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If you already pay for YouTube Premium, YouTube Music is an excellent music streaming service. The method varies slightly between iOS and Android, but with a subscription, you may download all of your songs and playlists from YouTube to your smartphone for offline listening.
The offline feature helps to reduce data usage and consumption. There are many possibilities, and some capabilities in YouTube Music let songs download to your device automatically without requiring any of your involvement.
This article explains all the options for downloading your songs and playlists to your smartphone when subscribed to YouTube Premium.
How to Download Music on YouTube Music and Listen Offline
Requirements for downloading songs and playlists from YouTube Music
- A monthly fee of $11.99 per month for YouTube Music Premium.
You are given free access to listen to music on your smartphone via YouTube Music, but you must pay a monthly charge to download any music with the exception of one-month free trial.
All of the services offered by Google’s streaming service, including the ability to download music, are included in YouTube Music Premium’s $11.99 monthly fee.
If you currently have a YouTube Music Premium subscription, you may save songs and playlists to your smartphone running iOS or Android.
- You must connect to the internet at least once every 30 days
This is to ensure your subscription to the service is still active and to maintain your downloads. You may switch up a device four times a year and downloads can be placed onto up to ten different devices at once. You may not be able to download any new playlists or songs after that.
How to download music automatically for iPhone
Offline mixtape, a function of YouTube Music, downloads tracks to your device instantly. Based on your listening preferences, it will select songs to download and stop once your storage space has been reached. When offline mixtape is enabled, it will automatically download 2GB of songs.
- Open your YouTube Music application.
- In the top right corner of the screen, tap your profile image.
- Move to the Downloads tab.
- Select your download limit using the toggle, then press the Turn On button.
- When using WiFi, the offline mixtape will download.
How to download music automatically for Android
For Android devices, to download music automatically, you rely on a feature called Smart Downloads.The default iOS download restriction is 2GB and the Android app’s default limit is 1GB. The same slider as that of the iPhone can be used to change your download limit as necessary.
- Open your YouTube Music application.
- In the top right corner of the screen, tap your profile image.
- Move to the Downloads tab
- Select your download limit using the toggle, then press the Turn On button.
- When connected to WiFi, smart downloads will begin.
How to download a specific song on Android and iPhone
The YouTube Music app for Android has a similar mechanism for downloading a specific song or song list for offline listening.
- Look for a song or playlist that you want to download.
- You can tap and hold on to the album cover or song title that you want
- When the menu displays, select Download.
- To view the status of the download, look at the Downloads page or the song or playlist you’ve chosen.
Your favorite music and playlists will be downloaded regularly thanks to automatic downloads, however, users will occasionally need to perform manual downloads.
Conclusion
It’s no longer just Spotify and Apple Music that allows users to download and listen to their music offline. YouTube music has made it possible too.
Once you subscribe to YouTube Music Premium, you can gain access to many features that include downloaded songs and different playlists for you to listen to later.
Follow the steps we’ve shared so you can begin downloading your favorite music on YouTube.
