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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With Google Podcasts shutting down in 2024, YouTube Music is getting the ability to add podcasts via RSS feed. This is now rolling out for the first users.
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YouTube Music announced today that it’s adding generative AI to let users create custom playlist art, while it made official the “Speed dial” redesign.
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After being teased at WWDC this June, Google today announced support for YouTube Music on the HomePod.
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YouTube Music’s three-dot overflow menu is finally getting a redesign that at least starts to address how overcrowded and cluttered it is.
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Following the news that Google Podcasts is shutting down next year, YouTube Music now has the ability to auto-download podcasts.
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“A social network for music” is how Steve Jobs described iTunes Ping in September 2010. I still think it’s a good idea that has the chance of being realized at scale by YouTube Music and its new ability to access comments directly on the Now Playing screen.
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The “Listen again” carousel is how I primarily interact with YouTube Music, and Google is testing a larger, more dense version.
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YouTube Music will be Google’s one podcasting app and service going forward, with Google Podcasts set to go away in 2024.
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After the big Now Playing redesign, YouTube Music is adding a small Song details section in the Related feed.
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Following Android in June, YouTube Music on the iPhone (and iPad) has been updated with a permanent miniplayer that cannot be removed and adds AirPlay by removing “next song” in favor of swipe controls.
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Back in 2020, YouTube Music introduced an “activity” bar with mood filters and is now giving the feature its biggest expansion yet with five new additions.
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After pulling a variant at the start of this year, YouTube Music is rolling out the latest redesign of Now Playing on Android and iOS, adding a comments section. This follows the launch of real-time lyrics last week.
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Following the rollout of a redesigned Now Playing, the YouTube Music team has now detailed what features it launched in June and July of 2023, including how it replaced some video versions of songs in playlists.
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Back in January, the YouTube Music team asked users what features they most want, and is now providing a status update on requests from the development team.
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After first appearing in April, YouTube Music is now more widely rolling out live lyrics on Android and iOS.
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YouTube Music just launched support for podcasts earlier this year, and that’s going to only get better in the months to come as RSS support is apparently coming to the app.
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A notable update to YouTube Music for Wear OS lets you actually browse the songs in a playlist or album.
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A small YouTube Music update today lets you conveniently “Play all” the songs in select carousels on your Home feed.
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While there have been modernizations, YouTube’s music streaming service has remained functionally and visually the same since its launch. YouTube Music is now getting its biggest shakeup in years with a “Samples” tab that is meant to be a new way to discover personalized video content.
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