Google Play Music will shutdown completely in December ? here's how to save your music - TechRadar

Move your music, playlists and preferences to YouTube Music before they're goneSay goodbye to Google Play Music, the service will be going away for good in December 2020 and with it, all your music if you don't transfer it over.According to a new blog post from Google, you'll no longer be able to access the service to stream your favorite music starting in September if you live in New Zealand or South Africa, and everyone else gets cutoff from streaming in October of this year.As Google prepares to close down its long-running Play Music streaming service, the company has enabled a new transfer function inside the YouTube Music app to bring your music, playlists and preferences to their new home on YouTube.According to Google, all Google Play Music subscribers should have received an email with detailed instructions on how the migration works, but essentially it’s as simple as downloading the YouTube Music app and clicking the transfer button.The good news is that you’ll be able to take all your uploads, purchases, added songs and albums, personal and subscribed playlists, likes and dislikes, curated stations and personal taste preferences along with you in the transition, and there’s no difference in price between the services.For now you’ll still be able to use both services, but Google is telling people to start making the transition early to avoid a panic when Play Music shuts down later this year.According to Google, Play Music subscribers should have basically no issues transitioning to the new service and have provided three steps to moving over all your songs, playlists and preferences:Step 1.