An update to YouTube app includes a new product called YouTube Red. The service enables background playback, this feature has long been restricted to YouTube Music Key subscribers. Google will host a major event on September 29, to launch new Nexus phones and an updated Chromecast. We may hear some information about YouTube Red then.
The new branding only seems to show up as a notification blurb when you leave a video playing in the background as you switch to another app, or as a pop-up when you try to re-entering YouTube through certain means. You must have a fresh install of the Android app for it to work, and it still refers to the service as YouTube Music Key throughout other parts of the software and in documentation. It's still possible YouTube Red will be more than a simple rebranding – the name change hints at a broader set of features for more than just music. The screenshots below show the text in use.
It has been nearly a year since YouTube launched its own music-focused subscription service called Music Key, containing Background Playback, No Ads, Offline Viewing, and More. In the meantime, Google quietly renamed Play Music All Access to Google Play Music Unlimited. Now it looks like Google is about to bestow a similar rebranding on Music Key, turning it into "YouTube Red." Compared to its competitors like Spotify, Rdio or Apple Music, YouTube Music Key is an unnecessarily long name.
Currently, Music Key allows you to save videos for offline playback and listen to them in the background on mobile devices, while also providing all the features unlimited Google Play Music subscription. If you are unable to get the service due to regional restriction or government censorship, a VPN service is the best and most used methods to access YouTube music or videos. VPNs allow users to spoof their physical location - the user's actual IP address is replaced by VPN provider - allowing them to bypass content filters.
Due to private copying and copyright laws, lots of music streaming are not allowed to free download songs. Today, I would like to recommend several Chinese free music app for iOS. If you don't have a Chinese IP, refer to VPN service.
Earlier this month several music industry organizations in the UK won a judicial review which renders the Government's decision to allow copying for personal use unlawful. Following this unexpected decision are UK citizens now breaking the law if they copy their own CDs? How will the fate of the legislation be determined?
Ripping a music file from a CD to .MP3 format for playing on a smartphone or tablet being one typical example. This exception does not allow copying of copyright protected material for family and friends, neither does it legitimize downloading files from the Internet, as in most cases the downloader will not already own a legitimate licensed copy.
Thankfully, there are still a host of excellent websites that allow you to legally download and locally store your music free of charge. The most used Chinese music apps, Baidu Music, Xiami Music, QQ Music, and Kugou Music are free. You can listen to artists and albums, hot and latest songs, download them totally free. If you don't have a Chinese IP, just refer to FlyVPN. They provide a free VPN account, containing several Chinese servers. There is no time limit for this account. What's more, it's totally free. It's easy to setup this VPN, refer to their tutorial: http://www.flyvpn.com/tutorial. After setup the VPN, just login with their free account to change the IP.
Free account: musicfree
Password: flyvpn
Due to copyright or some other reasons, most music streaming are premium. Especially, when you want to download the song, you have to pay for it. Today, I wanted to share a site for streaming music in China that I have been using almost every day. The site is QQ music. Most of its songs are free for download. QQ Music is only available for mainland Chinese residents. But a China VPN would satisfy your needs.
QQ Music is a good choice to listen to music, to look up music, and the most important, it's one of the free to download providers. Can not imagine such a thing in Europe or North America! QQ Music is renowned for its vast number of songs, various kinds of song types, and multi languages. You can access it here: http://y.qq.com/. You will find QQ Music apps for windows, iOS, mac OS and Android systems from this site.
Nevertheless, you may find a Chinese IP is required to download musics from QQ Music. FlyVPN recently provides a free Chiese VPN account. Unlike its previous time limit free VPN accounts, this account do not set 20 minutes limitation. I have tested and find that we can use it the whole day for free. We can find 7 China servers in this free account from the image below.
Free China VPN account: musicfree
Password: flyvpn
