Topic: youtube music
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YouTube Music Locks Lyrics Behind Premium Paywall
YouTube Music now requires a Premium subscription to view full song lyrics, restricting non-subscribers to only five free views before the text becomes blurred and unscrollable. This change is part of Google's strategy to grow its subscription services, which have over 325 million paid users and ...
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YouTube Music's 2025 Recap: Ask AI About Your Year
YouTube Music has launched its 2025 Recap early, featuring a new AI-powered "Ask about your listening" tool that provides personalized insights and shareable graphics based on your listening history. The Recap includes key statistics such as total listening time, longest listening streak, top son...
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YouTube Music Is Finally Testing a Long-Requested Feature
YouTube Music is testing a new "Find in Playlist" search feature for iOS, allowing users to search within their playlists, though it's currently available to only a limited number of users. This feature addresses a long-standing user frustration, as previously, searching within playlists required...
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Google Tests Paywall for YouTube Music Lyrics
Google is testing a paywall for song lyrics on YouTube Music, limiting free users to a small number of views before requiring a Premium subscription. The company has not officially announced this change, stating it is a limited experiment to gather user feedback, with most users still having free...
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Spotify Made Me Notice This YouTube Music Flaw
YouTube Music offers significant value by bundling with YouTube Premium, making it a primary choice for users who consume both video and music content. A key user experience flaw in YouTube Music is the lack of a draggable scrollbar for efficient playlist navigation, which becomes a major accessi...
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YouTube Music Locks Lyrics Behind Paywall
YouTube Music has restricted full song lyrics to Premium subscribers, limiting free users to viewing lyrics for only five songs per month before the text is blurred. This move is a strategic effort by Google to enhance the value of its paid subscription, creating a clearer divide between free and...
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YouTube Music Syncs Your Queue Across All Devices
YouTube Music now automatically syncs your playback queue across all signed-in devices, allowing seamless continuation of listening when switching between phone, tablet, or computer. The feature replaces fragmented, device-specific queues by prioritizing the most recent play session and displayin...
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YouTube Premium's New AI Creates Your Playlists
YouTube Premium has launched an AI feature for YouTube Music on iOS and Android that creates custom playlists from user text or voice prompts based on mood or activity. Users access the tool via the Library tab, entering prompts like "raging death metal" to generate instant playlists, as part of ...
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YouTube Tests AI-Generated Hosts for Music Videos
YouTube is testing AI-generated hosts on YouTube Music to provide contextual commentary and trivia, aiming to create a more immersive radio experience. This experimental feature is currently limited to a select group of U.S. users through the YouTube Labs program, reflecting Google's cautious app...
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Top Spotify Alternatives for Music Streaming
Spotify's recent price increases are prompting users to explore alternatives, with the market offering diverse services based on audio quality, artist compensation, and pricing models. Major platforms like Apple Music and Tidal emphasize high-fidelity audio, while Bandcamp operates as a direct ar...
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YouTube's First-Ever Year in Review: Your Watch History Recap
YouTube has launched its first "YouTube Recap," a personalized year-end summary of users' video watching habits, distinct from its existing music recap. The feature assigns users a personality type based on viewing preferences and highlights top channels and interests, with a global rollout under...
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YouTube Launches Its Own Video Recap Feature
YouTube has launched a personalized year-end Recap feature that generates cards highlighting a user's top channels, shifting interests, and viewing habits, drawing direct inspiration from Spotify's Wrapped campaign. The feature assigns users a viewing "personality type" and is initially launching...
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Switch Your Playlists to Spotify From Any Service
Spotify has introduced a built-in feature, powered by TuneMyMusic, that allows users to transfer playlists directly from competing music services into their Spotify account via the mobile app. The service supports a wide range of platforms including Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music, s...
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YouTube's 2025 Recap: Your Personalized Year in Review
YouTube has launched its first personalized year-end review called **YouTube Recap**, offering users a detailed summary of their viewing habits and favorite content from the past year, similar to Spotify Wrapped, with a global rollout underway. The Recap generates personalized cards highlighting ...
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YouTube AI Helps Podcasters Create Clips & Shorts for Promotion
YouTube is introducing AI tools to help podcasters create engaging clips and Shorts from their content, aiming to boost discoverability and simplify repurposing. These features include AI-assisted clip suggestions for video podcasts and automatic conversion to Shorts, with audio-only podcasters g...
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