YouTube has turned its attention to Rythm, a popular music bot on Discord, just weeks after the Google-owned company forced the Groovy music bot offline. YouTube Wants Rythm to Shut Down ...

Popular Discord music bot Rythm has received a cease and desist from YouTube, following fellow bot Groovy's forced closure last month.

Rythm is the most widely-used Discord music bot by a long shot, with an estimated 560 million Discord users, about 30 million of them are active each month.

It turns out that Google has told Discord's popular music bot 'Rythm' to stop the service. At Google's request, Rythm announced that it will end the music bot service on September 15, 2021 ...

The new Discord Watch Together feature now being tested! The company is now planning to use it as Rythm's replacement.

Rythm, the most popular bot on gaming app Discord, is shutting down after the service received a notice from YouTube.

Groovy and Rythm are automated music sharing bots that can be installed in a Discord server, and, once in place, any user can send them commands.

Rythm has been around for about five years, and it will officially shut down at 8 AM PST on September 15, 2021. It launched in 2016 as a small project but grew to be the largest bot on Discord.

Coincidentally, YouTube is now testing a new "Watch Together" service with Discord, but it's bound to be a disappointment for anyone hoping for an official replacement for either music bot.