YouTube Music
YouTube Music live lyrics are missing for a lot of songs
YouTube Music rolled out live lyrics just over a year ago, but they are currently missing across many songs on Android and iOS.
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YouTube Music can also transfer playlists to Apple Music in Google & Apple partnership
Through a new joint initiative, Google and Apple are making it possible to transfer playlists between Apple Music and YouTube Music in either direction using the “Data Transfer Project.”
Expand Expanding CloseApple Music now lets you export playlists directly to YouTube Music
You can now effortlessly move from Apple Music over to YouTube Music, as Apple has launched a new tool to export playlists to Google’s service.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music rolling out shareable ‘personal radio’ [U]
In addition to top songs, artists, playlists, and music videos, YouTube Music will soon let you publicly share your “personal radio” on your profile/channel page.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music AI conversational radio sees wider testing
Back in July, YouTube Music announced that it was testing an AI-generated conversational radio and the prompt-based feature is seeing wider availability.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music tests multi-song radio creator in Quick picks
YouTube Music introduced the Quick picks in 2020 and a big update to the shelf will let you quickly create a multi-song radio.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music tweaks Home feed design on Android, iOS
In recent weeks, YouTube Music has made subtle changes to the design of the Home feed on Android and iOS.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music rolling out Sound Search on Android, iOS
YouTube Music for Android is rolling out a long-awaited “Sound Search” feature that lets you “Play, sing, or hum a song” to find it.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music finally adds ‘Mark as played’ for podcasts
In addition to announcing sound search and AI-generated conversation radio today, YouTube Music is rolling out “Mark as played” for podcasts.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music sound search rolling out, AI ‘conversational radio’ in testing
YouTube Music today is making official sound search, while acknowledging that it’s testing the “AI-generated conversational radio” for US Premium subscribers.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music is testing a prompt-generated AI radio [Gallery]
YouTube Music is testing a generative AI feature that lets you enter a prompt to create a custom radio.
Expand Expanding CloseThe YouTube Music PWA has improved a great deal in 2024
In recent months, the YouTube Music website/Progressive Web App (PWA) has seen a number of updates that combine to really overhaul the desktop experience and make it more competitive.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music is next redesigning artist pages
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music redesigns albums and playlists on the web
After making the miniplayer persistent, the latest update for YouTube Music on the web is a redesign of albums and playlists.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music makes its way to the Garmin app store
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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YouTube Music adds next/previous song swipe gesture on iPhone
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music Cast menu adds ‘disconnect’ button that doesn’t stop playback
Back in April, YouTube Music rolled out a new Cast menu and Google is now starting to address the lack of a “Disconnect” button.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music web app now remembers your last song and queue on relaunch
The YouTube Music website now behaves more like the Android and iOS apps by remembering the last played song to let you quickly resume.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music ending free background play that was exclusive to Canada
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.
Expand Expanding CloseGemini finally lets you play YouTube Music with extension rollout
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music rolls out Now Playing gradient redesign on iPhone
After rolling out to Android in December, YouTube Music’s gradient background redesign of Now Playing is now live on the iPhone.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music hits version 7.x & updates its app store screenshots from 2018
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.
Expand Expanding CloseGemini in Google Messages, YouTube Music Extension rolling out
In addition to Gemini Advanced with 1.5 Pro, Google today is rolling out Gemini in Messages on Android and the YouTube Music Extension.
Expand Expanding CloseGemini may soon add a YouTube Music extension and some handy shortcuts
Google appears to be working on support for YouTube Music integration with its Gemini AI.
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