YouTube Music has quietly launched a new feature that provides tips for devices to stream your music to. If you want to stream your music to a compatible Wi-Fi-connected device, such as a smart TV or wireless speaker, you’ll most likely get advantages of this update.
Available on the iOS and Android versions of the YouTube Music app, the new feature was first spotted via ChromeUnboxed (opens in a new tab) and appears as a “Tip” segment in the most sensitive part of “Stream to”. a device”. menu. This new segment will offer compatible streaming devices connected to your Wi-Fi network, adding the most productive smart TVs or Google Nest speakers, to give just two examples.
These tips seem to be based on the devices you use the most. As such, it can be an effective time saver that allows you to connect to your favorite speaker right away, or scroll through your entire list of streaming devices.
If the suggestion doesn’t fit what you’re looking for, you can also remove it from the “Suggestion List” by simply tapping the “X” next to the device name. This will update it with some other suggestion if the app can find one. .
While we welcome any innovation or addition to YouTube Music’s quality of life, it’s possible that this streaming recommendations feature has gone further. The feature, by default, recommends the connection with which your phone streams the most. not necessarily recommend the device closest to you at any given time.
For example, you can use a TV or wireless speakers in your living room as the most commonly used streaming option. But if you’re in another room (for example, if you’re a remote employee with wireless speakers at your desk), those tips probably wouldn’t be the most useful at the time.
However, the feature is promising and we’d like Google to add it even more at some point. – unlike the one you use to the fullest – it would be a great upgrade.
However, to give credibility where it is due, Google has taken a step forward in the YouTube Music experience at a steady pace. A few months ago, it added the ability to save your music queues as playlists on Android devices.
More recently, it has allowed YouTube Premium subscribers to stream music to Wear OS devices like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. Hopefully, Google can continue this steady stream of quality-of-life updates this year and next, and come up with innovations if needed.
Rhys is an editor at TechRadar and, although he is relatively new to the position, he has been writing professionally for years. With a degree in media, writing and production, Rhys has delighted in creating written content for HR companies, restaurants, apps. developers, IT sites, and toy vendors. However, his true passions lie in video games, television, audio, and home entertainment. When Rhys is rarely very busy, he often finds him connected to Final Fantasy 14.
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