Back in July, YouTube Music announced that it was testing an AI-generated conversational radio and the prompt-based feature is seeing wider availability.
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YouTube Music introduced the Quick picks in 2020 and a big update to the shelf will let you quickly create a multi-song radio.
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In recent weeks, YouTube Music has made subtle changes to the design of the Home feed on Android and iOS.
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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.
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In addition to announcing sound search and AI-generated conversation radio today, YouTube Music is rolling out “Mark as played” for podcasts.
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YouTube Music today is making official sound search, while acknowledging that it’s testing the “AI-generated conversational radio” for US Premium subscribers.
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YouTube Music is testing a generative AI feature that lets you enter a prompt to create a custom radio.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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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