YouTube Music will now let you upload music to its desktop website

YouTube Music, Google’s dedicated music streaming service, is making offline listening more accessible with the rollout of offline downloads for its web app. This welcome feature brings the website in line with its mobile app counterpart, allowing users to save songs and playlists to enjoy even without an internet connection (h/t 9to5Google).

YouTube has been testing this feature for a while now, but it appears to have gained availability since March 29. Although the feature is not yet available to everyone, some users are greeted with a “New!” Download music for offline listening” next to the Library tab.

Saving music for offline use is simple. Go to an album or single’s page and look for the download button nestled between the “Save to Library” menu options and the three-dot overflow menu.

Although the mobile app has long supported offline listening, the lack of a native desktop app has made this feature unavailable on computers. Just like the YouTube Music mobile app, content downloaded from the web has its own “Downloads” tab in your library, and convenient filters let you sort by playlists, podcasts, songs, or albums.

Offline downloads on the web app will count against YouTube Music’s 10-device download limit, which is generous enough that it won’t matter to most users. As is the case on the mobile app, offline downloads will expire if your device does not connect to the Internet at least once every 30 days.

We can expect this feature to gradually roll out to more YouTube Music users soon.