23/05/2018
YouTube is launching its new music
streaming service, YouTube Music, on May
22.
YouTube describes YouTube Music as “a
new music streaming service made for
music with the magic of YouTube: making
the world of music easier to explore and
more personalized than ever.”
It promises “official songs, albums,
thousands of playlists and artist radio plus
YouTube’s tremendous catalog of remixes,
live performances, covers and music videos
that you can’t find anywhere else.”
YouTube Music will initially launch in the
U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and
South Korea. It will expand more broadly in
the coming weeks. We’ll also soon be
launching in Austria, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
and the United Kingdom.
The YouTube Music app is free for iPhone
and for Android, but a YouTube Red
subscription will get rid of ads and delivers
premium features such as the ability to play
music offline or in the background while
using other apps or with your screen off --
things the YouTube mobile app can't do. It
also provides an audio-only mode that plays
music without playing videos.
When you first launch YouTube Music, you
will need to log into your Google account
and opt-in for the 14-day free trial of
YouTube Red, which you and then extend
another month in YouTube Music's settings.
YouTube also revealed that its subscription
service, YouTube Red, is being rebranded as
YouTube Premium and this will include
access to YouTube Music. The price for new
subscribers is increasing from $9.99 per
month to $11.99, but existing subscribers
will still enjoy the current rate.
Google Play Music – which launched in 2011
with little success – will eventually be
discontinued, with no end date as yet
revealed. Current subscribers to Google Play
will be given a YouTube Music Premium
membership as part of their subscription
each month.
The Music app will offer you location-based
songs depending on your location.