Google Play Music was a music and podcast streaming service, and online music locker. Launched November 16, 2011; shut down October 22, 2020 — it lived 8 years. One of 25 Google products killed in 2020. Google Play Music was a music and podcast streaming service and an online music locker operated by Google as part of its Google Play line of services. The service was announced on May 10, 2011; after a six-month, invitation-only beta period, it was publicly launched on November 16, 2011, and shut down in December 2020 after being replaced by YouTube Music. https://youtube.googleblog.com/2020/05/youtube-music-transfer-google-play-music-library.html Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).