YouTube Music
YouTube Music’s long overdue Winter 2024 recap is here
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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YouTube Music promises a ‘lot more improvements’ for podcasts
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.”
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music for Android, iOS rolling out ‘Activity’ notifications feed
As first spotted last month, YouTube Music for Android and iOS is rolling out an ‘Activity’ notifications feed based on your subscriptions.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Podcasts still sending out the new episode notifications that YouTube Music lacks
Despite last week’s US shutdown, the Google Podcasts app is still sending out notifications for new episodes.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Podcasts shuts down in the US
Google Podcasts launched in 2018 and has now shut down in the US as YouTube Music becomes the company’s main podcasting solution.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music comments get a slick panel redesign
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music switches to quarterly new feature recaps
After doing bi-monthly recaps of new features for the past several years, YouTube Music will now detail launches on a quarterly basis.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music for Android gets share sheet redesign
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music web app rolling out offline downloads [U]
The YouTube Music website now supports offline downloads of songs and podcasts to match the mobile apps. This first emerged in February.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music getting an ‘Activity’ notifications feed
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music rolling out song search, like Google Play Music
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 will add music videos in some countries, challenging YouTube Music
Spotify has announced that it will start showing music videos, but only in select countries.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music preparing ‘Trim Silence’ option for podcasts
As Google Podcasts fades away, YouTube Music is bolstering its podcasts offering as a new update prepares to add a “Trim Silence” option.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how to export your subscriptions from Google Podcasts before it shuts down
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.
Expand Expanding CloseGive Whimsy Back to YouTube Music
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music redesigns web player to match Now Playing on Android
Besides rolling out support for offline downloads, YouTube Music for web is getting a Now Playing redesign to match the Android version.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music ‘Create a radio’ gets new shortcut, adds podcast sorting
YouTube Music introduced “Create a radio” last year and is now giving it a more permanent home.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music redesigns overflowing overflow menu on Android [U]
After testing in October, YouTube Music has rolled out a redesign of the Now Playing overflow menu, but only on iOS.
Expand Expanding Close[Fixed] YouTube Music’s homescreen recommendations are off today
Some YouTube Music users are seeing a very playlist-heavy homescreen today that feels generic and not very personalized.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music website might add offline downloads
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music testing Cast sheet redesign on Android
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.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music sending out more notifications, adds ‘Samples’ carousel
Since the start of this year, there have been more YouTube Music notifications on Android and iOS alerting users about new releases and playlists.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music and Premium reaches 100 million subscribers
YouTube announced today that Music and Premium has 100 million subscribers. It follows Sundar Pichai revealing that Google One was about to reach the same milestone.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music is missing too many podcast basics
The best part of Google Podcasts was its simplicity. Google built a service that was fairly basic in terms of layout/navigation and functionality, but the app didn’t feel barebones. It had everything a podcasting client needed and those that wanted something more advanced could easily switch to another application thanks to the openness and portability of RSS.
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