Android Community
April 8, 2021
While Google Play Music has been officially “dead” and users encouraged to switch to YouTube Music, there are devices that cannot uninstall the app because it came pre-installed out of the box. So now we’re getting the one last update to the now useless app that will let you hide the app and free up space on your device. If your device is one of the newer ones then you can go ahead and delete the app but for those that have been unable to do so, this is an update that you need.
If Google Play Music is still there haunting your smartphone even if you have since then moved on to another music streaming service, download the latest update, version 8.29.9112-1.W. This will go down in history as the last ever update for the defunct app. You’ll see the “Google Play Music is no longer available” screen as well as a push for you to go and Explore YouTube Music, if you haven’t already done so.