It can take years to adapt a music service to your specific tastes. After selecting playlists, creating a library, and refining algorithmic recommendations, the thought of moving to a new service can seem daunting. However, when a service disappears completely, users have no other choice.
Google is in the process of switching users from its old Play Music service to its YouTube Music subscription plan launched in 2018. Now the company is making it easier with a new tool designed to help users automatically transfer your data to YouTube Music with one click
To start the process, just go to music.youtube.com/transfer. Google says it can take a few seconds to a few days to complete the port, depending on the amount of content and data in your Play Music account.
The system automatically transfers your playlists, downloads, purchases, likes / dislikes, albums and songs, which means that your YouTube Music recommendations can be taken from your history. total listening since the time of Play Music. This may not seem like a big deal, but if you trust the software to select and find new music for you, all the data it uses can be useful for your predictions.
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It only took me a few seconds to transfer a sparse content library, but it looks like all of my data was successful. Although Google has said it is withdrawing Play Music this year, that has not given a difficult date for the series' demise.
If you use Google products frequently, you're probably already used to this type of transition. The company frequently sunbaths, modernizes and reinvents its offerings in sometimes confusing ways. For a quick example, just try to take stock of all of the company's email service offerings and note the differences between them. It is like standing in front of paint chips at The Home Depot and spotting the difference between "serene eggshell" and "cloud of whiskey".
But this process of transitioning from Google Play Music to YouTube Music is very well thought out and may well herald future transitions with other software. Small problems persist: many people use both services simultaneously, which requires the transition software to choose and prioritize the data relative to each other. But, when the transition has been in slow motion for two years, this is the risk you take.
At the moment, YouTube Music is one of the only major services, along with Apple Music, which provides users with a combined archive of purchased tracks, subscription material and personality; tracks that have been uploaded to the cloud.
YouTube Music costs $ 12.99 per month, and most users who switch from Play Music will not experience any billing changes. It also comes with a month-long free trial, so if you take that time to test new services, it's worth checking out Google's latest music interface and seeing how it complements those old playlists. . After all, when was the last time you heard "2016 Summer Hotness"?