YouTube Music has introduced two new features to help users discover songs on the platform. YouTube announced Monday that it is experimenting with a conversational radio feature generated by AI, and releasing a new Shazam like tool to help users find the name of a particular song through singing, humming, or playing certain parts.
YouTube Music New Features
Select Premium users in the United States will soon be able to enjoy the new AI-generated radio feature on YouTube Music. The feature allows users to create their own radio stations by describing the music they would like to hear. You could, for example, ask for “catchy choruses of pop music” or “upbeat anthems.”
9to5Google had reported the previous week that YouTube Music began testing it.
YouTube Music’s feature is similar to AI-based playlist creation tools being tested by Amazon Music , Spotify and Deezer. The four major music streaming services have introduced ways for users to create personalized listening experiences by entering written prompts.
The app will display a “Ask music in any way you want” card on the home page for users who have the feature enabled. The app opens a conversational interface when you click the card. You can either enter your own prompt or choose one that is suggested.
YouTube has announced that it will expand the availability of the feature to all users in the near future.
YouTube Music users now have the option to search for songs in the app by sound. When you click “search” on the app you will now see a waveform symbol that will let you know that you can search for a song’s name by singing, playing or humming it.
YouTube Music has a new feature that goes beyond Shazam. It allows you to identify a song simply by singing or humming it. Shazam works only if the song is played.
YouTube Music’s song-detection tool, first made available to selected Android YouTube Music users earlier this year, has now been officially rolled out to all iOS and Android users.
