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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Since the start of this year, there have been more YouTube Music notifications on Android and iOS alerting users about new releases and playlists.
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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.
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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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In 2023, YouTube Music redesigned a lot of the core UI you use day-to-day. It started with a revamped Library on Android, iOS, and web in January that later gained a grid view. Album pages were also modernized just like playlists.
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Google Podcasts will stop working in the US this April, and the migration tool to YouTube Music or other podcasting apps is now live.
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Google is bringing the YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium subscriptions to 10 more countries/regions for a grand total of 110 locations.
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In addition to rolling out the gradient background for Now Playing, YouTube Music this week is adding play counts for every song, while the generative AI creator for playlist art is seeing broader availability.
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Earlier this year, Google announced that it would shut down its Google Podcasts app in 2024, moving users to YouTube Music. Unfortunately, YouTube Music misses the point of why I used Google Podcasts in the first place: simplicity.
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YouTube Music rolled out a Now Playing redesign that placed key controls in a carousel and made other UI tweaks in September, and it is now getting a gradient background.
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Google today shared a more precise timeline of when Google Podcasts will stop working in 2024, while export options for YouTube Music and other apps are rolling out soon.
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Following Apple Music and Spotify, YouTube Music’s 2023 Recap is rolling out. This summary builds on the personalized story format from last year.
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