Youtube Music: First Impressions

Hey guys, how's it going? Well, today I'm back with another post for you to enjoy from Jb3ast's TechnoBlog! Today I'll be giving my thoughts on the new Youtube Music app, which just dropped today. I've been using it a lot so far, and I'm not super impressed by this app in the time that I've had it. So without further ado, let's get started!

As I'm sure you've already heard, there have been multiple spin-offs of the standard YouTube app, including Youtube kids and Youtube gaming. Basically, Youtube music is just the normal youtube app, except it cuts out anything that isn't music. That's it. It seems really underwhelming and half-baked to me, as if Google didn't even bother to add any new features.

I mean seriously, just try to name at least one feature that YtM has that the Youtube app and Google Play Music couldn't do before, I guarantee it's impossible. This app is so disappointing in my opinion, because at this point I've come to expect far more from the likes of Google, especially considering all the excellent apps that they've conceived in the past.

Let's talk about what's 'different' about this app though, what little of that there is. First of all, you've got a darker material design look in the menus, which honestly looks a lot better to me than the normal youtube app, which is definitely a pro. The app also creates daily endless mixes based on what you listen to, which is kind of cool. That's all the stuff that's different in YouTube Music. And there's one more thing I've got to talk about...

Why do we have to pay for YouTube Red just to be able to play music while we're in a different app or if the screen is turned off? Literally every other music app in existence lets you do that without paying for a subscription (soundcloud, spotify, google play music, etc.) What is this then? Why are you charging us for a feature that I could easily get for free with one of the other music providers? Sure, you do get the ability to watch and listen to videos without any ads which is nice, and you get to download videos and watch them offline, although I doubt I would do that very often, especially considering how little I'm actually out of range of a Wi-Fi network.

If they don't add some revolutionary new features that totally knock my socks off, I'm not going to be using this app in the forseeable future. I'll just stick with Spotify and Soundcloud.

Goodbye YouTube Music, it was nice knowing you.

RIP

Sincerely,
Jb3ast