YouTube today released an interview with Chief Product Officer Johanna Voolich about the “Future of Podcasts” on the platform and in YouTube Music.
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YouTube Music is making two quality of life improvements to podcasts with more sort filters and the ever popular radio (music tuner).
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Some YouTube Music for iOS users today are facing a bug where the app opens to a black screen on certain Google Accounts with no ability to play songs.
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For some reason this cycle, YouTube Music was very late to releasing a recap for Winter 2024, but it’s now finally available.
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Google Podcasts was deprecated in the US last week and the intended replacement is not good enough. YouTube Music’s Podcasts team today said it is “working on a lot more improvements.”
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As first spotted last month, YouTube Music for Android and iOS is rolling out an ‘Activity’ notifications feed based on your subscriptions.
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Despite last week’s US shutdown, the Google Podcasts app is still sending out notifications for new episodes.
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Google Podcasts launched in 2018 and has now shut down in the US as YouTube Music becomes the company’s main podcasting solution.
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Comments in YouTube Music are now seven months old, and the Android and iOS apps have now rolled out a slick visual redesign of the panel.
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After doing bi-monthly recaps of new features for the past several years, YouTube Music will now detail launches on a quarterly basis.
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The YouTube family of apps have their own design language compared to first-party Google applications. That trend is not changing anytime soon and continues today with a redesign of the custom share sheet in YouTube Music for Android.
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The YouTube Music website now supports offline downloads of songs and podcasts to match the mobile apps. This first emerged in February.
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We’ve noticed an uptick in notifications sent by YouTube Music since the start of 2024, and the mobile app is now readying an “Activity” feed.
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Back in October, the main YouTube rolled out a slew of mobile updates like stable volume and a hum to search capability. Song search is now rolling out to YouTube Music.
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Spotify has announced that it will start showing music videos, but only in select countries.
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As Google Podcasts fades away, YouTube Music is bolstering its podcasts offering as a new update prepares to add a “Trim Silence” option.
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Google Podcasts is shutting down on April 2, meaning your entire library of podcasts could be lost unless you export them elsewhere. This article will take you through doing that directly to YouTube Music and other apps you may want to use.
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YouTube Music is my streaming service of choice followed by Apple Music. Music is important to both companies given YouTube’s role in music videos and the iPod, but it’s far from the core business.
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Besides rolling out support for offline downloads, YouTube Music for web is getting a Now Playing redesign to match the Android version.
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YouTube Music introduced “Create a radio” last year and is now giving it a more permanent home.
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After testing in October, YouTube Music has rolled out a redesign of the Now Playing overflow menu, but only on iOS.
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Some YouTube Music users are seeing a very playlist-heavy homescreen today that feels generic and not very personalized.
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YouTube Music doesn’t have a native desktop client with Google instead relying on a Progressive Web App (PWA). The YouTube Music website might soon add support for offline downloads.
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In addition to a revamped overflow menu, YouTube Music is testing a redesign of the Cast UI on Android that makes use of a bottom sheet.
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