Search giant Google has finally released the YouTube Music Key Beta. What we first thought is a new music subscription service, it’s actually another music streaming service that offers ad-free listening. Google boasts that ads are eliminated and listeners are offered pure music.
The service is still in Beta so it’s by invitation only. Beta invites are being sent to the lucky users in the US and some countries in Europe. Current Google Music Subscribers have received invitations but some non-Google Music Subscribers claim to have received similar invites as well. At the moment, there are a few ways to get into the exclusive club.
To check out this new feature, update your YouTube app today on your device with at least Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Or you may visit its official YouTube page.
You’ll see this page telling you to try the free service:
Tap on the screen to receive an invitation. That is, if you are in the United States and if Google deems you worthy.
The second way is to subscribe to Google Music All Access and you’re guaranteed to receive the coveted invite, no questions asked. As reported before, YouTube Music Key comes packages with the Play Music All Access subscription.
YouTube Music Key is free for now but it will cost $7.99 come January 2015. This means we only have two months to enjoy it at no cost.
VIA: Slashgear
This is inaccurate. I’m an All-Access subscriber (since Day 1), run 4.4.2, run the latest version of the YouTube app, and have no access to the beta. AFAIK there is no guaranteed, no questions asked way to get into the beta.
I’m an All-Access subscriber and have no access to the beta, unfortunately.
Agreed, I have been a Google Music All-Access subscriber since locking it in at $7.99 a month, and I have no access to the YouTube Music Key Beta when checking the ‘Music’ tab in the latest version of the YouTube app. Hopefully it’s this way because of a staggered rollout.
I see a pattern here… Maybe the ones that pay the introductory 7.99 are excluded?
Actually, it turns out that the newest version wasn’t listed as an update yet in the Play Store, so I downloaded it from Apk Mirror, and I now have the subscription. It was already enabled when I checked for it, possibly because I had submitted my email address for updates on Music Key before they released the beta for it. So, good news for all Google Play All-Access subscribers; just make sure you have version 5.18 or higher of the YouTube app, and all is well. 🙂