Google Play Music is dying: How to get your music off Google Play now

Google Play Music is dead: how to keep your library alive

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I've got some bad news for Google Play Music lovers. The rumors are true: Google is killing off its Play Music service this year, and it only confirmed the news in a blog mail.

Or, rather, YouTube fabricated the announcement, because the large news is that Google is finally ready to replace Google Play Music with YouTube Music. Fortunately, you lot'll exist able to migrate everything you have on Google Play Music, keeping the music alive, so to say.

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We've long loathed the eventual death of Google Play Music, but knew it would come as Google has long made its intents known.

While this feature isn't alive still, YouTube is already promoting its ease of utilise in the below YouTube (of form) video.

Fortunately, Google is letting people bring their uploaded Google Play Music songs to YouTube Music. We don't need to worry about making anybody change over to Apple tree Music, the only other service with a cloud-locker function.

The beneath steps, YouTube says, volition bring your uploads, along with purchases, "personal and subscribed playlists, likes and dislikes, curated stations and personal gustation preferences" to YouTube Music, so all yous need to get used to is the app'south pattern, which ... well, at to the lowest degree you get to continue your music files.

How to get your Google Play Music uploads and account on YouTube Music

The post-obit video and steps detail how like shooting fish in a barrel information technology will be to make the bound to YouTube Music. The just caveat is that you might not have admission to this transfer characteristic yet. I say that considering I just tested this out for myself and didn't come across the big Transfer push. Readers have reported that it works for them.

In the announcement post, YouTube hinted at the fact that this is an option rolling out in staggered waves, equally many features and updates practise these days.

It said, "Starting today, nosotros're excited to officially begin inviting Google Play Music listeners to effortlessly transfer their music libraries" and "All Google Play Music users will shortly receive an email with detailed instructions." Emphasis ours, in both cases.

Download the YouTube Music app from the iOS or Google Play store.
Click on the transfer button in YouTube Music. (This is what'southward not there for me, withal, and I clicked through every card I could).
Try visiting this page if step ii isn't bachelor.
Google volition notify yous when the migration is consummate.
You'll observe your content in the Library tab.

As much as we didn't want this to happen, I'm starting to come effectually to it. The more fourth dimension I spend watching video on YouTube — Radiohead just posted one of its best concerts e'er, from Bonnaroo in 2006, on YouTube, for complimentary — the more this makes sense because of the seamless connection with the popular video service that does house a lot of music.

YouTube Music pricing explained

You'll continue to spend the same amount — fifty-fifty if that's $0 — on YouTube Music every bit you did with Google Play Music. That means in that location volition still be a costless advert-supported version of YouTube Music. The $ix.99 per month YouTube Music Premium kills the ads and adds groundwork listening.

Personally, I get YouTube Music Premium for gratuitous as part of the $12 per month YouTube Premium, which kills ads in YouTube and offers offline playback.

Henry is a senior editor at Tom'southward Guide roofing streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the past six-plus years. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He'south also covered the wild earth of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other manufacture veterans.