Google officially pulled the plug on Play Music this week as the culmination of a long-winded process that began last year. However, folks still using the service can easily transfer all their content, including songs, albums, playlists, purchases, uploads, personalized recommendations and liked/disliked songs, to YouTube Music. The transfer can be done from Android devices, iPhones, iPads, or even from the YouTube Music website. Here is how you can transfer music from Google Play Music Library to YouTube Music.
This tutorial uses YouTube Music on Android for demonstration purposes, but the process is almost identical on iOS and the web. To transfer using the mobile apps, you’ll need to have a relatively new version of YouTube Music installed on your device.
- You’ll now see a banner that says ‘Transfer your Google Play Music Account’. Tap/ click on the ‘Start Transfer’ button at the bottom to initiate the process. You’ll get a message saying that the process “may take a few hours”.
Google Play Music may be a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean you have to lose any of your favorite playlists that you painstakingly created. You can easily transfer all your content to YouTube Music using the above process irrespective of whether your a premium member or a free user. As we mentioned already, the process is similar on Android, iOS and the web. So what are you waiting for? Transfer all your Play Music content to YouTube Music and play all your favorite music as usual.
