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hey everyone unjust menu from CNET and this is a first take of the new YouTube Music app so if you're like me you probably use the YouTube desktop site in the past to listen to your favorite songs but one problem is that the official YouTube app just isn't really that great for listening to music on the go but today Google hopes to solve that problem with a new app just for music lovers called YouTube music I was invited to check out a preview of the app before launch day and it's definitely a much cleaner experience for checking out music related content it organizes all the different versions of the music you love which even includes stuff you're probably not even aware exists into a central hub there's guided paths for artists discovery and song curation and it works best with YouTube's new red subscription service for $10 a month red takes away all the ads that run before your videos and it also adds in app benefits like offline listening and background play of course you can use it without signing up for read but it feels a lot slower if you have to wait for commercials to load up so the app starts with a search bar and all the results you'll see our music related so you don't have to worry about other videos popping up if you type in something like Usher the app actually works in the background to make a custom radio station out of every song you listen to and that consists of music from related artists not to mention different versions of those tracks there's even a slider available inside the app settings to control how much variety you'll hear for any given station if you've used YouTube on a traditional browser you'll have no problem using the app you'll recognize things like the thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons that you can click to tell the algorithm how you feel about a certain song the app takes that into consideration and will either serve you more or less of that kind of song in the future another awesome feature is the ability to toggle this red audio only button that shows up at the top of every video if you hit that the app will pause the video while continuing to play the audio and if you're a red subscriber you can even turn off your phone and continue listening YouTube Music app is all about discovery which also happens to be a great way to keep bringing users back to the app there's a separate section called YouTube music today that organizes music into playlists according to genre popularity internationally trending songs and albums and more and there's also good news for commuters that travel in network deadzones if you subscribe to red the app will show an offline mixtape section that automatically saves discovery items based on your taste profile if you already have a Google Play account you'll be automatically grandfathered into the benefits of red and will never see an ad play before a video as long as you continue paying ten bucks a month but for everyone else you'll get a free two week trial of YouTube red when you download the YouTube Music app after two weeks is up customers can get an additional month of free access when they sign up using a credit card