Google is once again throwing its hat into the music streaming service game with the launch of Youtube Music. The streaming service, which will rival the likes of Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify and Tidal, will initially launch in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Korea starting May 22.
According to Youtube’s official blog, YouTube Music is a new music streaming service made for music: official songs, albums, thousands of playlists and artist radio plus YouTube’s tremendous catalog of remixes, live performances, covers and music videos that you can’t find anywhere else – all simply organized and personalized.
In coming weeks, the service will also expand broadly to more countries including Canada, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. There is a free ad-supported version of the service and a $9.99 monthly paid membership that is ads-free and offers background listening and downloads.
Google Play Music subscribers will get YouTube Music Premium as part of their monthly subscription and also have access to already purchased musics, uploads and playlists.
Furthermore, Google is rebranding the YouTube Red service as YouTube Premium. The subscription-based service, which offers ads-free video streaming, offline play and background playback as well as access to YouTube Originals, will now include the YouTube Music service.
Existing subscribers will continue to pay $9.99 while new subscribers will start enjoy YouTube Premium for $11.99.
