YouTube Music for the Web may soon add one of its most popular features: the option to download songs offline.
While the YouTube Music app for iOS and Android devices, like most other music streaming services, currently offers offline downloads, the web version has long lacked this capability. In contrast to Spotify and Amazon Music, it lacks a native desktop app.
However, the latest findings from 9to5Google imply that YouTube might be testing the feature for some. Turning off the internet and opening the YouTube Music site in Google Chrome on the desktop showed the new “Downloads” tab, notes 9to5.
The new tab is placed between the library and uploads part in the YouTube Music site version. Alongside, a new paragraph, which states, “Music and podcasts you download will appear here.” The page also gives a “download settings” option to help users clear all offline downloads whenever required.
Since it also lets users download videos offline, the method and interface ought to be rather similar to what we have seen on the standard YouTube website.
When it launches, this will be a pleasant feature if you use YouTube Music. You can include different items on your desktop and phone from the offline download library.
Lastly, as 9to5 points out, regardless of the feature rollout, users should be subscribed to YouTube Music Premium to take full advantage of offline downloads whenever it rolls out to YouTube Music.