

It can also update on unrestricted mobile data, depending on your download settings.

The music selection is refreshed every night when you're connected to Wi-Fi. When you remove a playlist or album, it won’t re-download to your smart downloads, but you may see it elsewhere in the YouTube Music app.

If you don't like a specific playlist or album in your downloads, you can also remove it by tapping Menu and then “ Remove download ". You can view, pause, or delete your watch history to improve your recommendations and which music gets downloaded for you. Once smart downloads are turned on, music will be automatically downloaded for you based on your listening history. But the remote control app is only available on Android.To make sure you always have music available–even on the go–turn on smart downloads on your mobile device: You can install the desktop app on Windows, Mac, and also Linux. The Desktop app will open the YouTube Music web player inside it and the Android app will help you control media like a remote controller. The app is completely trustable as it required no permission and just opens the YouTube Music website right inside its app on the desktop.įirst, install the “ YouTube Music Desktop app” on the desktop and the “YouTube Music Desktop Remote app” on your Android phone. This is a third-party app developed by Adler Luiz just as a side project. There comes the YouTube Music Desktop app. How to Control YouTube Music on Desktop from Phone Thankfully, you can get similar functionality with third-party services.

Whereas YouTube Music only supports Chromecast, so you can only control on TV, no option to do it on Desktop, yet. It is useful to play the media on TV or Desktop and use your phone as a remote controller. This feature lets you control Spotify playback from on the Computer via smartphone and vice versa. Though the service is great, I really miss out on one feature – “Spotify Connect”. Moving from Spotify to YouTube Premium gets me YouTube Music for free.
