YouTube Music is a service that aims to take on others like Spotify, which is why it has included an option in its web app download content so you can listen to it without an internet connection. Of course, since we are dealing with a private, closed and centralized service, there are various limitations that can already be sensed at this point.

Music downloads on YouTube Music are limited to ten devices associated with the user’s Google Account. After downloading the material, the user will see a new download tab on the “My Library” page. From there, filters let you browse playlists, podcasts, songs, and albums, and Google will alert you banner under the “now playing” bar when no internet connection is available.

Downloaded material It won’t stay there indefinitely, but will be on the disk as long as the computer is connected to the Internet at least once every thirty days. This already suggests that the YouTube Music app will be necessary for playback and that the DRM is to prevent free user usage. These restrictions have long been consolidated in the sector.

The web version proposed by Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers should suffice as an app when a user accesses the YouTube Music website, while Chromebook users have the additional option of getting an Android app if they want something close to a native desktop app, and we say closer because, as we have already said, it is an Android application present in the Play Store.

Download for playback offline content in an audio format that aims to require a Premium subscription the ability to use is one of three big features that YouTube Music will be adding over the next few weeks or months. Google’s service is currently in fifth place among streaming music services, behind Spotify, Apple Music, Prime Music and Tencent, although the latter is aimed at the Chinese market. If YouTube Music wants to increase or at least maintain the 10% share it currently has, it needs to take care of the quality it offers through its service.