In addition to the advertising that plays after every few songs, YouTube Music appears to be adding ads to the Now Playing screen.
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YouTube Music has been testing a redesign of the Now Playing screen since November of 2024. It’s not yet rolled out, and still in flux with YouTube Music now moving the thumbs up and down buttons.
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YouTube Music is building upon real-time lyrics (from 2023) by adding the ability to share them as a nice graphic in the mobile app.
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In October of 2023, the main YouTube app picked up “Stable volume,” and something similar — “Consistent volume” — is now coming to YouTube Music for Android and iOS.
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After making Ask Music more prominent in the Home feed and bringing to iOS, YouTube Music today announced the ability to tune AI radios, as well as a handful of other features.
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First spotted in August, YouTube Music is now rolling out an upgrade to the Quick picks shelf that lets you create a radio based on multiple songs.
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After introducing for Android in September, YouTube Music’s AI-powered “Ask Music” radio generator is now available on the iPhone and iPad.
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In announcing the new Premium Lite subscription tier today, YouTube reaffirmed its commitment to music on the platform.
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More specifically, do you curate a music library in the streaming era? For the past few years, I’ve lived entirely in YouTube Music’s Home feed and rarely visit the dedicated Library tab. At this point, it doesn’t feel like I have a music collection anymore.
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A tweak to YouTube Music makes it easier to browse the auto-generated My Mix playlists with custom naming.
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YouTube Music’s “Ask Music” AI-generated custom radio stations are now more prominent in the Android app.
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After introducing in 2019, YouTube Music might replace the Song/Video switcher at the top of the Now Playing screen.
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YouTube officially announced the “badges” features in October, but YouTube Music users are now seeing existing ones doubled instead of getting their December Top Listener badge.
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In a new report, Android Auto is found to be used by fewer drivers year-over-year, but Google’s YouTube Music is a hit among drivers across all platforms.
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In what should be the first rolled out change of 2025, artist pages on YouTube Music now feature a Top songs carousel.
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At CES 2025, Delta Airlines has announced new efforts to improve the in-flight experience with 4K screens that offer YouTube Premium and YouTube Music.
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Artist pages in YouTube Music have long included a subscriber count that’s very much carried over from the main app, and Google is now testing a new “Monthly Audience Metric.”
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In 2024, YouTube Music switched to quarterly “New Features Highlights,” but skipped the Q3 edition. Google is now back with a cumulative list to summarize the second half of the year in launches.
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YouTube Music is rolling out a new “Pin to Speed dial” option that lets you customize the new grid introduced in October.
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Following the main mobile app earlier this year, YouTube Music for Android and iOS can now share a specific timestamp.
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YouTube Music last redesigned its Now Playing page in September of 2023 and some tweaks to controls are being tested.
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YouTube Music is already rolling out the 2024 Recap to streaming service users. The summary builds on the previous yearly updates of your listening habits.
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Nintendo Music was announced today as an Android and iOS app that lets you “enjoy some Nintendo tunes,” but the UI looks a lot like YouTube Music over the years.
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Just over a year after it was previewed, YouTube Music for Android and iOS have finally replaced “Listen again” with a new “Speed dial” section.
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