YouTube Music will now come pre-installed on all new Android devices, starting with Android 9 and Android 10, including the Pixel series.

The app kicks Google Play to the curb as Android's former default music player -- though Google Play listeners can still download it from the Play Store.

"Music listeners on Android devices are now just a few taps away from streaming their go-to tracks and discovering new music," YouTube Music product manager Brandon Bilinski writes in the company's announcement. "From the gym, to the car, to work -- it’s all here, right in your back pocket."

A recent Bloomberg report put Google's YouTube Music and Google Play in last place for subscriber count among streaming services, with 15 million paid and promotional trial users across both services compared to Spotify's 100 million paid subscribers, Apple Music's 50 million-plus and Amazon's 30 million. Even so, representatives for Google insist that the company's subscriber count is rapidly growing.