Google announced that YouTube Music will start rolling out today in the U.S., Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.
The ad-supported service, which is expected to eventually replace Google Play Music, expands on that existing service by adding music videos, remixes, live performances, cover, and other hard-to-find music. But there is obviously some confusion around the service, which includes a YouTube Music Premium offering for $9.99 per month that adds background listening, downloads, and an ad-free experience. And a YouTube Premium service for $11.99 per month that replaces YouTube Red and includes ad-free, background and offline functionality across all of YouTube (videos and music, plus original series).
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Despite this, I’m eager to try YouTube Music: One of the things I’ve wanted for a long time was to add music videos to my Google Play Music playlists. And since these things should be all interchangeable, I’m curious to see how that works.
If you want to be notified when YouTube Music is available to you, you can visit the YouTube Music website and sign-up for the announcement mailing.
Bats
<p>This is not meant to sell for Youtube, but I do feel like I have to share this experience.</p><p><br></p><p>Lately, I just bing watched Cobra Kai on Youtube Premium (or Youtube Red). LOL…I loved it. Great series and I can't wait for Season 2. </p><p><br></p><p>With that said, THAT'S why I opted for Google Play Music as opposed to taking the popular route and go with Spotify. If the offering is pretty much the same on both platforms, why not go to the one that offers more….a lot more? More as in Youtube Original Content and Ad-free Youtube. The way I see it (and it's mostly right), Every song that has ever been released that i like or love, is on Google Play Music. Why people elect for Spotify is something I don't understand. Is the overall quality just better? Does Spotify offer more music than GPM? More classical music, more church music, more folk music? What exactly does Spotify offer that GPM doesn't?</p><p><br></p><p>It's my understanding that my experiences with Google Play Music will not change with the new and revamped Youtube Music at all. Everything now is going to be under the Youtube umbrella. If that's the case, again….why would anyone opt to use the product with the lesser offering?</p>