The app doesn't even show any of the streaming content without signing in. But once you do, you'll be able to access the free service with no subscription necessary. That will let you listen to the tracks and watch the videos, with occasional adverts. If you don't have a subscription, you won't be able to have background playback either, i. There's a small loophole that will let you play the free version of YouTube Music on your device without having a subscription.
It's essentially the same process needed to play YouTube in the backgound, which we detailed for the iPhone here. To be honest, it's a bit of long workaround and Android phones handle music in slightly different ways, so it might not work on all models, or you might have to find or enable the playback controls on your lockscreen. Google started shutting down Play Music in September , retiring the old service and suggesting that users move themselves over to YouTube Music instead. That sees the end of music purchases from Google, moving to a streaming offering instead.
Google has provided a method for moving your previous Play Music purchases over to YouTube Music instead, so if you have a catalogue of purchased or imported music in Play Music, you'll be able to get to that in YouTube Music.
We have full instructions on how to do that right here. The Play Music service will be shut down and cease to exist, with YouTube music being the service that Google offers instead. YouTube Music is available as a free ad-supported tier, much like Spotify. But there's a catch for the mobile app, because you can't use it to play music in the background although, see above.
For most people, subscribing is going to provide the best experience. If you are a new user, there are lots of trial options - you can get free months or there's a two-week no-risk trial too.
Just keep clicking around and you'll be offered these trials. The YouTube Music app is remarkably simple in layout and ease of use.
Its home screen is tailored towards your personal artist choices - which you select during your first visit - and is clearly laid out so you can find recommended playlists and videos instantly.
The main unique feature is that because its tracks are gleaned from the entire gamut of content available on YouTube, there are thousands of performances you cannot get anywhere else. And they are all available to view as video too.
There are controls within the app to adjust the streaming quality, through low, normal, high and always high and these values can be selected for both mobile and Wi-Fi streaming.
You can also opt to play lower quality video on mobile and HD only on Wi-Fi. There's a restricted mode to reduce explicit-flagged songs, although this isn't protected, so the user can always turn it off - and it relies on the artist having flagged the content as explicit.
You can also download music for offline listening, either individual tracks or entire playlists or albums. This will mean you can listen without streaming either to save data or for when you're travelling - and there's an option to limit streaming to Wi-Fi only. Why you can trust Pocket-lint. Writing by Max Langridge. Editing by Cam Bunton. The comments one just recently happened, and it really annoyed me because I like looking at comments while watching videos. I restarted it again, and nothing changed.
I request an update to fix this problem because it really affects my enjoyment. Another thing is that it turned off notifications for comments, people replying to comments, and videos. It also turned off notifications for all of the people I was subscribed to with notifications, and when I tried to fix it, it turned off my notifications for them again. I tried fixing it again and again, but nothing worked. There are still times when it works, but not often.
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