Unlike Spotify, which lives in a polished bubble of official releases, YouTube Music taps into something much broader.

Spotify has earned its place as the world’s most popular music streaming service, and for good reason. It provides a polished user experience, boasts a vast music catalog, and offers additional ...

It’s not just about the bundle deal, however. The user experience on YouTube Music is solid, with decent features.

YouTube Music Premium costs $10.99 a month. YouTube Premium is $13.99 monthly. The extra $3 a month allows background listening on regular YouTube videos and removes all YouTube ads.

YouTube Music is a decent Spotify alternative, especially if you're already paying for YouTube Premium to remove the ads. There's a big downside, though: Google doesn't offer a desktop app for ...

YouTube Music is introducing a new radio experience that lets users create their own custom stations, the company told TechCrunch on Tuesday. Prior to the launch of this feature, users have ...

Once the new experience is available on your device, you will see a prompt in the main interface that says “Create a radio.” As with many of Google’s rollouts, it may take some time before ...

YouTube Music will allow free ad-supported background listening to podcasts and offer “enhanced library tools,” Chuk said. There’ll also be a podcast badge to designate audio-first shows.

YouTube Music is definitely one of Google's more frequently improved apps, like we saw recently with it adopting media controls borrowed from Android 13, to help give things a more cohesive look.