It was something that had been discussed since the summer of last year, Google Play Music had its days numbered. And so it has been, Google has officially confirmed that Google Play Music will go down in history. Google's music platform will be replaced by YouTube Music and it is a matter of time, without knowing exactly how much, that it disappears from the map.
They really are two platforms that offer a very similar service, and it didn't make much sense for both of them to continue operating at the same time. Although it is also true, that after the announcement of the disappearance of Google Play Music, this will continue to coexist temporarily with YouTube Music some more time.
Google Play Music will soon be history
Google Play Music joins the list of passing apps to the drawer of deleted apps from the Google Play Store platform. A platform that still I still had several users who will have to transfer their lists and contents to YouTube Music. A transfer between Google's own platforms that It will be provided so that it can be carried out in a comfortable way for all users. Google will add in the menu of current accounts a button «transfer» so that the process is automatic. Although in some cases it could take longer than desired given the amount of music that we could upload in the accounts.
Up to 50.000 songs or files it was possible to have uploads to the cloud in our Google Play Music account that we could access online or by download. Songs that must now be transferred to the current platform. Playlists, songs or recordings which will have plenty of space on YouTube Music. To avoid complaints or claims regarding the space that users may have on YouTube Music Google has doubled the capacity to 100.000 files per account.
Users of the Google Play Music platform with unlimited accounts will continue to have the same benefits on their YouTube Music accounts. One of the contents with which Google has found an obstacle is with podcasts. Something that It is not possible to migrate to YouTube Music since this platform does not have an integrated podcast player, at least for now. Therefore, those who want to migrate the podcasts uploaded in Play Music they will have to do it towards Google Podcast. It is assumed that the migration will also be facilitated in the same way as with the other files.
