
Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a way to delete specific songs from your downloads it's all or nothing. Here you can see how much space is available on your device and how much the app is using, a toggle for offline mixtapes (a dynamic selection of recommendations), and a "Clear Downloads" action. When you tap on Downloads, a gear icon appears in the upper right, which is a shortcut to your download settings.

The Library tab in the lower right features the content that you've played most recently, followed by separate sections for your downloads, playlists, albums, liked songs, and artists. The home screen features a selection of themed playlists, recommendations based on your listening, a "New & Trending" section, new releases, and separate sections for music videos and concert footage. Even the video content is largely stripped of its YouTube-ness: There are no descriptions, no comments section, no sidebar of similar recommended clips just the video, some basic controls, an action menu (add to playlist, share, start radio, go to artist's page), and a list of the other videos, if you're watching from a playlist.Īs far as basic navigation goes, it basically feels like Play Music or Spotify. The app is handsome and easy to navigate: Despite the association with YouTube (you'll even be able to access it via web browser at ), YT Music shares little of the video streaming service's aesthetics, instead looking more like Google Play Music or another conventional tune-streaming platform. Unlimited skips and on-demand listening are customarily reserved for paying customers, so we're surprised to see Google opening the gates this wide. There's still a free version, and it's generous: You can't download tracks or listen in the background, and there will be ads in between some songs, but the free version of YouTube Music still offers features that we're not used to seeing in the competition's ad-supported tier: You can play specific songs and skip to the next song in a list as many times as you like.

is in the "Early Access" club, and we're prepared to tell you if Spotify, Apple Music, or another established rival is better for partying 'til the break of dawn.

Last week, Google relaunched YouTube Music as a direct competitor to other streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, an evolution that we'd been expecting for some time as the company sorts out the branding of its increasingly overlapping streaming services.
