Now, YouTube Music operates as Android’s default music player as well as a streaming service. This meant that users could keep their Google Play Music files and easily migrate to YouTube Music.
After this date, all the data that users had on Google Play music was deleted.
One of the things Google did when shutting down Google Play Music was it allowed users until February 24, 2021, to transfer all of their downloaded music to YouTube Music. Since Google Play Music has been replaced by YouTube Music, the YouTube Music app has been Android’s default music player. Since its launch in 2011, Google Play Music was Android’s default music player, however, it was shut down in December 2020 and replaced by YouTube Music.