

Downloads for offline listening provide you with standard audio files. You can switch between these at any time by heading to the YouTube Music settings. High: This sets the bit rate at 256kbps AAC.Normal: This sets the bit rate at 128kbps AAC.Low: This sets the bit rate at 48kbps AAC.These tiers also dictate how much audio will download onto your device and the size of those files: YouTube Music offers three different audio tiers that you can switch between depending on how much bandwidth you are comfortable taking up. Still, that’s a boat-load of music and should suit most people just fine.

That’s fewer options than Amazon Music Unlimited at 75 million, Apple Music at 90 million, Spotify at 80 million, and Tidal at 90 million. Music libraryĬurrently, YouTube Music has around 60 million tracks available to stream or download. Left to its own devices, YouTube Music will continue playing past favorites that you’ve enjoyed. All this taps into your Google account information and history, so if you’ve already been using YouTube to listen to music for a while, you’ll find a lot of prompts to add your favorite musicians and build out a profile for recommendations (a step you can skip if you prefer).
