Your Mixtape is a bit diverse in terms of genre, but it picks up your taste very quickly. On the other hand, YouTube Music only have two main mixes namely, Your Mixtape and Offline Mixtape. Spotify’s recommendations get highly lauded by tech users and music addicts due to its algorithm-based Daily Mixes. Now, Spotify is on its own in terms of data but YouTube Music imports your basic preferences from YouTube and that is why even if you are using the app for the first time, you will be getting curated suggestions. The tailored playlists get automatically generated by processing your action like thumbs up, like, dislikes, repeats, and data from some other source. The algorithm factor is the one which makes a music streaming platform appealing as it is the ability to use your data and process it in order to form a highly personalized feed. Thus the only audio option for them is on YouTube Music.
But as soon as the usage increases, the suggestions will get better.įor Spotify, there is a limitation in terms of songs library as there are thousands of songs which are only available on YouTube and there are no original tracks for them. A Spotify user, who is using the app since a long time will be having a customized and tailored homepage, but for YouTube Music, the user ( a new one) will only get a page of new releases and top hits at the start. Playlists / Recommendation/ Algorithmĭespite there being similarities between these two in terms of looks and Music Quality, there are differences when you try to evaluate them on the basis of preferences and playlist recommendations because this is where the main algorithm comes into play. It must be noted that 256kbps AAC is equivalent to 320kbps CBR mp3. The Premium YouTube Music Users are provided with high-quality bitrate, i.e. If Spotify and YouTube Music are to be compared then the former provides 320kbps CBR mp3 (paid), 96 kbps (mobile unpaid) and 160 kbps (PC unpaid) while the latter provides us with normal Streaming at 128kbps AAC bitrate and the low quality at 48kbps HE-AAC. The streaming quality plays an important role with better bit rate offering better sound output and HD quality audio. Album, song and playlist icons are square in shape, and sometimes the two platforms look so familiar that you would not come to know which one you’re actually using. Just like Spotify, the background is black, and the text is white. YouTube Music being a newcomer have tried to in-grain this familiarity. Spotify is into this space since a long time and has evolved itself to cater its users in the best way. Now, it was all about their establishment but what’s in them for a user. (Google has clarified on its forum that they are working to provide a swift migration from GPM toYouTube Music very soon.) Now after its launch of YouTube Music, it will try to tackle its baffling strategy in operating two separate brands around music by consolidating its efforts with the closure of GPM by the end of 2019. It must be noted that YouTube with its previous music streaming service Google Play Music was not able to gain a lot of traction in the Indian Market. Also, it made a deal with Samsung through which Galaxy S10 owners will be getting 4 months of YouTube Premium/YouTube Music Premium for free.
Unlike Spotify, YouTube Music has grabbed all licences before it entering the region. But it won’t be easy for both YouTube Music and Spotify to win over the Indian market as they will have to face rivalry from local players like Gaana, JioSaavn and Wynk having a user base of millions.ĭespite its legal troubles (licensing dispute with Warner Music), Spotify has reached 1 million users in India within a week of launching. Spotify is not just expansion but these two players are moving towards head-on-collision to mark their territories and what’s specific about India is that Spotify users who do not have a subscription can play music on demand on mobile and there are specific playlists for India that include music from Bollywood movies.Īlso, in January 2019, Spotify inked a content deal with T-Series, a leading Indian film and music company with more than 160,000 songs. After its launch in India, Spotify is now available in 79 countries, and as of March 2019, i.e., after launching in India, YouTube Music is available in 43 countries.
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