YouTube's Android application to listen to music online

December 10, 2024
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Taking into account the potential of YouTube, the online video streaming portal par excellence, it was surprising that Google hadn't decided to use it to compete with other music services of the likes of Spotify or Apple Music. Just bear in mind that a great part of its catalog is made up of music clips and files that only offer the audio over a static image or with the song's lyrics. Therefore, many users use it as a method to listen to music for free without having to pay a monthly fee, as in the case of Spotify, and with fewer adverts. And that's the main reason behind the development of YouTube Music APK. Therefore, you only have to download YouTube Music Android for free to start enjoying a huge catalog although you'll have to sign up as a premium user.

The service that has replaced Google Music

This application specially dedicated to music is based on playing videos uninterruptedly from stations according to the user's taste and that the latter can customize to his own liking. It doesn't matter if you prefer music for studying, relaxing, modern music, from the 80s', metal, rock, punk, Keltic, folk, elevator songs or build a torture chamber with Justin Bieber, Kanye West, and Luis Fonsi songs. That's up to you but you'll find it all in this app.

Main features

  • Listen to any song, artist, or album available on YouTube.
  • Enjoy hundreds of thousands of playlists and create your own.
  • Receive customized suggestions according to your musical tastes.
  • Discover new artists that are now trendy.
  • Possibility to listen to music offline from your phone.
  • Access official music videos, full albums, and covers of the greatest hits.

Once you download YouTube Music APK, you'll be able to access YouTube's spin-off developed with the intention of making the most of YouTube Red, the paid service of Google's platform that offers content free of adverts. Furthermore, it offers us the possibility to listen to music with our screen off (not available in the free version) and to create mixtapes to listen to offline, without an Internet connection.

The only problem regarding YouTube Red isn't its price (very similar to other online music alternatives) but in the fact that it isn't available in all countries. However, the main advantage of YouTube Music Android can be found in its catalog. As it's the same as the video portal, you can just imagine how big it is.

What's new in the latest version

  • No changelog available on behalf of the developers.

Requirements and additional information:

  • Can be used for free for a month as a trial.
  • Minimum operating system requirements: Android 8.0.
  • Offers in-app purchases.
Elies Guzmán

With a degree in History, and later, in Documentation, I have over a decade of experience testing and writing about apps: reviews, guides, articles, news, tricks, and more. They have been countless, especially on Android, an operating system...

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