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YouTube Music Review

02/12/2021

History The original version of YouTube Music was launched in November 2015 together with a premium subscription, YouTube Red, which covered all of the YouTube platform including the Music app. In June 2018, Google (the owners of YouTube) relaunched the service as YouTube Premium which contained YouTube and YouTube Music and a standalone subscription to YouTube Music. YouTube Premium is £11.99/month and £17.99 for a family subscription (up to 6 family members) and YouTube Music […]

Google Play Music is to close this year – Official

13/05/2020

Google Play Music is to close later this year and users are being urged to transfer their music to YouTube Music according to a recent blog posting by the streamer. This has been some time in coming when it announced in 2017 that Google Play Music would be merged into YouTube Red, the predecessor of YouTube Music. When launched YouTube Music was a pale imitation of Google Play Music (GPM) but the upgrades which have […]

Students can get 3 months of YouTube Music for free

25/08/2019

Students can get 3 months of YouTube Music for free and at the end of the trial they can continue their subscription at half price. In the UK this will be £4.99/month for YouTube Music Premium and in the US it will be $4.99. YouTube Premium student subscriptions are £6.99 and $6.99 for the UK and US respectively. Other countries pricing may vary but a similar offer is available in most of the countries where […]

YouTube Music lets users switch between audio and music videos

26/07/2019

YouTube Music lets users switch between audio and music videos seamlessly with no pauses or interruptions, just a simple transition that keeps the music flowing. YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscribers can now make a seamless transition between a song and its music video for uninterrupted listening and watching on both Android and iOS apps. Switching between songs and music videos is a simple tap of a button. Using the video button at the […]

YouTube Music continues European expansion

YouTube Music adds another 13 European countries

23/07/2019

YouTube Music adds another 13 European countries to its music streaming service bringing the total of YouTube Premium countries to 63 countries. YouTube Music Premium is in 62 countries as South Korea only has YouTube Premium and not YouTube Music Premium. In May this year, YouTube rolled out its service to seven European countries and now it has added 13 more. They are: Bosnia & Herzegovina Croatia Estonia Greece Iceland Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Malta Serbia […]

YouTube student subscriptions come to the UK and 8 other countries

YouTube extends student subscription locations

13/04/2019

YouTube extends student subscription locations for both YouTube Music and YouTube Premium to another 8 additional countries. Student memberships are now available in the following countries: Australia Brazil Canada Japan Mexico New Zealand Russia United Kingdom United States How to get a YouTube Music or YouTube Premium Student Subscription In order to sign up for a YouTube student membership, you must be enrolled as a student at a higher education institution in a location where […]

YouTube Music continues its international expansion

31/03/2019

YouTube Music continues its international expansion adding India, 12 Latin American countries and South Africa to its worldwide coverage. YouTube Music is being developed as a replacement to Google Play Music which is likely to be retired once the full rollout of YouTube Music is complete and all the Google Play Music functionality has been developed for YouTube Music. If you are a subscriber to Google Play Music, then you will get a YouTube Music […]