Google Play Music

South Africa among first countries to lose Google Play Music

Google has announced the phase-out plan for Google Play Music — with South Africa being one of the first countries that to lose access…

Dear Google, as a Play Music user, decide what you want YouTube Music to be

Through 2019 YouTube Music continued its life as Google’s de facto music streaming app, unseating Google Play Music as the company’s new favourite musical…

YouTube Music gets Smart Downloads, seamless music-to-video playback

YouTube Music is getting two new features this week, one concerning seamless video-to-music switching, and another called Smart Downloads. Let’s start with the latter….

Where to find the late Johnny Clegg’s music online

Johnny Clegg may no longer be with us, but his music will live on forever in the hearts of South Africans and the internet….

Ariana Grande’s ‘Sweetener’ a total hit on Twitter

Sweetener is Ariana Grande’s fourth and latest album, hitting streaming services early this morning in South Africa. It’s her first album since 2016’s Dangerous…

Google’s YouTube Music and YouTube Premium are now official

If something’s not broken and doesn’t need fixing, trust Google to provide a solution. The firm did this with its messaging services — now…

Google Play Music dies in 2019, according to YouTube Remix rumour

While you were transfixed on Google’s swanky new Gmail redesign, news emerged that it may pull the plug on another service. According to Droid…

YouTube ‘Remix’ music service to launch in March?

YouTube is readying its own music streaming service for debut in March 2018, according to a report by Bloomberg. The service, which is known…

YouTube Red and Google Play Music to merge into one streaming service

YouTube’s head of music Lyor Cohen has confirmed that YouTube Red and Google Play Music will be merging into one streaming service, according to a…

Jay Z’s 4:44 no longer a Tidal exclusive as Kanye West ditches service

Jay Z’s first album in four years, 4:44, launched as a Tidal and Sprint exclusive earlier this week. Today though, the album is available…

South Africa: here’s how to get four free months on Google Play Music

Google Play Music now offers a four-month free trial for those subscribing to its service. The streaming music platform headed by the Mountain View…

Google Play Music gets contextually active with Concierge in SA

Google Play Music has officially launched its Concierge service in South Africa, bringing automatically generated, contextual playlists to the country. Play Music subscribers will…

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