After launching in late April for US users, YouTube Music is starting to roll out international support for podcasts.
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YouTube Music is addressing a big issue with the permanent miniplayer by adding a “Dismiss queue” button.
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YouTube Music just rolled out a new miniplayer and is testing a Now Playing redesign that now looks to be home to a comments section.
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After it first started appearing last month, YouTube Music is now widely rolling out a permanent miniplayer design.
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Besides the web player taking after the main video site, YouTube Music now automatically adds songs to the last used playlist.
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YouTube Music is getting a big redesign on the web that adopts a navigation drawer with very quick access to playlists.
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Back in November, YouTube Music introduced a Now Playing revamp that primarily hid the dislike button. This was rolled back at the start of the year and YouTube Music is now testing a carousel-focused redesign of Now Playing.
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The most full-featured YouTube Music experience today is found on Android and iOS followed by the web. Google is now planning to release more YouTube Music apps and integrations for third-party devices.
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Artist pages on YouTube Music have remained mostly unchanged over the years, but the Android, iOS, and web apps now show a combined “Top releases” section.
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In hindsight, this was inevitable: YouTube Music is testing a “Samples” tab that looks to show music video-focused Shorts.
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The miniplayer in YouTube Music for Android and iOS last changed in 2020 with a broader redesign of the Now Playing screen. YouTube Music is now testing rather significant changes to the miniplayer.
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Podcasts in YouTube Music officially launched in the US yesterday, and playback is supported by the Wear OS app.
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Besides podcasting support, Youtube Music has been rolling out several quality-of-life improvements lately. A general YouTube Music sleep timer is now rolling out.
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Following the February announcement and March testing, podcasts are now officially rolling out to YouTube Music users in the US.
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Viewing the profiles/channels of non-artist users in YouTube Music today shows playlists that are set to public. In what could be a bid to make YouTube Music more social, you’re getting the option to make your listening stats public.
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The YouTube Music app on Android and iOS this evening (Pacific Time) sent a “preview ends soon” notification in error to many users.
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In recent days, a minor YouTube Music bug sees album cover art clipped on the Now Playing screen on Android and iOS.
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After hinting at and beginning testing late last year on TVs, YouTube Music is starting to roll out real-time lyrics on Android and iOS.
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Back in January, YouTube Music overhauled the Library tab and is now testing a grid option to change up the list view.
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Following the announcement last month, podcasts are beginning to appear in YouTube Music. Some users today are encountering them on Android and the web.
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With spring starting on Monday, YouTube Music is now rolling out its 2022-3 Winter Recap with some changes compared to previous seasonal recaps.
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The latest addition to YouTube Music is a carousel in the Home feed that surfaces “Covers and remixes” of songs you’ve listened to.
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YouTube Music on Android can now “automatically download recently played songs” with a new setting.
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