{"id":23159,"date":"2022-07-19T07:43:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=23159"},"modified":"2022-07-19T07:43:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:43:27","slug":"is-youtube-music-being-discontinued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-youtube-music-being-discontinued","title":{"rendered":"Is YouTube Music Being Discontinued?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea79a258bd8\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea79a258bd8\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea79a258bd8\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-youtube-music-being-discontinued\/#Is_YouTube_Music_Being_Discontinued\" title=\"Is YouTube Music Being Discontinued?\">Is YouTube Music Being Discontinued?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-youtube-music-being-discontinued\/#YouTube_Music_is_a_YouTube_app\" title=\"YouTube Music is a YouTube app\">YouTube Music is a YouTube app<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-youtube-music-being-discontinued\/#It_will_replace_Google_Play_Music\" title=\"It will replace Google Play Music\">It will replace Google Play Music<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-youtube-music-being-discontinued\/#It_will_be_easier_to_explore\" title=\"It will be easier to explore\">It will be easier to explore<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/is-youtube-music-being-discontinued\/#It_will_support_podcast_subscriptions\" title=\"It will support podcast subscriptions\">It will support podcast subscriptions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_YouTube_Music_Being_Discontinued\"><\/span>Is YouTube Music Being Discontinued?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever used Google Play Music, you&#8217;ll know that YouTube has announced that it will be replaced by YouTube Music in August. As a result, Google Play Music users will no longer be able to purchase, pre-order, upload, or download music. Instead, they&#8217;ll be forced to use YouTube Music. In addition, YouTube Music will support podcast subscriptions, which will make it easier to explore the wide variety of genres and songs available.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YouTube_Music_is_a_YouTube_app\"><\/span>YouTube Music is a YouTube app<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a better way to listen to your favorite music on your smartphone, check out YouTube Music. The music streaming service from Google provides an interface that is tailored to your tastes, whether you&#8217;re looking for new tracks in a particular genre or a playlist you&#8217;ve made. You can also browse by genre, playlist, or recommendations to discover new music you&#8217;ll love. This app is available for iOS and Android devices, but the iOS version is better than the Android version.<\/p>\n<p>The new YouTube Music app is different from the old style of music services in several ways. It&#8217;s based on videos and audio, and the algorithm is more ambiguous for audiobooks. It also offers playlists created by users, which may be less relevant to official releases. The app is not limited to music, either; it also hosts user-uploaded collections of videos and audiobooks. Users can browse playlists by genre or by artist.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_will_replace_Google_Play_Music\"><\/span>It will replace Google Play Music<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been using Google Play Music, you&#8217;re probably wondering if YouTube will replace it. Despite being the number one music streaming service in the world, Google is working to migrate all users to YouTube Music. Its latest update now offers the ability to migrate data from Google Play Music. Eventually, Google expects to replace Google Play Music completely by December 2020. In the meantime, Google is ending streaming in South Africa and New Zealand in September and October, respectively. Google is promising to inform users about this change in advance so that they can make the transition as smoothly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>To make the transition easier for users, YouTube has released a tool to help users transfer their music libraries from Google Play to YouTube. This tool allows users to transfer their Google Play Music accounts to YouTube Music and vice versa. However, it&#8217;s important to note that the process may take several hours. If you have a Google account, you&#8217;ll need to sign in to the YouTube Music app and sign in with your Google account. After signing in, you&#8217;ll be taken to your YouTube Music library. If you&#8217;ve been using Google Play Music for a while, you may want to wait until YouTube Music&#8217;s migration process is complete.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_will_be_easier_to_explore\"><\/span>It will be easier to explore<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The new tier system for YouTube Music has two important changes. One will allow you to play music in the background without interruption, while the other will take away the ability to watch videos within the app. This will help you explore millions of songs and playlists without any interruption. Moreover, you will be able to skip songs as often as you want, since paid subscribers will have access to songs on demand. The new tier system will also make it easier to find playlists based on genre or mood.<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to the app, you will find the Explore tab on the bottom of the &#8220;Home&#8221; feed. You can now navigate to various categories such as New releases, Charts, and Moods &amp; Genres. This section also provides similar information to the Explore tab. The Explore section will also display recent releases, new and trending songs. You can also browse the charts to find new songs and genres you may not have heard of yet.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_will_support_podcast_subscriptions\"><\/span>It will support podcast subscriptions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although YouTube Music has not released any official details, it is clear that the company plans to integrate podcasts into its service. Last October, it hired a podcast executive and offered deals to a number of popular podcasters. The move makes sense given YouTube&#8217;s strategy to shift funding away from high-quality original studio programming and towards smaller creators. Podcasts have become extremely popular on YouTube, which is why the company recently launched a subscription package known as YouTube Red.<\/p>\n<p>Although the new streaming service does not support native podcast listening, it will support the existing feature through a desktop application. It will be similar to its rival Spotify in terms of features. In addition, it will support natural language processing so that users can search for music through song lyrics or vague descriptions. YouTube has also recently added nine classical audiobooks to its library. While these books are not currently available through other subscription services, they are part of the public domain.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G_nTrBUSfhk\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"284\" width=\"508\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is YouTube Music Being Discontinued? 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