Android TV Integrates YouTube Music into YouTube App

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Move comes as Google sunsets its Play Music service

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Google has added YouTube Music to the YouTube app within Android TV.

The integration comes as Google works to sunset its Play Music service and replace it with YouTube Music. 

Google’s “server-side” update adds a “Music” tab to the sidebar of the Android TV YouTube app, which includes YouTube recommendations along with content from the user’s YouTube Music account. The tab displays user likes, mixes, genre and mood stations, personal playlists, recommended playlists and playlists from other users, and artists stations. 

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Since Google isn’t integrating a dedicated YouTube Music app, the tech blogs have largely been disappointed. XDA Developers, for instance, notes the lack of background playback—meaning you can’t keep the music on while you toggle away from the app to do something else, like look for something to watch on TV. 

There are no shuffle or repeat options. There’s no playlist option tool, and users can’t uploaded their full music library. 

However, on Reddit, some users are reporting that the new update has enabled Android TV HDR support to kick in on enabled devices for the first time. 

Daniel Frankel
Daniel Frankel

Daniel Frankel is the managing editor of Next TV, an internet publishing vertical focused on the business of video streaming. A Los Angeles-based writer and editor who has covered the media and technology industries for more than two decades, Daniel has worked on staff for publications including E! Online, Electronic Media, Mediaweek, Variety, paidContent and GigaOm. You can start living a healthier life with greater wealth and prosperity by following Daniel on Twitter today!