Google lastly releases YouTube Music Wear OS app, however just for Samsung’s new watches

Google has lastly launched a Wear OS app for YouTube Music, which might appear to be welcome information for individuals who have been ready for a strategy to play their music off Google’s streaming service after the corporate shut down Google Play Music on Wear OS in August 2020. But the brand new app comes with just a few caveats.

The greatest catch is that the brand new app solely works on one among Samsung’s two new watches powered by Wear OS 3, according to Google. Those watches received’t be out there till August twenty seventh, so even if you wish to attempt the brand new app proper now, you received’t be capable to until you’ve got a Galaxy Watch 4 or a Galaxy Watch 4 Classic.

If you are fortunate sufficient to have one of many new watches, the YouTube Music Wear OS will let YouTube Premium subscribers obtain music proper to their watch, that means you possibly can take heed to tunes with only a watch and a pair of Bluetooth headphones, even once you don’t have an web connection. However, primarily based on 9to5Google’s hands-on with the app, it appears like there could be some irritating caveats you’ll have to remember once you’re truly utilizing the Wear OS YouTube Music app.

9to5Google says there doesn’t look like a strategy to stream music from the app — it seems which you could solely obtain music proper now. And annoyingly, you possibly can solely obtain songs whereas the watch is on a charger, 9to5Google stories.

Still, it’s good {that a} YouTube Music Wear OS app is out there in any respect, even in its at present restricted type. Google hasn’t shared particulars about when the app could be out there on different Wear OS units.