Google launches YouTube Music, a new app for discovering music videos

YouTube's standalone music streaming app has arrived.

Google launched YouTube Music Thursday, the music complement to its new video subscription service YouTube Red. The app is available now for iOS and Android.

YouTube Music is all about discovery. If you search for an artist, track or album, the app will surface everything from official music videos to popular covers and remixes to concert videos

And, like any good music app, you can create playlists, listen to personalized "stations," and get recommendations in the app's home tab. YouTube Music is free but paying for a $9.99/month YouTube Red subscription buys you quite a few extra features, like offline listening, the ability to switch between video and audio-only streams and the option to listen to tracks and videos in the background while in other apps. It also gets rid of the ads free users will hear when using the app. Read more...