YouTube Music now lets free users cast uploaded music to speakers – The Verge

These updates come as Google continues with its long-planned phasing out of Google Play Music, leaving YouTube Music as the companys lone music service.

If youve chosen against spending for YouTube Music however have actually still discovered yourself utilizing the service as a cloud locker for your uploaded tracks, you can now cast that material to gadgets and speakers around your home. Just exceptional subscribers were able to cast– a restriction that angered some individuals after they made the switch from Google Play Music to YouTube Music.

Check out the YouTube Music app on your phone and youll notice another new thing: charts. An upgrade to the explore tab has included leading charts for artists, songs, and video in 57 countries.

As noted by Android Police, YouTube Music likewise now works better with Google Assistant when it concerns your individual playlists. You can request them by name when speaking to Assistant, and the ideal playlist will begin. In some way that didnt work before, and its odd that it took this wish for Google to make two of its own services work better together.