Bad news for Google Play Music lovers. The rumors are true: Google will end its Play Music service by the end of this year, and announced it on its blog.

Rather, YouTube announced it, and the big news is that Google is finally ready to replace Google Play Music with YouTube Music. Fortunately, all music in Google Play Music can be migrated and the music will live on.

We have long hated the eventual death of Google Play Music, but we knew it was coming because Google has long made its intentions clear.

The feature is not yet publicly available, but YouTube is already touting its ease of use in the following YouTube (of course) video.

Fortunately, Google is allowing uploaded Google Play Music songs to be brought into YouTube Music. No need to worry about making everyone switch to Apple Music, the only service with cloud locker capabilities.

According to YouTube, the following steps will bring uploaded and purchased songs, "personal playlists, subscribed playlists, likes, dislikes, curated stations, and personal preferences" into YouTube Music.

The following video and instructions detail how easy the transfer to YouTube Music is. The only caveat is that this transfer feature may not be available yet. This is because I just tried it myself and did not see a big transfer button. Readers have reported that it worked.

In the announcement post, YouTube hints at the fact that this option will be rolled out with a time delay, as many recent features and updates have.

It said, "Starting today, we're happy to officially begin inviting Google Play Music listeners to easily transfer their music libraries," and "All Google Play Music users will soon receive an email with detailed instructions "We will be in touch with you shortly," he stated. In both cases, the emphasis is ours.

As much as we didn't want this to happen, I'm beginning to accept that the more time we spend watching videos on YouTube, the more we'll be able to watch Radiohead's best concert ever at Bonnaroo in 2006 for free on YouTube uploaded to YouTube for free.

With YouTube Music, you will continue to spend the same amount of money (even if it is $0) as with Google Play Music. This means that a free ad-supported version of YouTube Music will still exist. YouTube Music Premium, which costs $9.99/month, removes ads and adds background listening.

Personally, I get YouTube Music Premium for free as part of my $12/month YouTube Premium.