Google is all set to launch its music streaming service in the form of YouTube Music. YouTube Music offers new subscription plans. The company says you’ll be able to find entire albums, covers, remixes, live versions, and artist radio stations in its new mobile and desktop apps. The app will also bring personalize your experience by surfacing tracks it thinks you might like on the home screen, and recommending playlists based on your listening history and location.
YouTube Music is a step closer to battle with the leading music services like Spotify. The pre-registrations are started for the service.
YouTube Music offers free tier too which will let you play music but with ads. It also offers two plans which YouTube calls it by different names. You get free ad-free music, background play and unlimited downloads which it refers as 'YouTube Music Premium' at $9.99 and 'YouTube Premium' which offers all the features of YouTube Music Premium along with ad-free videos, background play and unlimited downloads of videos on YouTube at $11.99.
YouTube Premium is the new name for YouTube Red, and Google is doing something nice for existing Red subscribers by not asking them to pay the new higher price. In countries where Red is already available, you can secure the $9.99 price by signing up now, before YouTube Premium has rolled out. That includes the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and South Korea, all of which are getting YouTube Premium “soon.” With the new service’s roll-out, the following new countries will be added: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Google indicates that additional expansion will come later this year and beyond.
Google Play Music will get replaced by YouTube Music and it will start rolling out on May 22nd.