To enhance the song discovery experience on its platform, YouTube Music is launching two new methods. YouTube has unveiled plans to test an AI-generated conversational radio feature and is launching a new Shazam-like tool that lets users identify songs by singing, humming, or playing portions of them.
YouTube Music is now introducing a new AI-driven conversational radio feature to a select group of Premium users in the United States. With this feature, users can craft personalized radio stations by describing their musical preferences. For example, you can request “catchy pop choruses” or “upbeat pop anthems.”
The introduction of this experimental feature is no surprise, as it was reported last week that YouTube Music had started testing it. YouTube Music’s latest feature resembles the AI-driven playlist tools being tested by Spotify, Amazon Music, and, more recently, Deezer. These four streaming platforms are all rolling out options that allow users to input text prompts to create a customized listening experience.
Users with access to the new feature will notice a new “Ask for music any way you like” card appearing in their app’s home feed. Clicking on this card will open a conversational interface where you can either type a custom prompt or choose from suggested options.
Although the feature is currently limited to a select group of users, YouTube plans to expand its availability in the future. Additionally, YouTube Music has introduced a new song recognition tool. Users can now search the app’s music library by sound. When you tap “search,” a waveform icon will appear, indicating that you can identify a song by singing, humming, or playing it.
While Shazam is widely known for song recognition, YouTube Music’s new feature offers a more advanced capability. Unlike Shazam, which only identifies songs played aloud, YouTube Music’s tool can recognize songs from humming or singing. Initially available to select Android users earlier this year, this song detection feature is now being rolled out to all users on both iOS and Android.
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