
I guess the best way to put it is that Apple Music is an outgrowth of iTunes, which still exists.Īnyway, Apple’s sleek music streaming platform gives you access to 70 million songs, the ability to download your favorite tracks and play them offline, exclusive playlists and live radio, and the ability to listen across all your devices. Music and video streaming service Apple Music should be familiar to most, and if not, you should at least know its predecessor/cousin/no one knows anymore – iTunes.
While not a scientific analysis by any stretch, it certainly did not seem anywhere near as many packets streamed through Firefox when minimized as when playing a video.With a 90-day free trial for new users, it's hard to miss. I didn’t analyze how much data this final method used but watched the packet counter on my router.
Navigate to YouTube and start playback. Download Firefox or other browser like Dolphin and install it onto your device. There is an element of video download but it seems minimal. I couldn’t get minimizing to work in Chrome properly but if you download Firefox or another browser, it should work fine. Installing a third party browser such as Firefox will also let you minimize playback and therefore, download volume. Use a browser to listen to YouTube without video You will have to sideload the app as there is no Play Store version but it also allows you to stream audio only and shows a still image instead of a video to minimize download. If you don’t like the look of YMusic, another app called FireTube does a similar thing. It uses a version of Jockey Player for playback which is an open source project and supports playlists and all that good stuff. It even integrates into YouTube to allow you to search and find tracks to listen to. Playback is clear and it works relatively quickly. You have to sideload it as there isn’t a version on the Play Store but aside from that, this app works like a charm. There are no reports of malicious code or anything negative and my version played for a few hours in one sitting without crashing. I installed in on my Galaxy S7 and it works well. The official website is where you can download the newest version of the app. Called YMusic, the app lets you play music from YouTube without downloading the accompanying video which achieves our goal. There is an app on XDA Developers that can do it though. Use an app to listen to YouTube without videoĪs far as I know, there is no officially supported app on the Google Play Store that allows you to strip video from audio and have one without the other. If you do opt for this, you will gain access to audio mode which just plays the music from YouTube and not video. It may work for you though so check it out. It is expensive though and right now, doesn’t seem to offer the depth of content that Spotify does.