YouTube Music artist pages saw their last big redesign in 2019 and got some Material You tweaks later on. Another revamp is now being tested.
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After making the miniplayer persistent, the latest update for YouTube Music on the web is a redesign of albums and playlists.
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YouTube Music has long been available on smartwatches from big brands, but the Garmin IQ Connect app store hasn’t had the option until now. The YouTube Music app is officially available on a long list of Garmin smartwatches as YouTube Music expands into more platforms.
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After picking up the gradient redesign last month, YouTube Music’s Now Playing page on iOS finally lets you swipe for the next/previous song.
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Back in April, YouTube Music rolled out a new Cast menu and Google is now starting to address the lack of a “Disconnect” button.
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The YouTube Music website now behaves more like the Android and iOS apps by remembering the last played song to let you quickly resume.
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Back in 2021, YouTube Music introduced free background listening of radio stations in Canada. This mobile experience was never brought to other countries and is now ending.
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As announced at I/O 2024, Google is more widely rolling out the YouTube Music Gemini Extension. On mobile, this finally brings basic phone assistant functionality.
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After rolling out to Android in December, YouTube Music’s gradient background redesign of Now Playing is now live on the iPhone.
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For the vast majority of modern Google apps, version number jumps don’t really signify anything meaningful. That said, YouTube Music just hit version 7.0 and is finally updating its app store screenshots.Â
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In addition to Gemini Advanced with 1.5 Pro, Google today is rolling out Gemini in Messages on Android and the YouTube Music Extension.
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Google appears to be working on support for YouTube Music integration with its Gemini AI.
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After testing earlier this year, YouTube Music for Android is widely rolling out a sheet-based Cast menu redesign.
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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).Â
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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.Â
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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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