Google Play of Muzyka

The music service Google Play Music started in 2011 will work till December, 2020 then it will be closed. YouTube Music which will offer Premium subscription to musical streaming at the price of 169 rubles a month for one user. Besides, in it along with music video clips are available.

Who used Play Music, it is offered to transfer playlists and the saved tracks in YouTube Music - is it can be done free on the special music.youtube.com/transfer page.

All the these users will be able to transfer up to December, however shutdown of the service Play Music will begin earlier - in September-October (depending on the region).

2020: Closing of service

On May 12, 2020 Google announced closing of service " Google Play of Muzyka". Instead of it the company decided to develop the platform for listening of YouTube Music upon transition to which users will automatically receive prolongation of the subscription to  YouTube Music Premium.

To transfer all compositions, playlists and musical recommendations from " Google Play of Muzyka" to YouTube Music, it is necessary to load the YouTube Music application (available to operating systems iOS and Android), to click "transfer" to YouTube Music, and the updated recommendations will be displayed on the homepage. As soon as loadings, purchases, the playlists added the song and albums appear in the new application, the user will receive the notification.

In  YouTube Music it is possible to save up to  5000 downloaded compositions in  one playlist ( unlike  1000 in  "Google Play to Muzyka") and  up to  100 thousand loaded tracks ( unlike  50 thousand in  "Google Play to Muzyka"). Also the smart search and  recommendations changing  depending on  location, occupations or time of day is available to users.

It is possible to use YouTube Music and it is free, but with advertizing. To listen to music without advertizing in the background and offline, it is possible to issue a paid subscription to YouTube Music Premium. The cost of a subscription to service will remain the same — 169 rubles a month.

Google reported that " the Google Play of Muzyka" will stop work in 2020 therefore users should get used gradually to interaction with new service. Exact closing date of old music service is not announced.

Google closes service "Google Play of Muzyka" for the sake of YouTube

Many users for years collected the musical collections and favourite releases of podcasts. It is important to give to each enough time to move all this to the new platform, says the company.[1]

2013: Start of service in Russia

On October 1, 2013 the Google corporation opened for the Russian users access to the mediaplayer of Google Play of Muzyka. Service allows to store musical collections in a cloud and to listen to them on the computer, the smartphone or the tablet.

The Google Play of Muzyka sells more than 18 million compositions of the largest world and Russian musical labels. Besides, in a cloud service it is possible to fill in 20 thousand tracks from own musical collection that will allow to listen to them on any devices with Internet access.

The mobile application of "the Muzyka's Play" available so far only to Android OS, allows to load tracks from Google Play of Muzyka to listen to them without connection to the Internet. The pleasant compositions can be shared for friends on Google+, however free of charge they will be able to enjoy the recommended track only at the first listening.

Access to the mediaplayer is provided free of charge and on a paid subscription. The second option, in addition to all above-mentioned, opens access to unlimited listening of any compositions to Google Play of Muzyka and the service of recommendations based on musical preferences of the user. The paid subscription also gives the chance to create radio stations, selecting, arranging or passing certain compositions in the record library.

In Russia all listed opportunities are already given by iTunes and Yandex. Music. The domestic mediaplayer, as well as the competitor from Google, allows to listen to music from the web directory at the connected Internet and to load into a composition record library from the device or "Yandex.Disk". The application of the same name for service of "Yandex", unlike "the Muzyka's Play", is available not only to Android, but also to iOS.

Besides, the Russian service has several excellent options: can distinguish music by a fragment and gives the chance to listen to radio on a certain genre or the contractor, but not to create own. In general the fact that in Google and "Yandex" call "radio" upon is an opportunity to create and listen playlists on certain subjects.

The cost of a subscription to full access to Google Play of Muzyka at launch is 169 rub monthly for those who will want to pay it till November 15, 2013. Users who will pay the first month of use after the specified date will give already 189 rub of Yandex. Music provides full access for 144 rub in 30 days, at the same time payment of domestic service from mobile application will cost already 199 rub.

In "Yandex" are not inclined to dramatize a situation with an entry into the musical Internet market of Russia of so serious player as Google. "The Russian Internet user spends for music on the Internet about 70 times smaller, than the Internet user from the USA, and it is obvious that we still have growth potential — the representative of "Yandex" claims. — Any new service in the short term changes nothing, but all of us work for the future and gradually we accustom users to legal content. The user wins anyway". According to comScore, in August, 2013 monthly audience of Yandex. Music exceeded 18 million users^[2].

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