YTM, meanwhile, dumps you in the default Home view each time you open the app, so I have to manually navigate to Library and then whatever content I want (usually Playlists). The apps use completely different user interfaces with different navigational models, and GPM does a better job of leaving you in the part of the interface-Music library, in my case-that you most often use. But the app takes on a whole new dimension with my music collection copied over, and it provides me with a better basis for comparison.įor anyone familiar with the GPM mobile app, the transition to YTM can be a bit rocky at first. With the transfer complete, I set out to use YTM, which, yes, I had dabbled with in the past. (That said, you’re able to transfer multiple times if you want, so you can do this again in the future too if you’re not satisfied with YTM now and keep using GPM.)
Instead, I checked the phone the next morning and saw a notification alerting me that the transfer was complete. When I triggered the transfer, the app noted that the process could take “a few hours,” and I had pretty much expected that given the size of my library, so I didn’t even try to babysit. (This still grants me ad-free YouTube, as well, which I really rely on having.)
According to the wizard that jumpstarts the cloud-based transfer, Google would copy my music recommendations, playlists and stations (the latter of which would be converted to normal playlists), liked and disliked songs, uploads and purchases, and the albums and songs in my library from GPM to YTM.įurthermore, my subscription was transferred over to YTM, so I now I have an individual YouTube Music Premium membership instead of a GPM membership. I immediately accepted the offer because I’d been very curious about how this process would work and I knew that I could continue using GPM and YTM side-by-side for months to come if the latter app wasn’t really ready for my needs right away. But I was surprised when I finally saw the invitation to transfer my GPM library to YTM pop-up in the GPM app in mid-June.
#STANDARDD YT MUSIC ANDROID#
But having now lived with YouTube Music for almost two months, I like some of its unique features and have grown more accepting of the change.Īs you may recall, Google has been plotting the move from Google Play Music to YouTube Music for years, but things really heated up over the past year: YouTube Music (YTM) replaced Google Play Music (GPM) in Android starting with Android 10 last fall, and this past May, Google announced that it was starting to transfer existing GPM libraries and accounts over to YTM.Īs a paid G Suite customer with a custom domain, I knew that I wouldn’t be among the first wave of subscriber transitions-that’s how these things always work-and sure enough, I wasn’t. On that note, my experience moving from Google Play Music to YouTube was somewhere in-between those extremes.
Some transitions are straightforward and seamless while others are disruptive and unwelcome.
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