Google Play Music Is Finally Shutting down for Many Users
Oct. 23, 2020Earlier in August, Google officially announced its plans toshut down the Google Play Musicservice by the end of the year. While the company alreadydeprecated Google Play Music Storelast week, the officialGoogle Play Music app on Android, iOS, and the web is no longer working in several regions.
Now, the landing page of Google Play Music web reads – “Google Play Music is no longer available. You can transfer your account and library, including playlists and uploads, for a limited time.”
If you’re an active Google Play Music user, there is still ample time left to download ortransfer your music library.Google will automatically delete all the remaining music and data once the shutdown process is complete.
In typical Google fashion, some still have access to Google Play Music, while a majority of others are completely locked out. On my end, the Android app still works but I was not able to play songs from the web version of Google Play Music.
AsAndroid Policereports, there seems to be a workaround to keep using Google Play Music for now, which involves uninstalling app updates and moving to an old version of the app. However, that probably won’t last long.
Now that Google Play Music is taking its last breath, this will be a good time to switch to one of thealternativesout there. Of course, there is Google’s ownYouTube Musicbut my personal pick would be eitherApple MusicorSpotify. If you’re in India, you should totally check out our recent article on thebest music streaming servicesin the country to pick the one that suits your needs.
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
