Google's music streaming app with songs, videos, remixes and covers
YouTube Music is Google's music streaming service, combining official albums and singles with music videos, live performances, remixes and covers from YouTube. It builds personalized mixes from your listening and lets you upload your own tracks to your library. The free version is ad-supported and does not play in the background on mobile, while Premium adds background play, downloads and no ads.
- features
- 3
- alternatives
- 9
- platforms
- 3
- Updated
- Oct 12, 2026
Features
Our take
Pros
- Huge catalog that adds remixes, covers and live versions from YouTube
- Music videos and audio tracks live in the same app
- Lets you upload your own tracks to your library
Cons
- Free version has ads and no background play on mobile
- No dedicated desktop app, only the web player on computers
- User videos mix with official tracks and can clutter search results
Editorial assessment by the Alternatives.tools team, based on what the product is known for. Not a user review.
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