Google Play Music failed to attract as many subscribers as rivals such as Spotify and Apple Music, despite being pre-installed as the default music app on millions of Android phones. YouTube Music will offer more than 60 million songs to stream, but will not have a download store to buy music. One analyst said focusing on the YouTube brand was the "right strategy". The messaging was very confused," said Joseph Evans, head of tech at Enders Analysis. Google Music was launched in It let users store their existing music collection in the cloud, and buy more songs to download. It was later rebranded Google Play Music and added music streaming in But the reality was that few people, especially younger users, needed to upload music to the cloud. A streaming service was enough for them. He agrees that the decision to brand the service Google Play Music was "interesting" because "Google doesn't scream entertainment and media".
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Today Beats launched its own music service , which I'm trying out for the 7-day trial period. Engadget has a good writeup of the Beats Music experience here. I previously subscribed to Spotify, Rdio and Pandora. I've also been a big fan of Slacker the comedy channels are awesome , Stitcher for news and TuneIn for local radio stations. Everyone is trying to make money in the music game, so to get the most out of these services you'll wind up needing a subscription.
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Learn more here. Google Play Music users can now easily transition their account over to YouTube Music with just one click. If you currently have a free Google Play Music account, you'll also continue to have the same access after your transfer. For most Google Play Music subscribers, your monthly rate and billing details, including your billing date, will remain the same and transfer to YouTube Music. In some cases, we may need you to confirm your billing information before we can finish the transfer. If so, we'll send you an email about how to complete this final step. Your new monthly billing price may be slightly different than you were previously paying depending on the local currency rate. Google Help. Privacy Policy Terms of Service Submit feedback.
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Android users have it slightly better in this respect. Now, when you go into the YouTube app and start playing a video, you can simply press the Home key at the bottom of your screen, and the video will shrink down, allowing you to go to another app while it continues to play. If you tap the center of the video, a small box will appear; tap again, and the video will go to full size. You will also be able to pause it if you want. As mentioned previously, PiP will not work if you try to play anything classified as a music video. There are a couple of workarounds, however.
