If you are an Android user, you must know Google Play, from which you can purchase and download various apps, videos and music files for your Android phone and Android tablet. Many people think it is impossible to get music downloaded from the Google Play Store for an Android device, but only can install the Google Play Music app on Android and launch the app to play the Google Play music on Android over the Internet. That means we can not listen to our favorite songs on Google Play via our Android phones without Internet connection. But is it? Are we really unable to download Google Play music on Android?
Technology always improve with the demand of people. To help more people who have the request on downloading music files from Google Play Store on Android device, Coolmuster studio just released the Coolmuster Android Assistant (for all Windows versions) or Coolmuster Android Assistant for Mac, which is the most ideal Android data managing software to help Android users to transfer files between Android and computer, and allows you to download music from Google Play to Android phone/tablet for offline playing without the need of internet connection.
Additional Functions You Can Enjoy from The Google Play Music Downloader:
1. Download video files from Google Play;
2. Transfer music, videos, photos and more from computer to Android;
3. Export contacts, SMS, photos, videos, music, apps and more from Android to computer;
4. Restore backed up contacts and text messages from computer to Android;
5. Add, delete, edit and backup contacts from Android to computer;
6. Send text messages from computer directly;
7. It supports Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola, Sony and many more Android devices.
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The following guide shows you how to download music from Google Play to Android by using the Coolmuster Android Assistant works. Just choose to download the right version of the program according to your situation.
Tutorial on Moving Music/Songs from Google Play to Android Phone/Tablet
Step 1. Connect your Android mobile phone to computer
Here we take Windows version as an example (operations on Mac are similar). Install and run the Android Assistant, connect your Android device to the computer via a USB cord. The program will detect your Android device and show it on the interface. If it is the first time to run this software, you will be required to enable USB debugging on your phone at first. If your phone can be detected by the program, you can skip to the next step.
Follow the below instruction to enable USB debugging:
1) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Enter “Settings” 2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter “Settings” 3) For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter “Settings”
When the USB debugging is enabled, the parameter information of your device, including phone model, system version and storage space size will be shown in the main interface like below.
Step 2: Download music from Google Play to Android
Click the “Music” from the top menu to enter the music managing window. Then, click the “download” button from the menu bar to bring out the Google Play Store window. Now, you can browse the music files you want to download on the Android device and click “OK” to begin the Google Play music downloading process.
By the way, if you would like to download video files from Google Play to Android device, you can enter the Video managing window and also click the “Download” button to find your wanted videos from the pop-up Google Play Store window.
You can store music on your Wear OS smartwatch and hook up a pair of Bluetooth headphones – enabling you to listen to tunes away from your smartphone.
Wear OS devices come with built-in storage, usually 4GB, which can be used to store MP3s.
But how do you listen to music from a Wear OS smartwatch? In this guide, we’ll walk through the required steps to getting music on your Wear OS watch, as well as details on pairing Bluetooth headphones.
Make sure your smartwatch is able to store music and is updated to the latest version of Wear before you begin, then follow the instructions below.
- Learn more about Android Wear:Wear OS ultimate guide
- Wear OS running watch with music: Check our our Suunto 7 review
1. Download Google Play Music
While you can control other music apps on your phone from your wrist, including Spotify, Google Play Music is currently the only one that lets you store and play music right from your watch without any need for a phone connection.
1. Open the Google Play Store app on your smartwatch.
2. Download the Play Music app.
3. Sign into your Google account on your watch.
4. Existing tracks and playlists created on the phone or web should automatically appear on the smartwatch.
If the right Google account isn’t selected, this can be changed from the app’s settings. And if you’re looking to create a playlist specifically for your Wear device, we’d recommend doing so on the web or your phone first – it’s much easier.
2. Download your music
Getting tracks downloaded is as easy as pressing and holding on the album or playlist you want to download, or tapping the download button to the top right. Assuming you’re connected to a Wi-Fi or cell network, the tracks start syncing.
If you pay for a premium subscription to Google Play Music, you can sync any tracks you like. If not, you can only sync the MP3s that you’ve uploaded to the service yourself. Note, too, that your smartwatch counts as one of the 10 devices you can use with the app.
To see only the music that you’ve stored locally on your watch, scroll down to the bottom of the app’s opening screen and tick the ‘Show’ downloaded only box.
Here are those steps again, condensed:
Download music on Wear to play offline
1. Ensure your Wear watch is connected to Wi-Fi or has a cellular connection.
2. Open the Google Play Music app on your watch.
3. Next to the song, album or playlist, tap the download icon. You can press the cancel icon to stop the download.
4. Once the music has been downloaded to your device, it should appear with a tick next to it.
3. Connect your headphones
Not all Wear OS watches come with integrated speakers, and, even if yours does, it won’t be great for listening to music. You need to connect some Bluetooth headphones for that early morning jog, if you haven’t already done so.
On your watch, head to Settings>Connectivity > Bluetooth >Available devices to look for your headphones, which need to be in pairing mode (check the instructions that came with the headphones if you’re unsure about this).
The playback controls in the Google Play Music app are all self-explanatory, with the centre button starting and stopping playback, and the ones to the side letting you skip tracks. Tap on the speaker button to adjust the volume.
If you start playing music through Google Play Music on your phone, the same playback controls will automatically show up on your wrist, so you can adjust the volume, pause playback, and skip tracks without taking your phone out of your pocket.
Can you download Spotify on Wear OS smartwatches?
If you prefer accessing your tunes through Spotify, there is a dedicated app available for Wear OS. You can find and install it through the Play Store.
You can use the Spotify app to browse through your playlists, beam music to a connected device (like a smart speaker or your phone) and to control playback. If you need to start or stop the music, this can also be done from your Wear OS device.
What you can’t do (at least not yet) is sync any music over to your Wear OS watch and play it straight from your wrist without a connection to your phone. If you’re heading out with just your watch, you’ll need to use Google Play Music.
Using older versions of Wear
For those of you stuck on pre-2.0 versions of Wear OS (when it was still called Android Wear), the process is a little more fiddly, but it’s still possible to get music on your watch. Again, Google Play Music is key, which you’ll need to install on your smartphone rather than directly on your watch.
From the Settings menu in the app on your phone, you’ll see an Android Wear section, which doesn’t appear if you’re connected to a watch running Wear OS 2.0 or above. Toggle the Download to Android Wear switch to On, then tap Manage Wear downloads to choose which of your tracks to sync to the watch.
It’s actually a pretty straightforward process, but it does of course rely on you using your phone rather than your smartwatch to manage and sync your music, something Google wants to move away from.
With an update to Android 4.4W.2, Android Wear now supports music playback while offline, which is a fancy way of saying that it is not connected to your phone. This is a pretty useful new feature, as you can pair your watch with a Bluetooth headset, leave your phone behind, and enjoy music on the go (it’s great for workouts where you don’t want to lug your massive phone around).
Since many of you are now receiving this new 4.4W.2 update, we thought it was time to walk you through the steps on how to setup this new functionality. The entire process can be a bit tricky, and is also insanely slow, so let’s talk it out together.
Instructions
1. Set aside 3 or 8 or 15 hours of time, because this takes forever. I’m only semi-kidding.
2. Update to the newest Google Play Music and make sure your Android Wear device is on 4.4W.2.
3. Decide which music you want to download in Google Play Music.
4. Download it.
5. Head into Google Play Music settings and check the box for “Download to Android Wear.”
6. This will then transfer any stored Play Music that is on your phone, to your Wear device.
Note 1: The process of transferring music to your Wear device happens automatically – you do not have to initiate the transfer. As long as you have the box checked that we mentioned in step 5, the music starts moving once it has been fully downloaded to your phone.
Note 2: From what I can tell, there is no way to specify which music you want to transfer. The option for transferring simply says that downloaded music will bed stored on Wear for offline playback, which sounds to me like it plans to move it all over. That’s bad news for anyone with more than 4GB of music stored on their phone, as most Android Wear devices only come with 4GB of storage. Hopefully, we see more control here soon. Otherwise, you may have to constantly tweak the downloaded music on your phone in order to continually change it on your Wear watch. Best to create a running or workout or on-the-go playlist, and just download that.
7. Depending on how much music you want to transfer, this is where the wait comes in.
Note 3: You first have to download the music to your phone. Once that completes, the automatic transfer begins happening from phone to Wear device, which takes a while. A 15-track album just took about 10-15 minutes to complete between my new Moto X and G Watch R.
8. Once that completes and your Wear watch tells you so, it’s time to disconnect from your phone and test!
9. With your watch disconnected from your phone, you need manually launch Play Music.
10. Tap the screen to enter the menu, scroll down to Start…, and then Play Music.
11. You should now see the music you transferred over with a “Play” button. Tap it and start listening.
12. If you don’t have Bluetooth headphones attached, your Wear device will tell you to connect or set them up.
13. An audio device screen will allow you to go directly to settings to do so. Press the green check to start.
14. Search for your Bluetooth device in the list of available devices, tap on it, and following the pair prompts.
15. Once connected, you may need to jump back up to step 10 and repeat.
16. Enjoy!
We can only download songs into our main device which is our mobile phone if it is connected to an Android watch.
Bella G.11:32 AM
Now if your will download songs in your phone, you can still listen to them in your Android watch even if you’re offline as long as you’re connected to the phone via Bluetooth.
John11:32 AM
I’ve done this before. I had playlists downloaded on my watch. I would go running with my watch and Bluetooth headphones and the phone at home.
John11:32 AM
I don’t want to bring my phone with me.
Bella G.11:33 AM
I understand John, it is also because it’s no longer fully supported. Yes you can still use the Android watch but won;t be able to download songs anymore.
John11:37 AM
So I can’t even get a new Wear watch with the latest OS and do what I want?
Bella G.11:37 AM
You can still get a new one but you will not have all the options available in your phone.
This sucks. This was the reason I got an Android Wear/Wear OS smartwatch in the first place. This is why I subscribe to Google Play Music. This has been working for me since 2015. And now that I got a new phone and tried to pair my watch to it I’ve lost this feature.
Google play support is absolutely useless when it comes to wear os. I was told by google play music support that the huawei watch 2 wasn’t a supported device because it ran Android and not wear os. I had to point them to the huawei product page to show them that it is indeed a wear os device -_-
Google play support is absolutely useless
My best guess is she has no idea what she’s talking about. You should start a ticket with the Wear OS dev team. They are obviously far more knowledgeable with their Wear OS apps.
Wear 2.x: GPM 8.12.7210-1.F on phone, 8.9.6945-2.C on watch, downloading still working.
Wear 1.5 was working a week ago, can’t get it to work now even after a factory reset. Maybe this is what she was referring to? Edit: GPM on the phone hasn’t been updated since May 23, so I think I have some other issue.
LG Urbane 2 LTE
This makes no sense. Could it be that Bella G is thoroughly confused?
ETA: Google‘s own app never worked 100% for me. Alternatives are Navmusic and Music Player for Wear, and I see now there are many others. I purposely try to buy music from Amazon instead of Google, so I have non DRMed MP3 files.
What kind of DRM is on the MP3s you get from Google Play?
Granted, I prefer avenues like BandCamp when available because the quality is better and more money goes to the creators that way, but when I buy on Google I still add the MP3 to my backups.
Google Play Music on Wear OS is garbo. I use WearMedia and it gets the job done.
Weird, I just downloaded a playlist and went running with my watch like yesterday.. MK access. granted it took like 3 hrs for one playlist of like 20 songs but it works.
Yeah it was always a bit wonky and slow for me but it worked. It then stop working when I added a Fossil Q Founder with AW2 to the mix but once I removed that it worked again. This new phone completely killed it.
Maybe it is slow because it is using the bluetooth and your phone to download. Next time try to connect to a wifi network, disconnect the bluetooth and then download a playlist.
Google’s new products never take over all features of the abandoned ones. Google has a pretty strong track record in abandoning products and leaving users stranded.
The only downside is you can’t download directly from Google play.
Google play music is thoroughly useless anyway. Why can’t you watch youtube and listen to music at the same time?
The faster google music service dies the better
I just tried it with my Sony Smartwatch 3 for the first time and it wasn’t working. After downgrading the Google Music app on my phone, the app got reinstalled on my watch an I think it’s working now. So, the problem is the new GM App. I am on version 8.8.6838-1.B now.
This is actually a legit workaround for now, but it only works in certain scenarios. I have recently upgraded my phone to Sony XZ Premium. The problem with that is that the stock version of Google Play Music is too recent for a rollback to work:
1: Check if your device is old enough to roll back to a working version (for our purposes). If it is, just disable and reactivate the app under “App info”. If it isn’t, there are still two options.
2: Root your device to perform debloating. This way you can remove the stock Google Play Music and install an older version from a .apk-file.
3: Pick an older device out of your drawer and pair with that (I was lucky to have an older Sony Z1 lying around with a broken SIM card tray, perfect as a Smartwatch dummy). Option 3 is only relevant for those who don’t actually use their watches as watches, rather as a fitness/music device as to leave the phone at home during workouts.
For the similar Ghostracer issue, what worked for me in the end was a reinstall AFTER I fixed the music app. For some obscure reason it seemed like certain apps were held back from syncing while the music app was failing to sync, which could mean that the newer versions of Google Play Music isn’t just not working, it might be preventing other services from working too.
The phasing out Google Play Music and Google sliding in YouTube Music app is happening swiftly. There is already an option in the YouTube Music app to import your library from Google Play Music. The music app was widely available for Android devices, be it phones, tablets or smartwatches. With the recent phasing out of Google Play Music, Google has also decided to shut down the app for Wear OS devices.
What’s interesting is that Google hasn’t even released an alternative app to it, which ideally should be the YouTube Music app.
But there are no reports for the development of YouTube Music app anytime soon. Wear OS already has the Spotify app as an alternative. While users may not gravitate towards it based on the Wear OS availability, Google should provide an alternative.
This could drastically affect users having Wear OS devices with LTE support, as many of them can simply listen to music through their watch. But now without the existence of Google Play Music they won’t be able to play directly through their watch using LTE, they need to have a phone in order to listen to music.
Wear OS is already facing a lot of criticizm due to its performance. Wear OS devices should be way smoother, and that’s an ongoing struggle for Google.
As per the source, a new Wear OS help page tells users that they won’t be able to download or even use Google Play Music “in the next couple of weeks”.
With no YouTube Music app and Google Play Music is being shut down, it’s like Google is leaving users in the middle of a road. People are already struggling to switch between the music apps on their phone and now with a lack of music app support, it’s even a bigger mess on the Wear OS platform.
Google should have first released a proper YouTube Music app for Wear OS-powered smartwatches, and then start phasing out Google Play Music.
Upcoming changes to your music on Wear OS
In the next couple of weeks, users will no longer be able to use or download Google Play Music on their Wear OS smartwatches. Google is investing heavily in improving integrated music services through all of your connected devices with YouTube Music.
“We are working on bringing our users a better music experience in the coming months with planned improvements to YouTube Music.”
In the meantime, you can use your Wear OS smartwatch to remotely control the YouTube Music app on your Android or iOS phone. When you play music from YouTube Music on your phone, controls will automatically appear on your watch.
Music has the magical power to improve people’s daily life and work. However, what if you have just switched to a new Android phone and with all music files on the old device? Do you have to go through thick and thin to get them to the new phone or accept the fact of losing all your songs? Never! In this tutorial, you will learn up to 4 easy ways to transfer songs from Android to Android.
Method 1. Transfer Music from Android to Android via Bluetooth
It has been a long time since Bluetooth was the only and popular tool for transferring files between mobile phones. Bluetooth is no longer the most convenient way for Android music transfer, but we list it on the top because this method has almost no extra requirement.
Step 1: Turn on Bluetooth on both Android devices and pair Bluetooth devices
Select Bluetooth option in the settings then turn on it of both Android device for file sharing. After that, establish a connection between the two phones to pair and exchange files.
Step 2: Share music files between two Android devices.
When the two smartphones are successfully paired and connected, open “File Manager” on the phone desktop, then select the music you want to transfer and press it for 2 seconds to share to destination phone via Bluetooth.
Note: Don’t forget to turn off the Bluetooth to avoid wasting too much power.
Method 2. Sync Music from Android to Android with Phone Transfer Software in One Click
As a professional phone transfer software, Jihosoft Phone Transfer is highly recommended for your reference as it helps a lot in copying music as well as contacts, SMS/text messages, WhatsApp messages, call logs, photos, videos, etc., between two Android devices, such as Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Sony and LG, etc. Besides, this software is also available to transfer data from Android to iOS, iOS to iOS, iOS to Android, etc.
Supported devices: 3000+ Devices, including iPhone se/6(plus)/s, iPad pro/air 3/air 2/mini 4, HTC 10/One M9/One A9/ One M8, Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge/ S6/S6 Edge/Note 5, etc.
- Download, install and launch Jihosoft Phone Transfer. Click “Phone to Phone”, then connect both of your Android phones to the same computer with USB cables.
- Make sure that your Android phones are detected by this software and at the right place.
- Select “music” files then click “Start Copy” button to copy selected music files between Android devices.
Compared with Bluetooth, Jihosoft Phone Transfer software is an easier and more convenient tool to sync songs from Android to Android. What’s more, this software is available to backup data to computer and retrieve lost data from backups to any supported devices.
Method 3. Transfer Music from Android to Android using NFC
NFC, or Near Field Communication, is another very good option to transfer music from Android to Android efficiently. NFC is the most used wireless means of sharing data for medium and high-end handsets. But unlike Bluetooth, NFC requires one-time physical connection between the two devices. To use NFC method, you need to follow some instructions and steps to establish the connection followed by sharing process.
- The first step here in this NFC method is to enable this option by navigating to the Settings followed by opening “More Settings” option.
- After you click on “More Settings” option, you will see the option of “NFC” under “Wireless and Network” which you are supposed to enable.
- The same procedure should be applied for the second device as well. You need to enable NFC of the second device to start sharing.
- To establish the connection between the two devices, you need to touch both the Android devices back to back from cover side.
- After connection is established, you will be provided with the option of sharing files pop up window. You can share all the desired files hassle free from there.
Method 4. Transfer Music Android to Android using Google Play Music
Google Play music is another very brilliant option through the use of which you can share all your favorite music files in two different Android phones. Google Play Music is not a dominant music player in the market. However, since it is produced by Google, we could make use of Google account to do the transfer. Hence, if you’re ready to move to a new handset, then the music as well as other data will be synced to it after logging in with the same Google account.
- First of all, you need to open Google Play music application on your Computer.
- After opening the Google Play Music application, just sign in with your Google Account credentials in it.
- You will see an option of uploading music files on the left side of display screen of your PC.
- Click on that option and add the music files hassle free without any limitation.
- After uploading the required music files, just sign in with your Google Account credentials in the other Android device in which you want to share the music files.
- After signing in, you will see the list of the recently added music files. From there you can download them to your second Android device very conveniently.
Bottom Line
Just pick up any of the 4 methods and start your Android music transfer right now! We all know that life without music is boring. Now you can transfer songs from Android to Android or between other smartphones (Method 2) at ease. Feel free to tell us if you have any questions or suggestions about music in the comment area. For example, maybe you need a good volume booster app for iPhone?
Google Play Music has finally reached its end, and YouTube Music is ready for its time in the sun. The Play Music app has been removed from the Google Play Store and from web browsers. Unfortunately, those of you who have procrastinated to this point will no longer be able to transfer your content from Google Play Music to YouTube Music.
The old service is officially gone now, ending in late February 2021. For a quick reminder, here’s how the steps would have worked if you could still move your library:
How to transfer Google Play Music content to YouTube Music
Google claims it only takes one press of a button in the YouTube Music app to transfer content over to the newer service. Here’s how to do it:
- If you have not already done so, go ahead and download the YouTube Music app from the Google Play Store.
- Open the YouTube Music app on your Android device. You should see a “Transfer your Play Music library” option. Press the “Let’s Go” button to continue.
- You should then see the “Transfer your latest Google Play Music additions” selection, along with “Not Now” and “Transfer” options at the bottom of the screen. Press the “Transfer” button to start the process.
That’s how to move Google Play Music content to YouTube Music. If you haven’t done so already, then your library is probably gone. Google gave February 24 as its final day to move your Play Music content. On the chance that you didn’t move your library over, there’s no known way to recover it.
Google’s latest update for its Android Wear software features one very useful upgrade: The option to listen to music from your smartwatch, no phone required. It’s a bonus for travellers, joggers and anyone else who doesn’t want to carry their mobile with them at all times. Here’s how to set it up.
First of all, get your software in order. Make sure you’re running the latest version of the Android Wear app on your smartphone and your watch (go to Settings and then About on the wearable to do this). Play Music (the app that controls music playback on your smartwatch) also needs to be up to date.
Head into the Play Music app and tap Settings on the main menu. Here you’ll find a new option to Download to Android Wear. Tick this, and all of the music you’ve downloaded to your phone will also be downloaded to your Android Wear watch. You should see a message on your watch once the download starts, if it’s connected. If not, charge the watch up, as tracks won’t transfer if the battery level is low.
Unfortunately there’s no option (yet) to download music to your Android Wear device alone. Any songs and albums you choose to cache on your smartphone (by tapping the download icons) are also going to be synced to your watch, though obviously the former has more storage space than the latter. Android Wear devices typically have 4GB of on-board storage, so you might have to unsync some music from your smartphone to be able to play the tunes you want from your wrist.
Once the download has finished, you’re free to pick up your Android Wear smartwatch and head out with your music. You’ll probably also want to pair some Bluetooth headphones with the device, which you can do from the Bluetooth devices entry in Settings on your watch.
Customers have until Feb. 24, 2021, to make the move to YouTube Music.
Google is erasing all traces of Play Music. Though the platform stopped streaming in December, some user content remains available for export, but not for long.
As reported by 9to5Google, the company will delete all information associated with Play Music later this month. That includes content uploaded to the cloud locker, purchases, saved playlists, stations, albums, songs; as well as likes and dislikes.
News of a Play Music shutdown came almost exactly one year ago, as Google allegedly began transitioning users away from the nine-year-old service and towards YouTube Music. The move became official in May last year, with plans to shutter Play Music entirely by the end of 2020. The music store went dark in October, and all usage was discontinued two months later.
Users were initially given until Dec. 31 to transfer data to YouTube Music or download an offline copy. That deadline slipped into 2021, and there’s now just 19 days left. “On Feb. 24, 2021, we will delete all of your Google Play Music data,” according to a customer email. “This includes your music library with any uploads, purchases, and anything you’ve added from Google Play Music. After this date, there will be no way to recover it.”
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Those who’ve already transferred to YouTube Music may receive a different message, suggesting that “if you’ve made any changes, you still have the option to transfer again so your music library is up to date.” Visit to review your export options before it’s too late.
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