Joe Hindy / Android Authority
TL;DR
- YouTube Music now allows you to obtain songs and podcasts for offline listening inside its net app.
- This characteristic brings the net model consistent with the cellular app, providing better comfort for customers.
YouTube Music, Google’s devoted music streaming service, is making offline listening extra accessible with the rollout of offline downloads for its net app. This welcome characteristic brings the web site consistent with its cellular app counterpart, permitting customers to avoid wasting songs and playlists for enjoyment even with out an web connection (h/t 9to5Google).
YouTube has been testing this characteristic out for some time now, but it surely appears to have gained wider availability as of March twenty ninth. Whereas the characteristic isn’t exhibiting for everybody but, some customers are being greeted with a “New! Obtain music to pay attention offline” message beside their Library tab.
Saving music for offline use is easy. Navigate to an album or single’s web page and search for the obtain button nestled between the “Save to library” and three-dot overflow menu choices.
Whereas the cellular app has lengthy supported offline listening, the shortage of a local desktop app made this characteristic unavailable on computer systems. Similar to the YouTube Music cellular app, downloaded content material on the internet will get its personal “Downloads” tab inside your library, and handy filters help you kind by playlists, podcasts, songs, or albums.
Offline downloads on the internet app will rely towards YouTube Music’s 10-device obtain restrict, which is beneficiant sufficient to not concern most customers. As is the case on the cellular app, offline downloads will expire in case your machine doesn’t hook up with the web not less than as soon as each 30 days.
We will anticipate this characteristic to roll out step by step to extra YouTube Music customers quickly.
