YouTube Music offers a unique listening and viewing experience that sets it apart from other audio streaming services when it comes to Christmas. It has a number of practical and functional features that are ideal for fostering a festive holiday spirit. The platform has now fully replaced Google Play Music, which was shut down back in September almost a decade after it was launched.
The switch to a new format brought about some distinct changes to Google’s music offering, including standout features that Google Play Music never had. YouTube’s eclectic collection of videos and music allowed its audio streaming service to merge both listening and viewing experience into one unified platform. Fortunately for Google Play Music users, they were able to transfer their music from the now-defunct service onto YouTube Music.
More importantly, YouTube Music made enough improvements to its app’s user experience that it’s now ideal for helping users get that Christmas feeling. Among the many new features of the YouTube Music app is the ability to see a song’s lyrics while playing the track itself, which is perfect for household carols and singalongs. It also lets users find songs by typing lyrics, much like using Google’s search engine, which makes finding a particular Christmas song much easier. Unlike other music streaming services, YouTube Music not only features a bevy of Christmas-themed live performances and playlists, but it can also help with the holiday spirit by playing the video for each song.
YouTube Music’s Festive Features
A particularly nice feature that fits this time of year is that YouTube Music doesn’t limit access for non-paying users to its massive library. Users don’t have to pay anything to continuously play and enjoy their carefully chosen Christmas playlists, albeit with occasional ads, of course. Its Christmas track selection is also much broader than other streaming services too because it doesn’t just include songs from official sources, but also songs that other users have uploaded.
Paid users do get the option of downloading both songs and videos, making it possible to create offline playlists ahead of time, without having to rely on a constant data connection. Doing so can also help families spend more time together celebrating and less on picking music at the time. YouTube Music’s My Year In Review feature might not be as advanced as those of other streaming services, but its app will do a fine job in making it a merry Christmas this year.
