Google is planning to shift its free YouTube Music tier into an audio-only experience. It will allow background listening for unpaid users, but limit video playback to Premium subscribers. 

The change, scheduled for Nov. 3, will start in Canada, 9to5Google reports. There are no details on when or how widely Google will roll out these changes yet.

Currently, unpaid YouTube Music users do not have the ability to listen to a track in the background (when they move to another app on their phone,...

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