In 2018, Google introduced YouTube Music, which was supposed to be in parallel with Google Play Music, but gradually stopped updating the Play Music service and introduced a transfer tool to improve and switch to the YouTube Music service. Worked.
Google aims to discontinue the Google Play Music service and direct its users to the YouTube Music service, enabling them to transfer songs from Google Play Music directly to YouTube Music.
According to the official YouTube blog post, the final phase of Google Play Music discontinuation will take place soon, and users in New Zealand and South Africa will no longer be able to use the Play Music service from September until October. Give.
This means that after October you will no longer be able to use the Play Music service, and until December you will be able to transfer all uploads, playlists and purchases to the YouTube Music service or, if there are any podcasts, to Google Podcasts.
Additionally, you can use the Google Takeout feature to download all content you purchase and upload, and Google will notify you of any loss of content on your Play Music account.
However, Wear OS users will lose the ability to download the Google Play Music app in the next few weeks, and will be able to replace the Google Play Music app until an app that supports Wear OS in YouTube Music is released. Zak P, a Google Community Manager, points out that one does not exist.
Although Google claims that it will allow all Google Play Music users to switch to YouTube Music without inconvenience, XDA-Developers website points out that this is unfair to Wear OS users.