[ad_1] There’s a real art to building playlists — especially ones you plan to share with other people. Picking the right songs and finding the perfect flow isn’t always easy though. To help you out, Google is employing its AI smarts for a YouTube Music feature called assistive playlists. It’ll look at the name of […]
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Google is converting gifted Play Music subscriptions into Play Store credits
[ad_1] Play Music users with gifted access to the service that’ll last beyond September don’t have worry about their subscription going to waste. As 9to5Google notes, the tech giant used to sell one-, three— and six-month subscriptions customers can give their friends, and it sometimes ran promos that sold those options at a discount. Now, […]
YouTube Music will transfer your Google Play songs with one click
[ad_1] Google says this whole transfer process will take place in steps, but the whole thing should take less than an hour. Of course, edge cases with massive music libraries or tons of uploads can take much longer, up to a few days. But even libraries with tens of thousands of songs shouldn’t take very […]
YouTube Music adds an Explore tab to help you find new music
[ad_1] Google has organized this part of the tab by moods and genres, so you’ll see headings like “chill,” “commute” and “focus.” In a lot of ways, the interface here is reminiscent of Spotify’s recent Home tab redesign in its use of color coding and square icons. In March, Google updated YouTube’s mobile app to add an Explore […]
Music streaming subscriptions grew by nearly a third in 2019
[ad_1] Spotify still had a solid lead at the end of 2019 with 35 percent of subscriptions. However, its rivals are growing fast. Apple Music’s listener base grew 36 percent to give it 19 percent of streaming, while Amazon’s share grew by half to hit 15 percent. This put them comfortably ahead of rivals like […]
YouTube Music brings in-app lyrics to everyone
[ad_1] A few weeks ago, YouTube Music launched a new playback screen alongside an experimental feature that displays lyrics within the Android app. Now, the feature is making its way to everyone using the application. You’ll now be able to access static lyrics from within YouTube Music’s Android and iOS apps, whether you’re a free […]
YouTube Music’s redesigned playback screen includes lyrics
[ad_1] YouTube Music is still catching up on features, and this time around it’s one of the most important elements: the Now Playing screen you see whenever you listen. After weeks of testing, the Android version’s updated playback screen includes clearer and more persistent buttons, including Up Next (to show your queue), shuffle, repeat and […]
YouTube Music might finally let you upload your own music library
[ad_1] This could also represent one of the last moves before Google Play Music shuts down. One of the tipsters indicated that Play Music could close “completely” in the second half of 2020. Google has long indicated that it would fold Google Play Music into YouTube Music once the main features were ported over, and […]
YouTube Premium and Music have 20 million subscribers
[ad_1] The company’s live YouTube TV service fared relatively well, too, with about 2 million subscribers by the end of 2019. That makes it smaller than Hulu With Live TV’s estimated 2.7 million from November and Sling TV’s 2.69 million. However, that’s still a healthy number for a service that was comparatively late to the […]
Streaming now accounts for 80 percent of the US music market
[ad_1] Over the course of the decade, streaming has surpassed both digital downloads and physical products ? , now accounting for 80% of the market. #RIAAMusicData pic.twitter.com/q04FeQBT5a — RIAA (@RIAA) December 30, 2019 Spotify landed in the US in 2011 and Apple Music debuted in 2014. There are many other streaming options around, including Tidal, […]