YouTube Music Introduces Two New Features: AI-Powered Radio and Song Recognition
YouTube Music Introduces Two New Features: AI-Powered Radio and Song Recognition
Last week, we brought you news of YouTube Shorts unveiling its TikTok-esque artificial voice feature. Just to refresh your memory: this feature allows users to add artificial voiceovers to their videos, bringing the popular TikTok sounds to YouTube Shorts. Now, YouTube Music is making waves again with two new features aimed at enhancing music discovery.
Among the latest updates is the AI-powered speech-based radio feature. Currently in the trial phase for some Premium users in the US, this feature enables individuals to create personalized radio stations by specifying their preferred music genres.
Another significant update introduced by the platform is the song recognition feature. This functionality allows YouTube Music users to identify songs by singing or humming them. In the app’s search section, users can simply vocalize or play a song to find out its title, facilitating easy discovery without needing to know the exact lyrics.
AI-powered speech-based radio and song recognition features empower users to express their music preferences more directly and encounter customized content accordingly. Similarly, the efforts by other platforms such as Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer to develop similar features underscore the competitive drive among music streaming services to meet user expectations with innovative steps.