Google has added a staple feature to YouTube Music, turning it into music player that's finally competitive with the Microsoft Zune and your old iPod that's sitting in a drawer somewhere. Yep, YouTube Music can now play your local files instead of streaming everything.
What year is it, again?
This feature is long, long overdue, and part of the reason why YouTube Music has struggled to gain much traction, especially with Google Play Music users that rely on Google's cloud music locker for songs that aren't always available for streaming.
This might finally begin to pave the way for migration for user libraries from Google Play Music to YouTube Music, but keep in mind all this does is allow for local playback. There's no cloud storage like what GPM has, so if you want to listen to those songs that aren't on a music catalog, you're going to have to store them locally on your phone or microSD card.
It's a good step, Google. Keep that momentum up.
via: MSPowerUser
