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YouTube Music, a new music streaming service, is coming soon

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Post by fluxsauce »

dhruvrrp wrote: post #3

So what is the Youtube Music app that has been on my iPhone for months? And what happens to Google Play Music, google's other music streaming service?

> And if you use Google Play Music, nothing will change -- you’ll still be able to access all of your purchased music, uploads and playlists in Google Play Music just like always.

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Post by kcorbitt »

dhruvrrp wrote: post #3

So what is the Youtube Music app that has been on my iPhone for months? And what happens to Google Play Music, google's other music streaming service?

The Google Play Music and YouTube Music teams were merged about a year ago, and have been working on producing a single app that can serve both userbases since then. I assume this announcement means they’ve finished that work. (Source: I was on the team at the time, but I’ve been gone for a while at this point.)

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Post by fluxsauce »

I've been a Google Play Music subscriber from the beginning, which means I've enjoyed the grandfathered $7.99 price. That has also extended to YouTube Red.

However, this announcement muddies the waters a bit.

> If you are a subscriber to Google Play Music, good news, you get a YouTube Music Premium membership as part of your subscription each month.

Cool, I guess, except I don't go to YouTube for Music. I really am incredibly interested in YouTube Red. I mean YouTube Premium, I guess.

> To extend the features of YouTube Music Premium beyond the music app, we’re soon introducing YouTube Premium, the new name for our YouTube Red subscription service. [describes YouTube Red] If you’re already a YouTube Red (soon to be YouTube Premium) member, don’t worry you’ll still enjoy your current price.

So, if you have Google Play Music, do you get YouTube Premium?

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Post by giancarlostoro »

kcorbitt wrote: post #6
dhruvrrp wrote: post #3

So what is the Youtube Music app that has been on my iPhone for months? And what happens to Google Play Music, google's other music streaming service?

The Google Play Music and YouTube Music teams were merged about a year ago, and have been working on producing a single app that can serve both userbases since then. I assume this announcement means they’ve finished that work. (Source: I was on the team at the time, but I’ve been gone for a while at this point.)

I really hope it doesn't screw up my Google Play Music workflow / usage but I was just thinking today why can't I just listen to YouTube songs on the same app. Other weirdness was my GPM app didn't load all morning so I listened off the YouTube Music app as a fallback.

Btw! Thank you for all your hard work! I am die hard for Google All Music Access! I was happy when Google grandfathered me on to YouTube Red too. You guys have done great work overall.

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Post by adamnemecek »

Lol why does google make these also-ran services? Too little too late, I legit dont care. Like what is the differentiator here.

Google really doesn't get culture and the internet. The internet lets me listen to weird shit, make it easy to discover underground shit, not fucking Drake and fucking Havana. You know the things played nonstop on the radio.

God their product launches legit piss me off. So many resources to make something dope and they produce this watered down diarrhea.

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