Youtube Music is zooming ahead again! They recently announced that they are testing two new features:one is an AI-generated conversational radio feature and the other is a Shazam-like song recognition tool. These two new features will undoubtedly allowmusicDiscovery becomes smarter and more personalized.
AI Conversational Radio: Discovering Music with Chat
YouTube Music's AI conversational radio feature is currently being tested by select Premium users in the US. Users can create a customized station by describing the style or type of music they want to listen to. For example, you could say, "Catchy pop chorus" or "Uplifting pop anthem".
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The launch of this experimental feature comes as no surprise, as just last week, 9to5Google reported that YouTube Music had begun testing the feature.
This new feature from YouTube Music is somewhat similar to the AI playlist generation tool that Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer are currently testing. All four music streaming services are introducing a way for users to generate a personalized listening experience by entering text prompts.
Users with this new feature will start seeing a new "Request music any way you like" card in the app's main feed. Once you tap on this card, the app will open up a conversational interface where you can enter a custom cue or choose a suggested cue.
While the feature is currently only available to some users, YouTube says it will be rolled out to more users in the future.
Humming Music: Searching for Music by Sound
As for another new song recognition feature, YouTube Music users can now search the app's song catalog by sound. Now, when you tap "Search" in the app, you'll see a waveform icon that suggests you can find the name of a song by singing, humming, or playing part of it.
While Shazam is undoubtedly the most famous song recognition tool, YouTube Music's new feature goes a step further than Shazam as it allows you to find the name of a song by humming or singing it, whereas Shazam only works when the actual song is playing.
YouTube Music's song detection tool, which first became available to select Android YouTube Music users earlier this year, is now officially rolling out to all iOS and Android users.
These two new features of YouTube Music not only enhance the user experience, but also show theAI Technologypotential for applications in the music space. We have reason to believe that as technology continues to advance, the future of music discovery will become even smarter and more personalized. Let's wait and see how YouTube Music will continue to lead the way in innovation for music streaming services.