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The Release of YouTube Remix Could Spell the End of Google Play Music

Do you want another music service from YouTube?

Brittany Vincent

April 25, 2018 11:00 AM

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If you haven't already heard, Google is looking to launch a new music platform service in the form of the rumored YouTube Remix later this year. According to a source via Droid-Life, the new service will end up replacing Google Play Music, forcing users to swap platforms by the end of 2018. If that sounds awful, it's probably true, and it makes total sense that Google would start forcing people onto using things that maybe they're not so excited about jumping to. And as we all know, Google has quite a bit of shutting down services experience.

YouTube Remix will supposedly aid players in finding music with better recommendation services, the ability to play clips alongside music selections, and more with music executives in mind to help quell the YouTube music copyright problem. The source who provided this info didn't exactly explain how Google Play Music will be phased out in favor of the new Remix platform, but since it's a Google service, you can bet it'll probably be sloppy and frustrating as the change happens.

A YouTube spokesperson has since spoken to Droid-Life and gave them the following statement:

"We’ve previously announced the combination of the YouTube Music and Google Play product teams — music is very important to Google so it’s critical we have one offering that meets the needs of consumers and artists. Nothing will change for users today and we’ll provide plenty of notice before any changes are made."

Something is certainly going to bubble to the surface soon, though we don't know what exactly just yet. Hopefully the transition, if it is indeed a forced one, isn't nearly as bad as Google's previous decisions to transition Hangouts users to Allo. Luckily that didn't play out like we thought it would.

Brittany Vincent

Senior Editor

Fueled by horror, rainbow-sugar-pixel-rushes, and video games, Brittany is a Senior Editor at Shacknews who thrives on surrealism and ultraviolence. Follow her on Twitter @MolotovCupcake and check out her portfolio for more. Like a fabulous shooter once said, get psyched!