News and notes on the latest from Google.
I could probably go on a whole rant here about YouTube Music, but let’s just save that for another day. Today, however, Google announced that the YouTube Music app would come preinstalled on all new Android 9 and 10 devices, explicitly noting the Pixel series.
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Just two weeks ago, Spotify finally launched in India with Spotify Premium starting at 119 INR ($1.67) per month. Today, Google India announced that it’s bringing YouTube Premium and YouTube Music to the country.
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Although YouTube Music aims to be the new, first-party music streaming service from Google, many features have been missing from the time it was revamped in the spring of last year. Most notable was Android Auto support, which even Apple Music beat YouTube to adding. However, with version 3.03, Android Auto support has finally arrived.
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The redesigned YouTube Music was announced back in May of this year, creating a lot of confusion and annoyance from Google Play Music users, namely due to the lack of clear communication from Google on certain important matters. Anyhow, fast forward a few months later and the YouTube Music team now has more answers on user feedback. You can visit the Q&A page here or have all the key points summarized by us below.
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Update 5/18: Article has been updated to reflect the recent response from YouTube regarding current family plan members.
Today, Google announced new YouTube subscription services—YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium—and a brand new YouTube Music app. There’s been a slew of confusion and frustration over this move, namely because both are different in their own ways but also because of the lack of clear communication from Google over the upcoming changes. In this post, we’re going to attempt to clear up some of that confusion by explaining what exactly is changing and what will happen for users of YouTube Red and Google Play Music.
