YouTube Music will replace Google Play Music but won’t kill user uploads

Google has confirmed that its revamped YouTube Music streaming service will eventually support key features of its Google Play Music app, including the ability for users to upload music files that may not exist in the service’s streaming catalog … The announcement of a revamped YouTube Music app has caused some confusion among those who subscribe to Google Play Music, a streaming music service Google launched in 2011 but has struggled to attract subscribers on the level of category leaders Spotify and Apple Music … Jay Fowler, YouTube’s director of music product management, said that Google Play Music users’ music collection, playlists, and preferences will be preserved in any migration to YouTube Music as well.