Google Play Music is dead, YouTube Music can now import your entire library

YouTube Music will soon replace Google Play Music. The process has been going on since May 12, Google has offered to transfer the entire Google Play Music library to this new app. Transfer valid for a few hours, It’s as easy as pie. Just launch the YouTube Music app and sign in to your Google account. Next, the software offers you the transfer. It’s up to you to accept or not.

All user data is copied as follows: Purchases, playlists, preferences, favourites… Maneuvering may take more or less time. this should be noted Google Play Music is still available after this process. However, it will soon be necessary to say goodbye to him, as Mountain View company will be shutting down this service soon.

Google Play Music will soon bow

Google Play Music hasn’t given an end date, but the little-used service today will shut down later this year. YouTube Music will thus be the company’s only music platform. YouTube Music will be installed on Android 10 by default. This will also apply to all future smartphones running Android 9.

Google Play Music is no longer installed by default on sold terminals. More modern and focused on streaming, YouTube Music now has a lot to do to entice users with small habits on the services they subscribe to. It will be very difficult to replace them.

by the way StatisticsSpotify is the clear leader, with 36% of the music streaming services market. Apple Music ranks second with 18% market share, leveraging the large user base of Apple products. Google captures only 5% of the market. As such, there is all-to-be-be-given for the Mountain View company, which relies heavily on YouTube Music.