{"id":20632,"date":"2020-06-01T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=20632"},"modified":"2020-06-01T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T16:21:44","slug":"youtube-add-pre-saves-for-new-albums-as-google-play-music-gets-closer-to-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtube-add-pre-saves-for-new-albums-as-google-play-music-gets-closer-to-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube add pre-saves for new albums as Google Play Music gets closer to shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Music streamers who are sad to see the back of Google Play Music may be happy to see new features coming to it&#8217;s replacement: YouTube Music.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n<p>Sometime later this year, Google Play Music will raise its shutters and stop streaming after almost a decade. Google aren&#8217;t abandoning music streaming though, they&#8217;re just moving shop to YouTube Music which will be their flagship music streaming service and, after this year, their sole one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the build-up to GPM&#8217;s full closure, Alphabet (Google and YouTube&#8217;s parent company) have been bolstering YouTube Music with brand new features. The latest reports show that pre-save releases are now available, allowing listeners to add an album or tracks to their library and playlists before release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spotify made the feature popular with their first pre-save in 2016 and Apple Music now also does the same for upcoming releases. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/YoutubeMusic\/comments\/gqpk85\/you_can_now_presave_unreleased_albums_for_when\/\">Reddit<\/a> users spotted the feature last week and it&#8217;s since been confirmed to be working with already released tracks playable and the rest available to save in your library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of this year, YouTube Music has also added <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtube-music-gets-lyrics-for-all-available-songs\/\">lyrics to songs<\/a> and new places for users to <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/discover-new-favourites-on-youtube-music-with-their-explore-tab\/\">discover music<\/a>. 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