The split-view Now Playing redesign that YouTube Music has been working on since last year is now widely rolling out.
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Google has announced that YouTube Music is adding a new “AI Playlist” feature that lets users generate new playlists through text prompts, but it’s only for Premium subscribers.
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After testing in recent months, YouTube Music looks to be widely rolling out a Premium paywall for lyrics.
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The YouTube Music queue will now sync between your signed-in devices to let you seamlessly continue listening.
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YouTube Music introduced the ability to share lyrics last year and is now upgrading the background options with generative AI.
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For over a year now, YouTube Music has been testing various Now Playing screen redesigns on Android and iOS.
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Spotify has announced that it will start showing music videos more widely for users in the US and Canada.
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It’s not December yet, but YouTube Music is beginning to roll out its 2025 Recap with a pretty interesting “Ask about your listening” experience made possible by AI.
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The YouTube family of apps have their own design language, and the latest change is an updated icon set that is widely rolling out to YouTube Music.
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Waymo now supports YouTube Music as its third streaming provider. Meanwhile, the Waymo app now has a “My car” tab.
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Compared to previous years, new feature recaps from the YouTube Music team have slowed down in 2025, but the latest April to August edition is now available.
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At Made on YouTube 2025, the Google video site announced a slew of new AI features that Creators will soon be able to use. Here’s what’s new for YouTube Music and Podcasts.
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After testing first got underway in November, YouTube Music is now rolling out a big Now Playing redesign on Android and iOS.
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YouTube Music for Android is testing a rather big navigation change that moves Search to the bottom bar.
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While we wait for the bigger Now Playing redesign, YouTube Music is updating the shuffle and repeat buttons.
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After first testing in April, YouTube Music is now widely rolling out lyrics sharing on Android and iOS.
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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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