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Your 2024 YouTube Music Recap is Inbound

Tim November 20, 2024 4

Upon opening YouTube Music this morning to jam out to my moody PNW alternative emo rock, I was greeted by my 2024 Recap. I suppose it's already that time of year. These recaps highlight what should be your favorite tracks of 2024, along with other observations...

It’s Time to Migrate Your Podcasts Over to YouTube Music

Tim December 7, 2023 23

YouTube Music is the new home for Google's podcast library. If you previously used the official Google Podcasts app, it's time to begin the great migration process. This week, the YouTube team laid out exactly how to accomplish this task and also announced...

Your YouTube Music 2023 Recap is Now Live

Tim November 30, 2023 6

People were mad on the internet yesterday, not for politics or sports, but for recaps. Spotify made its end-of-year recaps available, which is an event for some people, while YouTube Music had yet to push theirs. It turned into a meme on social media, as if...

YouTube Music’s AI-Powered Playlist Cover Generator is Better Than Expected

Tim November 21, 2023 8

It appears that over the weekend, YouTube Music began pushing out its new AI-powered playlist cover generator feature to users. If I'm being honest, it's much better than I initially expected. This is an extremely similar feature to Google's AI Wallpaper app...

YouTube Music Gets Generative AI for Playlist Art

Tim October 24, 2023 5

YouTube Music is the latest service from Google to receive the AI treatment, with generative AI getting added into the app to help you create amazing playlist cover art. I'm telling you right now, this looks like fun. Starting today, US users can access this...

What’s Up With YouTube Music Radio Stations?

Tim October 2, 2023 22

Is it just me or have YouTube Music radio stations never been good? It's a somewhat silly question, because I'm confident that there are plenty others [1] [2] [3] who feel this way. What's my beef? Let me explain. When I pick a song for YouTube Music to base a...

Google Podcasts is Shutting Down in 2024, YouTube Music Its Replacement

Kellen September 26, 2023 25

Google Podcasts, an app on Google Play with 500 million downloads and a solid 4.6-rating, will shutdown next year. As wild as that seems, the writing was probably on the wall earlier in the year when Google fully opened up podcasts on its YouTube Music...

YouTube Music Gets Live Lyrics and It’s Actually Available This Time

Kellen August 25, 2023 8

The last time we talked about live lyrics in YouTube Music was in April of this year. It's clear now that the rollout of the feature then was only a very, very limited test for a tiny group of users. Almost no one received the feature then, which we know...