To make things clear: Yes, Google Play Music is shutting down in 2020. We hope that you’re not too worried about this and you will like a new player on a streaming platform game. That's the explanation of why Google Play Music has been missing lately new updates.

One year later, in 2018 Google decided to focus more on YouTube which is used by billions of users each day, not only to watch movies but also to discover new music. This music streaming service has never been very popular and we heard about plans to close the service from the company in 2017. If you want to read more about what music streaming services are worth attention in 2020, read our post on the blog where we’ve described all the most important features of the most popular music platforms. YouTube brand is much stronger in the music industry and has millions of fans who may want to go with it instead of Google Play Music. The solution is to create one big streaming platform for music as well as videos, because… why not have both at the same time? Imagine Netflix and Spotify combined in one service-enter YouTube Music. They are making everything to hold users on its side and they want them to stay. The information about closing Google Play Music was announced for the first time in May 2018, but no big steps were made to REALLY do something about this since this time.Īs you probably know, Google owns YouTube so for sure they don’t want the users to go for competitor’s music streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal or Apple Music. Google Play Music is shutting down in 2020 and its resources are going to be transferred to YouTube.

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