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There’s Still No YouTube Music App on Wear OS (Updated)

Kellen April 5, 2021 28

Back in October, only a few weeks before Google killed off Google Play Music for all remaining users, the company announced that they were releasing a sweet new YouTube Music app for smartwatches. Unfortunately, the watches getting the new app didn't run...

Another Thing I Miss About Google Play Music: Play Count for Tracks

Tim March 9, 2021 21

Another day, another thing I miss about Google Play Music. Recently, I talked about missing Google Play Music's auto cache function. No service appears to offer something exactly like it, but when I wrote that up, a rush of other things I miss from Play Music...

I Miss Google Play Music’s Auto Cache Feature

Tim February 24, 2021 30

I feel like this could be a running segment here at Droid Life, but there's something that's been grinding my gears about Spotify lately and that's the fact that the Android app doesn't auto cache the songs I listen to most. Google Play Music did and I miss...

Google Deletes Your Google Play Music Library Tomorrow

Kellen February 23, 2021 10

The final day has come for Google Play Music. Google has been warning you off and on for several months now that your Google Play Music library needs to be moved over to YouTube Music, or else. You see, Google doesn't want to continue storing libraries for a...

Google Play Music Libraries Will be Deleted on February 24

Kellen February 5, 2021 8

Google Play Music officially closed up shop back in December of last year, but Google is still giving some users extra time to download their libraries before they are deleted and the data is gone forever. February 24 is apparently the date they are telling...

What’s the Verdict on YouTube Music?

Kellen January 21, 2021 193

Google Play Music's run finally ended in early December of last year. For many, that meant a forced transition over to YouTube Music, since the subscription for Google's music service includes an ad-free YouTube experience that I can't imagine many want to...

New YouTube Music Users, What are You Liking and Disliking?

Kellen December 4, 2020 143

The true end of Google Play Music came yesterday with the final wave of shutdowns helping kick off December and forcing the last remaining users to make their way to YouTube Music. Whether you were ready or not, firing up YouTube Music is now the only choice...

Google Play Music is Dead

Kellen December 3, 2020 96

We've reached the end, it seems - Google Play Music is no more. After telling us in the summer that they would slowly shutdown Google Play Music over the final months of 2020 with the service completely shutting down in December, we entered December this week...