTube music app, for iOS or Android. (Or, to do it from a desktop, go to music.youtube.com/transfer, and click transfer.) 2. You'll see a transfer button at the top of the screen in both Google Play Music and YouTube Music. Tap it from either app, and your uploads, purchases, added songs and albums, personal and subscribed playlists, likes and dislikes, curated stations and personal taste preferences will all start moving from Google Play Music to YouTube Music. 3. Depending on how much music is in your library, the move could take up to a few hours. You can close the app and use your phone in the meantime, and open it back up to track the progress if you want to. You'll get a notification and an email when your music library transfer is complete. 4. Open YouTube Music and find your music in the Library tab, and updated recommendations. If you listen to podcasts on Google Play Music, you can also transfer your subscriptions and episode progress to Google Podcasts by visiting this site.
What's the deal with YouTube Music?YouTube Music works through an app and web player, offering more than 50 million official tracks, albums, deep cuts, B-sides, live performances and remixes.
YouTube recently added several new features, based on user feedback:
Another cool feature: Toggle over to the lyrics of a song while you're listening to get karaoke-ready, or over to its music video, which plays in real-time with the song. How much does moving to YouTube Music cost?
Right now, pricing is the same between Google Play Music and YouTube Music. You can listen to an ad-supported version of YouTube Music for free, or pay for YouTube Music Premium for $9.99 a month, which includes background listening, downloads and an ad-free experience. You can also subscribe to YouTube Premium to get those benefits across all of YouTube, for $11.99 a month.
Google Play Music Unlimited members will automatically be moved to the equivalent tier of YouTube Music Premium or YouTube Premium based on their current subscription, at the same price.
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